Lake Michigan's Aircraft Carriers
(Part of the Images of America: Illinois Series)
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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...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0738532088
ISBN13:9780738532080
Release Date:November 2003
Publisher:Arcadia Publishing (SC)
Length:128 Pages
Weight:0.70 lbs.
Dimensions:0.4" x 6.5" x 9.0"
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