Navy | The US Navy |
Type | Escort carrier |
Class | Bogue |
Pennant | CVE 11 |
Built by | Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corp. (Seattle, Washington, U.S.A.) |
Ordered | |
Laid down | 27 Oct 1941 |
Launched | 21 Feb 1942 |
Commissioned | 8 Nov 1942 |
End service | 13 May 1946 |
History | Decommissioned 3 May 1946. More information on this ship can be found at this website (offsite link). |
Commands listed for USS Card (CVE 11)
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and that we only list Commanding Officers for the duration of the Second World War.
Commander | From | To | |
1 | T/Capt. James Bennett Sykes, USN | 8 Nov 1942 | 17 Apr 1943 |
2 | T/Capt. Arnold Jay Isbell, USN | 17 Apr 1943 | 9 Mar 1944 |
3 | T/Capt. Rufus Calhoun Young, Jr., USN | 9 Mar 1944 | 15 Mar 1945 |
4 | T/Capt. Paul Lee Dudley, USN | 15 Mar 1945 | 10 Feb 1946 |
5 | T/Cdr. Frank Marcel Slater, USN | 10 Feb 1946 | 13 May 1946 |
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Notable events involving Card include:
7 Aug 1943
German U-boat U-117 was sunk in the North Atlantic, in position 39?42'N, 38?21'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.
9 Aug 1943
German U-boat U-664 was sunk in the North Atlantic, in position 40°12'N, 37°29'W, by depth charges from 2 Avenger aircraft (VC-1) of the US escort carrier USS Card.
11 Aug 1943
German U-boat U-525 was sunk in the North Atlantic north-west of the Azores, in position 41°29'N, 38°55'W, by depth charges and aerial torpedoed from an Avenger and a Wildcat aircraft (VC-1) of the American escort carrier USS Card.
27 Aug 1943
German U-boat U-847 was sunk in the Sargasso Sea, in position 28°19'N, 37°58'W, by air-launched (Fido) torpedoes from Avenger and Wildcat aircraft (VC-1) of the American escort carrier USS Card.
4 Oct 1943
German U-boat U-460 was sunk
in the North Atlantic North of the Azores, in position 43°18'N, 28°58'W, by depth charges from Avenger and Wildcat aircraft (VC-9) of the American escort carrier USS Card.
4 Oct 1943
German U-boat U-422 was sunk North of the Azores, in position 45°13'N, 28°58'W, by Avenger and Wildcat aircraft from the American escort carrier USS Card.
13 Oct 1943
German U-boat U-402 was sunk in the middle of the North Atlantic, in position 48°56'N, 29°41'W, by an acoustic torpedo (Fido) from Avenger and Wildcat aircraft (VC-9) of the American escort carrier USS Card
31 Oct 1943
German U-boat U-584 was sunk in the North Atlantic, in position 49°14'N, 31°55'W, by a Fido homing torpedo from 3 Avenger aircraft (VC-9) of the US escort carrier USS Card.
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