The Sad Story of How Viet Cong Commandos 'Sank' an 'Aircraft Carrier'

In the 1960s, the USNS Card (T-AKV-40) - an old World War II escort aircraft carrier performing supply-carrying duties at the time - was sunk after 180 pounds of explosives detonated at the ship’s hull.

This tragic event represents the last time an American aircraft carrier was sunk by enemy forces - although the vessel was no longer being used as such.

In the early morning on May 2, 1964, two Viet Cong commandos emerged from a sewer tunnel in Saigon Port carrying 90 pounds of high...