Charles Carroll (APA-28) served as an attack transport of the Crescent City class. Bethlehem at Sparrows Point launched her on 24 March 1942, and she was commissioned on 13 August 1942.
On 8 November 1942 she put soldiers across the narrow strand at Fedhala. In December, while bound toward the Pacific, she struck a mine as she neared the Canal Zone. She went into Balboa to be repaired. On 1 February 1943 the Navy reclassified her APA-28.
On 10 July 1943 her boats took troops in through heavy surf onto the beaches at Scoglitti, Sicily. She remained six days while German aircraft attacked.
On 9 September 1943 she sent the opening attack waves onto the shore at Salerno.
On 1 April 1945 she landed men of the 1st Marines on the beaches at Hagushi during the quiet first hours of the campaign on Okinawa. She remained four days as kamikaze attacks started, and her guns fired on the planes. Six battle stars stand on her wartime record. She was decommissioned on 27 December 1946.