"Fresh-Water Flattops – The U.S. Navy’s Forgotten Great" Topic
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| Tango01 | 15 Jun 2020 3:39 p.m. PST |
…Lakes Aircraft Carriers "ALTHOUGH THE UNITED STATES commissioned a staggering 151 aircraft carriers during World War Two, it's safe to say that none were quite like the USS Wolverine and her sister ship the USS Sable. Not only were the two flattops the only American wartime carriers powered by coal (most naval vessels of the era ran on fuel oil), both served their entire military careers on Lake Michigan – a landlocked Great Lake in the middle of North America. And while these freshwater fighting ships faced no enemy and fired no shots in anger, both were invaluable to the American war effort. Together, they prepared thousands of naval aviators for the dangerous job of landing planes on pitching and rolling flight decks at sea. And it was squadrons of these same naval aviators that would help turn the tide against the Axis…." link Main page
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