Did the Vietnamese sink an Aircraft Carrier?!?

TLAM Strike · 04-02-06, 11:52 PM

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

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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.

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 · 04-02-06, 11:56 PM

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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...

TLAM Strike · 04-03-06, 12:04 AM

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Originally Posted by August

Google is your friend...

Hay its like 1 in the morning and I'm lazy...

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

Kapitan · 04-03-06, 01:24 AM

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

joea · 04-03-06, 02:32 AM

Ya a WWII CVE big victory for the North Vietnamese.

STEED · 04-03-06, 05:16 AM

Good read that link August

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Kapitan Sub Test Pilot Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: UK + Canada Posts: 7,130 Downloads: 77 Uploads: 7	Wooo i didnt know about that nor did i know that the CVE was raised, but loosing a carrier man oh man. __________________ DONT FORGET if you like a post to nominate it by using the blue diamond Find out about Museum Ships here: https://www.museumships.us/ Flickr for all my pictures: https://www.flickr.com/photos/131313936@N03/ Navy general board articles: https://www.navygeneralboard.com/author/aegis/

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STEED Lucky Jack Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Down Town UK Posts: 27,695 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 48	Good read that link August __________________ Dr Who rest in peace 1963-2017. To borrow Davros saying...I NAME YOU CHIBNALL THE DESTROYER OF DR WHO YOU KILLED IT!

04-03-06, 02:32 AM	#5
joea Silent Hunter Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: At periscope depth in Lake Geneva Posts: 3,512 Downloads: 25 Uploads: 0	Ya a WWII CVE big victory for the North Vietnamese.