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Cardinal (AM 67)



Call sign:
November - Echo - Charlie - Hotel



Cardinal Class Minesweeper: Laid down, 20 April 1937 as the trawler Jeanne d'Arc by the Bath Iron Works Corp., Bath, ME; Acquired by the Navy, 19 August 1940; Commissioned USS Cardinal (AM 67), 2 November 1940; Decommissioned, 8 September 1944 at Norfolk, VA; Transferred to the War Shipping Administration for disposal, 29 August 1945.
Fate unknown.

Specifications: Displacement 516 t.; Length 136'; Beam 24'; Draft 11' 2"; Speed 10 kts; Complement unknown; Armament one 3"/50, two depth charge tracks; Propulsion one 700hp diesel engine, one shaft.
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Cardinal 86k At Hampton Roads, Virginia, 25 November 1940.
Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S.
National Archives.
U. S. Navy Photo 19-N-23212
Naval Historical Center
Bullfinch 136k USS Cardinal (AM-67), inboard, and USS Bullfinch (AM-66), outboard at the Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia, 31 October 1941. Note these minesweepers' dark paint scheme, with large white hull numbers and mine force insignia on their bows. Both have been fitted with 3"/50 deck guns.
Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S.
National Archives.
U. S. Navy Photo 19-N-25946
Naval Historical Center

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Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
Naval Minewarfare Association
Association of Minemen

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