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Coal Fired Side Wheel Aircraft Carriers during WWII
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| Feb 3, 2012
| Mark Allen M
Posted on 08/27/2013 11:34:57 AM PDT by donmeaker
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I hadn't read of these before, and the photographs are very interesting.
Many pictures at the link.
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posted on
08/27/2013 11:34:57 AM PDT
by
donmeaker
To: donmeaker
The Sable and Wolverine are actually mentioned and shown in one episode of Victory at Sea.
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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)
To: donmeaker
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.
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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.)
To: donmeaker
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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 :-)
To: donmeaker
Thank you for the link.
A needed distraction with all the crap that is going on.
Those are some awesome photos.
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posted on
08/27/2013 12:01:41 PM PDT
by
UCANSEE2
(The monsters are due on Maple Street)
To: donmeaker
The day when men were men and America was America.
To: donmeaker
The Lake Carriers were pretty cool in their own way.
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posted on
08/27/2013 12:12:43 PM PDT
by
Army Air Corps
(Four Fried Chickens and a Coke)
To: donmeaker
Those trainees sure are rough on airplanes.
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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)
To: donmeaker; All
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?
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posted on
08/27/2013 12:18:45 PM PDT
by
ken5050
(2014 Tea Party Trifecta! Retire Mitch, Lamar, and Lindsey)
To: donmeaker; All
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?
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posted on
08/27/2013 12:21:11 PM PDT
by
ken5050
(2014 Tea Party Trifecta! Retire Mitch, Lamar, and Lindsey)
To: donmeaker
I bet that showed those pesky Canadians that they’d better not mess with the Good Old USofA.
To: donmeaker
Coastal defense?
Great Lakes defense?
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posted on
08/27/2013 12:42:40 PM PDT
by
GeronL
To: donmeaker
Thanks for posting.
I could spend all day reading this stuff.
To: Blood of Tyrants
US Naval Aviation museum in Pensacola has some actual war veteran fighters that were brought back to the the US to use in training on the Great Lakes. Theses planes were resurrected from the bottom of Lake Michigan.
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posted on
08/27/2013 12:58:29 PM PDT
by
wordsofearnest
(Proper aim of giving is to put the recipient in a state where he no longer needs it. C.S. Lewis)
To: ken5050
I don’t know the answer to your question. But I can try to guess.
I just checked. Aircraft carriers still turn into the wind for flight operations.
Do you know the nickname of Chicago? I knew you did.
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posted on
08/27/2013 12:59:20 PM PDT
by
Daaave
("All I ask is a tall ship and a star to steer her by")
To: donmeaker
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.
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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")
To: wordsofearnest
I was there last year. I could have spent many more hours than we had available to spend there. And it’s free!
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posted on
08/27/2013 1:07:07 PM PDT
by
Blood of Tyrants
(Tyranny is defined as that which is legal for the government but illegal for the people. T Jefferson)
To: donmeaker
Very cool!
I am still always struck at what a beautiful machine the F4U Corsair was.
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posted on
08/27/2013 1:07:28 PM PDT
by
Spruce
To: Homer_J_Simpson
To: donmeaker
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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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