USS Card

USS Card

USS Card was a World War 2 era aircraft carrier which was sunk by the Viet Cong in 1964, killing 5 crewmen. Card settled in 20 feet of water. She was patched and pumped out, and raised in a couple of weeks, and towed to Japan for repairs. USS Card was eventually repaired and it returned to service 7 months later.

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