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Allied Warships

USS Card (CVE 11)

Escort carrier of the Bogue class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeEscort carrier
ClassBogue 
PennantCVE 11 
Built bySeattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp. (Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down27 Oct, 1941 
Launched21 Feb, 1942 
Commissioned8 Nov, 1942 
End service13 May, 1946 
Loss position
 
HistoryDecommissioned 3 May 1946.
Redesignated as a utility carrier (CVU 11) on 1 July 1958 and reactivated as a aircraft transport on the same date.
Underwent transport conversion and operated with civilian crew under MSTS control as T-CVU 11.
Redesignated as an aviation transport (T-AKV 40) on 7 May 1959.
Mined and sunk 2 May 1964 in Vietnam (sunk by a enemy frogman at Saigon dock who planted a bomb on her hull).
Raised on 19 May 1964.
Returned to service 11 December 1964.
Placed out of service on 10 March 1970.
Stricken 15 September 1970.
Sold and scrapped in 1971.

More information on this ship can be found at this website (offsite link). 


Noteable events involving Card include:

7 Aug, 1943
The German submarine U-117 was sunk in the North Atlantic, in position 39º42'N, 38º21'W, by depth charges and a Fido homing torpedo from five Avenger aircraft of the US escort carrier USS Card. U-117 was resupplying U-66 at the time of her loss. U-66 managed to escape. (see map)

9 Aug, 1943
The German submarine U-664 was sunk in the North Atlantic, in position 40º12'N, 37º29'W, by depth charges from 2 Avenger aircraft (VC-1) of the US escort carrier USS Card. (see map)

11 Aug, 1943
The German submarine U-525 was sunk in the North Atlantic north-west of the Azores, in position 41º29'N, 38º55'W, by depth charges and aerial torpedoes from an Avenger and a Wilcat aircraft (VC-1) of the American escort carrier USS Card (see map)

27 Aug, 1943
The German submarine U-847 was sunk in the Sargasso Sea, in position 28º19'N, 37º58'W, by air-launched (Fido) torpedoes from Avenger and Wildcat aircraft (VC-1) of the American escort carrier USS Card. (see map)

4 Oct, 1943
The German submarine U-460 in the North Atlantic north of the Azores, in position 43º18'N, 28º58'W, by depth charges from Avenger and Wildcat aircraft (VC-9) of the American escort carrier USS Card. (see map)

4 Oct, 1943
The German submarine U-422 was sunk north of the Azores, in position 45º13'N, 28º58'W, by Avenger and Wildcat aircraft from the American escort carrier USS Card. (see map)

13 Oct, 1943
The German submarine U-402 was sunk in the middle of the North Atlantic, in position 48º56'N, 29º41'W, by an acoustic torpedo (Fido) from Avenger and Wildcat aircraft (VC-9) of the American escort carrier USS Card (see map)

31 Oct, 1943
The German submarine U-584 was sunk in the North Atlantic, in position 49º14'N, 31º55'W, by a Fido homing torpedo from 3 Avenger aircraft (VC-9) of the US escort carrier USS Card. (see map)


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