An explosion of a charge assumed to have been placed by Viet Cong terrorists sinks the USNS Card at its dock in Saigon. No one was injured and the ship was eventually raised and repaired. The Card, an escort carrier being used as an aircraft and helicopter ferry, had arrived in Saigon on April 30.
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U.S. ship sunk in Saigon port
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This Week in History, May 2 - May 8
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- May 02, 1970
- Joint forces continue attack into Cambodia
- May 03, 1965
- 173rd Airborne Brigade deploys to South Vietnam
- May 03, 1968
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- May 04, 1961
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- May 04, 1970
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