| Navy | The US Navy |
| Type | Destroyer Escort |
| Class | Cannon |
| Pennant | DE 112 |
| Built by | Dravo Corp. (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 19 Nov, 1943 |
| Launched | 29 Feb, 1944 |
| Commissioned | 3 May, 1944 |
| End service | 10 Apr, 1946 |
| Loss position | |
| History | Decommissioned 10 April 1946.
Transferred to China 14 December 1948 being renamed Tai Chao. Tai Chao escaped with National Forces to Taiwan in 1949. Tai Chao was stricken in December 1973 and broken up for scrap. |
| Noteable events involving Carter include: 22 Apr, 1945 |