Miloch <Miloch_member@newsguy.com> wrote in
news:pjfbdt0rbg@drn.newsguy.com:
> ...short read plus good pics
>
> https://www.businessinsider.com/9-photos-of-uss-wolverine-a-weird-wwii-
> carrier-originally-cruise-ship-2018-7
>
> The USS Wolverine is one of the oddest aircraft carriers in US Navy
> history.
>
Since it didn't actually "carry" any planes
but just served as a "touch and go" landing
platform can it really be called a carrier?
Dumb question, I know, but there you go...
> Built in 1912, the Wolverine was originally a side-wheel steamer
> called the SS Seeandbee that was used for luxury cruises on the Great
> Lakes. But it got a second career when it was bought by the US Navy in
> 1942 as the service rapidly stood up a carrier force to answer
> Japanese aggression.
>
> By January 1943, the Wolverine had been converted into an aircraft
> carrier to train naval aviators and flight deck crews for World War
> II.
>
> It was based in Navy Pier in Chicago so that it could operate in Lake
> Michigan, but it lacked many features that combat carriers have, such
> as elevators and hangar decks.
>
> During WWII, the Wolverine, along with its sister trainer, the USS
> Sable, conducted more than 120,000 landings and qualified more than
> 35,000 pilots.
>
I always wondered about the training for
LSO's. Surely they were instructed on how to
signal pilots how to land on carriers, but
where?
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