USS Card

USS Card (CVE-11), in 1943
History
United States
OwnerWar Shipping Administration (WSA)
OperatorIsthmian Steamship Company
Orderedas type (C3-S-A1 hull), MC hull 178 [1]
Awarded30 October 1940
BuilderSeattle-Tacoma Shipbuilding Corporation, Tacoma, Washington
Cost$3,286,653
Yard number10
Way number2
Laid down27 October 1941
Launched21 February 1942
Sponsored byMrs. J. Perry
FateSold for scrapping on 14 May 1971
United States
NameCard
NamesakeCard Sound, Florida
Acquired1 May 1942
Commissioned8 November 1942
Decommissioned13 May 1946
Reclassified
  • ACV, 20 August 1942
  • CVE, 15 July 1943
  • CVHE, 12 June 1955
Identification
FateAllocated to the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS), 1958
United States
NameCard
OperatorMSTS
Acquired1958
In service16 May 1958
Out of service10 March 1970
Reclassified
  • CVU, 1 July 1958
  • AKV, 7 May 1959
Stricken15 September 1970
Identification
FateSold for scrapping, 14 May 1971
General characteristics [2]
Class and typeBogue-class escort carrier
Displacement
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
Propulsion
Speed18 kn (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Complement890 officers and enlisted
Armament
Aircraft carried19-24
Aviation facilities
Service record
Operations:
Awards:

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.