Qualla: Attack on USNS Card https://qualla.com/attack-on-usns-card en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:36 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Attack on USNS Card https://qualla.com/attack-on-usns-card Attack on USNS Card: Introduction https://qualla.com/attack-on-usns-card/ Lam Son Nao knew the sewers beneath Saigon Port the way most people know their own hallways. His father had worked at the port facility for years and had memorized every tunnel, every drain, every passage running beneath the docks where American warships tied up to unload their cargo. When the 65th Special Operations Group of the Viet Cong needed someone to sink a ship in the most heavily guarded harbor in South Vietnam, Nao was the obvious choice. Shortly after midnight on May 2, 1964, he and a fellow commando emerged from a sewer outlet, swam to the hull of the USNS Card, attached two explosive charges, and vanished back underground. The resulting blasts sank the ship in 48 feet of water and killed five crew members.

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]]> Thu, 26 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/3/g/v/attack-on-usns-card-wp/w3gv-attack-on-usns-card-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Attack on USNS Card: A Carrier's Second Life https://qualla.com/attack-on-usns-card/ The Card had already lived one full career before arriving in Vietnamese waters. Commissioned during World War II as an escort carrier, she had hunted German U-boats in the Atlantic before being decommissioned in 1946 and mothballed with the Atlantic Reserve Fleet. In 1958 the Na...

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]]> Thu, 26 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/3/g/v/attack-on-usns-card-wp/w3gv-attack-on-usns-card-the-electrician-who-watched.mp3 0:06 3 full Attack on USNS Card: Through the Tunnels https://qualla.com/attack-on-usns-card/ The operation had been attempted before. An earlier mission against the USNS Core had failed, forcing the group to redesign their explosives and wait for another target. When Nao learned the Card had returned to Saigon, he inspected the new equipment: a fresh battery and a redesi...

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]]> Thu, 26 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/3/g/v/attack-on-usns-card-wp/w3gv-attack-on-usns-card-through-the-tunnels.mp3 0:06 4 full Attack on USNS Card: Sinking and Silence https://qualla.com/attack-on-usns-card/ The explosion tore a hole 12 feet long and 3 feet high in the ship's starboard hull. Five civilian crew members died. The Card settled to the bottom in 48 feet of water, her superstructure still visible above the surface. The crew and local authorities responded quickly enough to...

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]]> Thu, 26 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/w/3/g/v/attack-on-usns-card-wp/w3gv-attack-on-usns-card-sinking-and-silence.mp3 0:06 5 full Attack on USNS Card: Prelude to Escalation https://qualla.com/attack-on-usns-card/ The Card returned to service on December 11, 1964, and continued hauling military equipment to Vietnam until 1970, when she was finally retired to the Reserve Fleet. But the attack's significance outlasted the ship's career. The sinking was one of the first major Viet Cong strike...

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