USS Cardinal (AM-67)

USS Cardinal (AM-67) was a Bullfinch-class minesweeper in the United States Navy during World War II.

USS Cardinal (AM-67) At Hampton Roads, Virginia, 25 November 1940
History
United States
Name	USS Cardinal
Builder	Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine
Laid down	20 April 1937, MV Jeanne d'Arc
Launched	21 August 1937
Acquired	19 August 1940
Commissioned	2 November 1940
Decommissioned	8 September 1944
Stricken	23 September 1944
Fate	Transferred to War Shipping Administration for disposal, 29 August 1945
General characteristics
Class and type	Bullfinch-class minesweeper
Displacement	425 long tons (432 t)
Length	136 ft 4 in (41.55 m)
Beam	24 ft (7.3 m)
Draft	11 ft (3.4 m)
Propulsion	1 × 700 hp (522 kW) Fairbanks-Morse diesel engine, 1 shaft
Speed	10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Armament	• 1 × 3"/50 caliber gun

The ship was laid down on 20 April 1937 by Bath Iron Works, Bath, Maine, as the Jeanne D'Arc for F. J. O'Hara and Sons, Inc. of Boston, Massachusetts. Launched on 21 August 1937, the ship was delivered on 23 October 1937. Renamed Cardinal on 14 August 1940, she was acquired by the Navy on 19 August 1940. Commissioned in ordinary on 28 August 1940, and converted to a Minesweeper at the Norfolk Navy Yard, she was commissioned in full as USS Cardinal (AM-67) on 2 November 1940. Conversion was completed by 22 April 1941.