Seattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation, Tacoma, Washington
Cost
$3,286,653
Yard number
10
Way number
2
Laid down
27 October 1941
Launched
21 February 1942
Sponsored by
Mrs. J. Perry
Fate
Sold for scrapping on 14 May 1971
United States
Name
Card
Namesake
Card Sound, Florida
Acquired
1 May 1942
Commissioned
8 November 1942
Decommissioned
13 May 1946
Reclassified
ACV, 20 August 1942
CVE, 15 July 1943
CVHE, 12 June 1955
Identification
Hull symbol: AVG-11
ACV-11
CVE-11
CVHE-11
Code letters: NUZR
[2]
Fate
Allocated to the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS), 1958
United States
Name
Card
Operator
MSTS
Acquired
1958
In service
16 May 1958
Out of service
10 March 1970
Reclassified
CVU, 1 July 1958
AKV, 7 May 1959
Stricken
15 September 1970
Identification
Hull symbol: T-CVU-11
Hull symbol: T-AKV-40
Fate
Sold for scrapping, 14 May 1971
General characteristics [2]
Class and type
Bogue-class escort carrier
Displacement
8,390 long tons (8,520 t) (standard)
13,980 long tons (14,200 t) (full load)
Length
465 ft (142 m) (wl)
495 ft 8 in (151.08 m) (oa)
440 ft (130 m) (fd)
Beam
69 ft 6 in (21.18 m) wl
82 ft (25 m) (fd)
111 ft 6 in (33.99 m) (extreme width)
Draft
23 ft 3 in (7.09 m) (mean)
26 ft (7.9 m) (max)
Installed power
2 × Foster-Wheeler 285 psi (1,970 kPa) boilers
8,500 shp (6,300 kW)
Propulsion
1 × Allis-Chalmers steam turbine
1 × Screw
Speed
18 kn (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement
890 officers and enlisted
Armament
As designed:
2 × 5 in (127 mm)/51 caliber
10 × 20 mm (0.79 in) Oerlikon anti-aircraft cannons
Varied, ultimate armament:
2 × 5 in (127 mm)/38 cal dual-purpose gun (DP)
8 × twin 40 mm (1.57 in) Bofors anti-aircraft guns
20 × 20 mm Oerlikon anti-aircraft cannons
Aircraft carried
19-24
Aviation facilities
1 × hydraulic catapult
2 × elevators
Service record
Operations:
World War II
Vietnam War
Awards:
Presidential Unit Citation
3 × battle stars (WWII)
USS Card (AVG/ ACV/ CVE/ CVHE/ CVU/T-CVU-11/ T-AKV-40) was an American Bogue-class escort carrier that saw service in World War II. She was named for Card Sound, a continuation of Biscayne Bay, south of Miami, Florida. She was the flagship of Task Group 21.14 (TG 21.14), a hunter-killer group formed to destroy German submarines in the North Atlantic.
In 1964, while operating as an aircraft ferry, Card was sunk with explosives planted by two Viet Cong commandos in the Harbor of Saigon, South Vietnam. She was refloated 17 days later and returned to service after extensive repairs.
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