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I hadn't read of these before, and the photographs are very interesting.

Many pictures at the link.

1 posted on 08/27/2013 11:34:57 AM PDT by donmeaker
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The Sable and Wolverine are actually mentioned and shown in one episode of Victory at Sea.


2 posted on 08/27/2013 11:42:36 AM PDT by xkaydet65 (.You have never tasted freedom, else you would know it is purchased not with gold but with steel)
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Thank you so much for posing this! My late father served on the USS Wolverine. The pictures will be of great interest to me, my brothers, and to the grandchildren.

Again, thanks.

3 posted on 08/27/2013 11:45:51 AM PDT by Leaning Right (Why am I holding this lantern? I am looking for the next Reagan.)
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4 posted on 08/27/2013 11:57:41 AM PDT by skinkinthegrass (who'll take tomorrow,$pend it all today;who can take your income & tax it all away..0'Blowfly can :-)
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To: donmeaker

Thank you for the link.

A needed distraction with all the crap that is going on.

Those are some awesome photos.


5 posted on 08/27/2013 12:01:41 PM PDT by UCANSEE2 (The monsters are due on Maple Street)
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The day when men were men and America was America.


6 posted on 08/27/2013 12:08:03 PM PDT by American Constitutionalist
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The Lake Carriers were pretty cool in their own way.


7 posted on 08/27/2013 12:12:43 PM PDT by Army Air Corps (Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
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Those trainees sure are rough on airplanes.


8 posted on 08/27/2013 12:13:19 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Tyranny is defined as that which is legal for the government but illegal for the people. T Jefferson)
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Great thread..wonderful pictures..many thanks..

I'm curious about one thing..hopefully someone will know the answer. Originally designed as ferries..I suspect the ships had a max speed of 10-15 knots...whereas the fleet carriers could max out at about 35 knots..Wouldn't that make take offs and landings much harder, and more dangerous aboard these two training ships?

9 posted on 08/27/2013 12:18:45 PM PDT by ken5050 (2014 Tea Party Trifecta! Retire Mitch, Lamar, and Lindsey)
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Great thread..wonderful pictures..many thanks..

I'm curious about one thing..hopefully someone will know the answer. Originally designed as ferries..I suspect the ships had a max speed of 10-15 knots...whereas the fleet carriers could max out at about 35 knots..Wouldn't that make take offs and landings much harder, and more dangerous aboard these two training ships?

10 posted on 08/27/2013 12:21:11 PM PDT by ken5050 (2014 Tea Party Trifecta! Retire Mitch, Lamar, and Lindsey)
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I bet that showed those pesky Canadians that they’d better not mess with the Good Old USofA.


11 posted on 08/27/2013 12:41:58 PM PDT by centurion316
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Coastal defense?

Great Lakes defense?


12 posted on 08/27/2013 12:42:40 PM PDT by GeronL
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Thanks for posting.

I could spend all day reading this stuff.


13 posted on 08/27/2013 12:49:15 PM PDT by drunknsage
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Thanks donmeaker .

My father was on a carrier during the Vietnam war. He has also been stationed at Great Lakes NS.

I had heard of a WWII plane being recovered from Lake Michigan. I've never heard of these carriers though.

16 posted on 08/27/2013 1:03:50 PM PDT by Daaave ("All I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by")
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Very cool!

I am still always struck at what a beautiful machine the F4U Corsair was.


18 posted on 08/27/2013 1:07:28 PM PDT by Spruce
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ping


19 posted on 08/27/2013 1:17:25 PM PDT by colorado tanker
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home viewing bookmark


20 posted on 08/27/2013 1:22:18 PM PDT by Sergio (An object at rest cannot be stopped! - The Evil Midnight Bomber What Bombs at Midnight)
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bfl


23 posted on 08/27/2013 1:47:07 PM PDT by Noob1999 (Loose Lips, Sink Ships)
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Fascinating. Until today, I did not know those ships existed.

The Japanese were so desperate for flat tops, those ships would have seen combat. Once.


24 posted on 08/27/2013 1:56:45 PM PDT by henkster (If the Feds create an unlimited demand for bastard children, you get an unlimited supply of them.)
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Interesting.


26 posted on 08/27/2013 2:07:41 PM PDT by BenLurkin (This is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion or satire; or both.)
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Cool. I think I want a model of one.


28 posted on 08/27/2013 4:01:20 PM PDT by Kommodor (Terrorist, Journalist or Democrat? I can't tell the difference.)
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