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Lake Michigan's Aircraft Carriers
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Lake Michigan's Aircraft Carriers Paperback - 2003

by Paul M. Somers


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This is the story of the USS Wolverine and the USS Sable, two Great Lakes excursion ships converted for aircraft carrier training during WWII.


Through the duration of the war, the United States Navy qualified 17,800 pilots for aircraft carrier operation. Training the pilots on either the Atlantic or the Pacific Ocean would have exposed the training ships to the danger of submarine attack, while requiring the escort of fighting ships that were needed elsewhere. It would also have involved arming and armoring the ships used for training. Commander R.F. Whitehead came up with an idea that solved all of these problems. He suggested doing the training on the protected waters of the Great Lakes.

The USS Wolverine and the USS Sable were chosen and became the only fresh water, paddle-wheeled, coal-fired aircraft carriers in the history of the world. Author Paul M. Somers shares his collection of vintage photos and a lifetime of research to detail the history of these two great vessels-from their life as cruise ships to their contributions to the war effort and then to their eventual scrapping.

First line

The concept of ship-borne aircraft in the U.S. Navy began on November 14, 1910, when Eugene Ely took off from an 83-foot downward-slanted flight deck which had been built on the bow of the light cruiser USS Birmingham.

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  • Title Lake Michigan's Aircraft Carriers
  • Author Paul M. Somers
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition 1st Edition
  • Pages 128
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Arcadia Publishing (SC), Charleston, SC
  • Date 2003-11-05
  • Features Bibliography, Maps, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780738532080 / 0738532088
  • Weight 0.71 lbs (0.32 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.02 x 6.54 x 0.44 in (22.91 x 16.61 x 1.12 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1940's
    • Cultural Region: Midwest
    • Cultural Region: Upper Midwest
    • Geographic Orientation: Illinois
  • Library of Congress subjects World War, 1939-1945 - Aerial operations,, World War, 1939-1945 - Naval operations,
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2003112722
  • Dewey Decimal Code 977.4
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