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Subject: Re: 9 photos of the USS Wolverine, a strange WWII aircraft carrier that was originally a luxury paddlewheel steamer - This is the SS Seeandbee in 1912, decades before the US purchased it in March 1942.jpg ...
From: Mitchell Holman <noemail@verizont.net>
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Miloch <Miloch_member@newsguy.com> wrote in
news:pjgn7g02fi@drn.newsguy.com:
> In article <XnsA92CDCFB4F481noemailattnet@216.166.97.131>, Mitchell
> Holman says...
>>
>>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-wwi
>>> i- 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?
>>
>
>
> https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ship/ix-64.htm
>
>
> "Fitted with a 550-foot flight deck, Wolverine began her new job in
> January 1943, to be joined by her sister Sable in May. Operating
> various aircraft out of NAS Glenview, the two paddle-wheelers afforded
> invaluable training not only to pilots, but to smaller numbers of
> Landing Signal Officers (LSO) as well. As the Navy's first
> side-wheeled aircraft carrier, Wolverine was equipped to handle plane
> take-offs and landings, a vital duty that she performed for the
> duration of World War II. She contributed to the winning war effort in
> World War II by training hundreds of pilots in basic carrier
> operations.
That must of been a chore. If the landing is screwed
up the trainee LSO and the trainee pilot can blame each
other......;)
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