USS Cardinal, a 435-ton minesweeper, was built at Bath, Maine, in 1937 as the civilian fishing boat Jeanne D'Arc. She was acquired by the Navy in August 1940, as the United States began to expand its defenses in response to the fall of France. Renamed Cardinal and given an initial conversion for mine clearance work, she was commissioned in November 1940. The ship was further modified in 1941 and spent the rest of her active Navy career on patrol and minesweeping duties in the Fifth Naval District, encompassing the coastal waters from Delaware, Maryland and Virginia. Cardinal was placed out of commission in September 1944 and transferred to the War Shipping Administration in late August 1945.
This page features the only views we have of USS Cardinal (AM-67).
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Photo #: 19-N-23212 USS Cardinal (AM-67) At Hampton Roads, Virginia, 25 November 1940. Photograph from the Bureau of Ships Collection in the U.S. National Archives. Online Image: 86KB; 740 x 585 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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Photo #: 19-N-25946 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. Online Image: 136KB; 740 x 615 pixels Reproductions of this image may also be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system. |
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In addition to the images presented above, the National Archives appears to hold other views of USS Cardinal (AM-67). The following list features some of these images:
The images listed below are NOT in
the Naval Historical Center's collections.
DO NOT try to obtain them using the procedures described in our
page "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions.".
USS Cardinal (AM-67), probably off Norfolk, Virginia, in late 1941, soon after being refitted with an extended forecastle, 3"/50 deck gun, and small foremast. Two machine guns are mounted atop her superstructure, just aft of the pilothouse, and she carries liferafts attached to her mainmast shrouds. Cardinal is painted dark overall, with the Mine Force insignia and a large white number "67" painted on her bow. Port broadside surface view, taken on what appears to have been a somewhat foggy day. This photograph was cataloged by the Naval Photographic Center in 1950. As above, but port quarter surface view. This photograph was cataloged by the Naval Photographic Center in 1951.
Reproductions of these images should be available through the National Archives photographic reproduction system for pictures not held by the Naval Historical Center. The images listed in this box are NOT in the Naval Historical Center's collections. DO NOT try to obtain them using the procedures described in our page "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions.". |
Page made 1 February 2003