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USS ''Card'' (AVG/ ACV/ CVE/ CVHE/ CVU/T-CVU-11/ T-AKV-40) was an American that saw service in
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. She was named for Card Sound, a continuation of Biscayne Bay, south of
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, Florida. She was the
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of Task Group 21.14 (TG 21.14) a hunter-killer group formed to destroy German
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s in the
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. In 1964, while operating as an aircraft ferry, ''Card'' was sunk with explosives planted by two
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commandos in the Harbor of Saigon, South Vietnam. She was refloated 17 days later and returned to service after extensive repairs.


Construction and commissioning

''Card''s hull was laid down on 27 October 1941, under a
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contract, MC hull #178, at
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in Tacoma, Washington, as a
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(cargo type C3-S-A1) and was launched as Hull 178 on 27 February 1942, sponsored by Mrs J. Perry. She was acquired by the U.S. Navy on 1 May 1942 and redesignated AVG-11 (Aircraft Escort Vessel #11), later reclassified as ACV-11 (Auxiliary Aircraft Carrier 11) on the 20 August 1942 and converted into an escort carrier. She was commissioned on 8 November 1942.


Aircraft carried

''Card'' had capacity for up to 24 fighter and
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aircraft normally a mixture of
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;
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and
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with composition dependant upon mission. The squadron had the callsign VC-1 USN (Composite Squadron One).


Service history


World War II

Departing
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, California on 18 January 1943, ''Card'' arrived at
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, Virginia on 1 February for training in the
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. Her initial mission began in May 1943 as she escorted slow convoy UGS-8A of troopships and supply vessels to Casablanca in French Morocco. This convoy shipped six months after the
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and was assembled in preparation for the subsequent
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. With 129 merchant ships and 19 escorts, it was the largest convoy of the war to date. During this crossing, ''Card'' and her escorting destroyers provided daily anti-submarine patrols against
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by air and by sea while remaining close to the convoy. When escorting the return convoy GUS-8 back to Norfolk, however, ''Card's'' orders permitted her to operate more freely against reported concentrations of U-boats as long as she could get back to the convoy in time to protect it. Thus began the evolution toward totally independent Hunter-Killer Group (HKG) operations On 15 July ''Card'' was reclassified from an Auxiliary Aircraft Carrier (ACV) to an Escort Carrier (CVE). She became one of the first of fourteen US CVEs around which US anti-submarine HKGs would be centered. These groups became feasible as increasing numbers of CVEs became available, along with more and better escort ships and aircraft. They became increasingly effective with the development of improved anti-submarine weapons systems including Mark 24 (FIDO) homing torpedoes and Hedgehog forward-throwing depth charges. Like other US HKGs, those centered around ''Card'' operated independently of convoys but, unlike UK HKGs, she operated without centralized control. These groups used
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intelligence from Enigma coded intercepts to locate and destroy U-boats and their replenishment vessels. These intercepts were involved in sinking all 11 submarines sunk by ''Cards HKGs and all but one of the U-boats sunk in the Atlantic Theater by US HKGs during the war. ''Card'' steamed from Norfolk on 27 July as
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for TG 21.14, an HKG formed for offensive operations against German submarines. This deployment lasted until 10 September. On 7 August her Avenger aircraft attacked while refueling ''U-66'' at . The Avengers dropped
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and an acoustic homing torpedo (codenamed "FIDO") near ''U-117'' and ''U-66''. Two more Avengers and two Wildcats arrived later and forced ''U-117'' to dive before dropping more depth charges and another FIDO. ''U-117'' was hit by one of two acoustic torpedoes and sank with the loss of all hands. ''U-66'' escaped and returned to the boat's homeport,
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. On 8 August 1943 fired three torpedoes at the escort carrier but all missed. The following day Aircraft from ''Card'' sank ''U-664'' in position , west-southwest of
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, with depth charges from Avengers. Seven crew members were killed and 44 rescued by '' USS Borie''. On 11 August her aircraft sank at north-west of the Azores with all hands. On 27 August her aircraft sank in the
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at , with FIDO torpedoes, all 63 hands were lost. Her second deployment was from 25 September to 9 November 1943. Lt. (j.g.) Robert. L. Sterns spotted three submarines, , , and , refueling from the Type XIV supply and replenishment ("''Milchkuh''") , on 4 October, north of the Azores. Coming under heavy anti-aircraft fire from the three U-boats, Lt. Sterns radioed for reinforcements and three more TBM Avengers joined the battle. Sterns dropped an "Fido" acoustic torpedo that sunk ''U-460'' with 62 crew lost and two rescued, and ''U-422'' was sunk at with all hands. On 13 October, Avenger and Wildcat aircraft sank at , with an acoustic FIDO torpedo. On 31 October, three of her Avenger aircraft sank , at , north of Flores Island, with FIDOs and attacked , at the same location, but this boat escaped undamaged. The fifth and final sinking of the deployment was on 1 November, by one of ''Card''s escorts. After a violent, close-range surface action, rammed and sank in , north of the Azores. Too badly damaged to be saved, ''Borie'' had to be sunk by a bomb dropped by one of ''Card''s Avengers at , east of
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. For her antisubmarine activities from 27 July to 25 October, as part of TG21.14, ''Card'' and her task group were awarded the Presidential Unit Citation. ''Card'' became the first escort carrier to receive such an award for combating German submarines. ''Card'' began her third hunter-killer deployment 24 November 1943 in the North Atlantic. Late on 23 December, the group ran into wolfpack "Borkum"; ''Card'' had 12 contacts in 5 hours. ''Card'' and her escort were unsuccessfully attacked by and one of her Wildcats spotted the
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''Osorno'' steaming for the
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. One of ''Cards'' escorts, sank at on 24 December. ''Cards'' escort , was sunk by the combined efforts of and at , west northwest of
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, Spain. ''Card'' dodged submarines all night with only ''Decatur'' as screen, while ''Schenck'' rescued survivors from ''Leary''. The task group returned to Norfolk base on 2 January 1944. From 18 March to 17 May 1944, ''Card'' operated on transport duty between Norfolk and Casablanca. She then underwent overhaul until 4 June, when she steamed for
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, to hold pilot qualification exercises. She returned to
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, 21 June, to serve as the nucleus of TG 22.10. The hunter-killer unit departed Norfolk, 25 June, and on 5 July, two of her escorts, and , sank at . Thirty survivors, including the mortally wounded commanding officer of the submarine, were taken on board ''Card'' and put ashore at
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, Massachusetts, the next day. Her next anti-submarine cruise was in the Caribbean, and uneventful, 10 July–23 August 1944. She sortied 18 September as the flagship of TG 22.2 for patrol off the Azores, during which she cooperated with British Escort Group 9 to attack a submarine on 12 October. After another patrol with TG 22.2, 1 December 1944 – 22 January 1945, ''Card'' entered
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for overhaul until 7 February. She then transported Army aircraft and Army and Navy personnel to
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, returning to Norfolk 12 March. From 21 March to 24 May, ''Card'' was based on Quonset Point, conducting carrier pilot qualifications. She ferried men and aircraft to Guantanamo Bay, 21–24 June, then transited the
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, to transport materiel to
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and
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, returning to San Diego, 14 August. By the end of World War II, ''Cards aircraft and escorts destroyed a total of 11 German submarines, making her, along with '' USS Bogue'' with 9 German and 2 Japanese submarines, the most successful ships of her class. Assigned to "
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" duty, she made two voyages to Pearl Harbor, and one to the western Pacific, from 21 August to 16 December, returning servicemen to the west coast. ''Card'' departed
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, California, 7 January 1946, for the east coast where she was placed out of commission in reserve at Norfolk, 13 May. She was reclassified as a helicopter escort carrier CVHE-11, 12 June 1955; a utility carrier CVU-11, 1 July 1958; and an aviation transport AKV-40, 7 May 1959.


Awards

In addition to her Presidential Unit Citation, ''Card'' received three
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s for service in World War II.


Vietnam War

The ship was reactivated on 16 May 1958, as
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''Card'' and operated with a civilian crew under
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(MSTS) control as an aircraft transport. On 15 December 1961, ''Card'' left
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in
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, with a cargo of
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helicopters and soldiers from
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, bound for
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. At
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, in the
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, the cargo and troops were transferred to the helicopter carrier , which arrived and unloaded off the coast of
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, on 25 January 1962.BATTALION HISTORY, 93rd Trans / 121st AHC, Early History, Web 4 Jan 2013.
/ref> On 2 May 1964, while ''Card'' was moored dockside in
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, a
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planted an explosive charge that blew a hole in the hull, killing five crewmen. ''Card'' settled in of water. She was patched and pumped out, and raised on 19 May, and towed to Subic Bay, and then
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, for repairs. ''Card'' returned to service on 11 December. The attack has parallels to the
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of , in terms of being an example of "cost-effective"
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. During the latter part of 1967, and early part of 1968, ''Card'' brought US military helicopters to the Republic of South Vietnam. These helicopters were assembled on board the ship by members of the 388th Transportation Company, 765th Transportation Battalion, and then flown to the US Army airfield at
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. From there the helicopters were assigned to aviation units.


Fate

''Card'' entered the
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, at
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, Washington, on 10 March 1970, was sold for scrapping to Zidell Explorations, Inc for $93,899.99, on 14 May 1971 and withdrawn from the fleet on 9 June 1971.


Awards

* Presidential Unit Citation *
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with one
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* European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with two battle stars *
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*
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with "ASIA" clasp *
National Defense Service Medal The National Defense Service Medal (NDSM) is a service award of the United States Armed Forces established by President Dwight D. Eisenhower in 1953. It is awarded to every member of the US Armed Forces who has served during any one of four sp ...
*
Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal The Armed Forces Expeditionary Medal (AFEM) is a military award of the United States Armed Forces, which was first created in 1961 by Executive Order of President John Kennedy. The medal is awarded to members of the U.S. Armed Forces who, after ...
*
Vietnam Service Medal The Vietnam Service Medal is a military award of the United States Armed Forces established on 8 July 1965 by order of President Lyndon B. Johnson. The medal is awarded to recognize service during the Vietnam War by all members of the U.S. A ...
with one campaign star *
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Citations


Bibliography

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External links


USS ''Card'' at NHHC/DANFS

USS ''Card'' at World War II Database



USS ''Card'' Association




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