Did the Vietnamese sink an Aircraft Carrier?!?

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USS Card CVE-11 (AKA CVHE, CVU, AKV)

Mined and sunk while moored in Saigon, Vietnam, 2 May 1964; 5 of her crew were killed. Raised 19 May, and returned to service 11 December. Mined and sunk while moored in Saigon, Vietnam, 2 May 1964; 5 of her crew were killed. Raised 19 May, and returned to service 11 December.

:huh: :o WHAT!!! OMFG! They like bomb the ship with frogmen or something? Why have I never heard about this before? Anyone know some details about this?

[August]

Early on the morning of May 2, 1964, as she was moored at a Saigon dock, a North Vietnamese frogman planted a charge that blew a hole in her hull. The CARD sank in about 20 feet of water, but 17 days later, the CARD had been raised, pumped out and made ready for towing to a repair facility by two Navy tug boats. First to Subic Bay, P.I. then on to Yokosuka, Japan where the major work was finally accomplished. Work began on 11 July and by the first of December the repairs were completed. It took thousands of man-hours, much new equipment and considerable money. Once again the USNS CARD proudly sailed the seas again


http://www.usscard.org/history.asp

Google is your friend...

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Google is your friend... Hay its like 1 in the morning and I'm lazy... :roll: :lol:

Very intresting, a lot like the Cole. Damn do we ever learn? :roll:

[Kapitan]

Wooo i didnt know about that nor did i know that the CVE was raised, but loosing a carrier man oh man.

[joea]

Ya a WWII CVE big victory for the North Vietnamese. :roll:

[STEED]

Good read that link August :yep: