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 ...

....short read plus good pics

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The USS Wolverine is one of the oddest aircraft carriers in US Navy history.

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.



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