Photo of the 130 survivors of destroyer USS Borie on the flight deck of USS Card following a memorial service for the 27 shipmates lost in the sinking 2 Nov 1943 (photo about 8 Nov 1943).
Congratulatory photo taken 10 Nov 1943 showing United States Navy officers who were decorated for their parts in the USS Card’s Hunter-Killer Atlantic cruises between 27 Jul and 2 Nov 1943. See Comment below for details.
On the flight deck of USS Card, Admiral Royal E. Ingersoll, Commander-in-Chief Atlantic Fleet, awarding the Navy Cross to Lieutenant Charles Hutchins, Captain of USS Borie, for actions against German U-405.
Text of the Presidential Unit Citation awarded to the ships and men of USS Card, Barry, Borie, Goff, and air units Composite Squadrons One and Nine for actions against German submarines in 1943.
FM-2 Wildcat of USS Card in flight, 10 Feb 1944
Escort carrier USS Card in Measure 32, Design 4A paint scheme steaming into New York Harbor, 19 Mar 1944.
Escort carrier USS Card in Measure 32, Design 4A paint scheme approaching New York Harbor, Mar 1944. Photo taken from Navy Airship K-20.
Burial at sea honors aboard escort carrier USS Card in the North Atlantic, 6 Jul 1944. The services were for German Navy Kapitänleutnant Hans Steen, captain of U-233 who had been captured but then died of his wounds.
Burial at sea honors aboard escort carrier USS Card in the North Atlantic, 6 Jul 1944. The services were for German Navy Kapitänleutnant Hans Steen, captain of U-233 who had been captured but then died of his wounds.
Reactivated as an aircraft transport ship in 1958, USNS Card is seen dockside in Saigon, South Vietnam (now Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam) in about 1968.
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