Paddle wheel Carrier

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[80 years ago today] "• Paddlewheel carrier USS Wolverine is commissioned. Converted from a Cleveland to Buffalo coal-fired side-paddlewheel passenger steamer, she has arrestor gear but lacks a hangar, elevators, and armament.  She will operate on Lake Michigan into 1945, training pilots and carrier flight deck crew.

 

SS Seeandbee

 

USS Wolverine IX-64"