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| #1200290 in Books | 2003-11-10 | 2003-11-05 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.25 x.31 x6.50l,.71 | File type: PDF | 128 pages||1 of 1 people found the following review helpful.| A good introduction but sparse on detail|By BillH|While this chronicles a perhaps little-known aspect of naval pilot training on the Great Lakes, the writing is not particularly interesting. There are more pictures of the excursion ships prior to their conversion to training carriers than of the carriers in operation. This may simply be attributable to there being few images|About the Author|Mr. Somers, a native of Chicago, grew up as a witness to these aircraft carriers on Lake Michigan. This book is a result of his continuing interest in those ships. Somers is also the author of Illinois Central Streamliners 1936-1946.
Lake Michigan's Aircraft Carriers is the story of the USS Wolverine and the USS Sable, two Great Lakes excursion ships converted for use as aircraft carrier training during World War II. 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 ...
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