Given the question: USS Carter (DE-112) -  USS Carter (DE-112) was a Cannon-class destroyer escort built for the United States Navy during World War II. She served in the Atlantic Ocean and provided escort service against submarine and air attack for Navy vessels and convoys. At war's end she returned Stateside with one battle star.She was launched on 29 February 1944 by the Dravo Corporation Wilmington Delaware; sponsored by Mrs. E. C. Patterson; commissioned on 3 May 1944 Lieutenant Commander F. J. T. Given a choice of categories company, educational institution, artist, athlete, office holder, mean of transportation, building, natural place, village, animal, plant, album, film or written work, the text refers to which one?
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Mean Of Transportation