Allied Warships

USS Card (CVE 11)

Escort carrier of the Bogue class

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. 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).

Commands listed for USS Card (CVE 11)

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	Commander	From	To
1	T/Capt. James Bennett Sykes, USN	8 Nov 1942	17 Apr 1943
2	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	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 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.