U.S.S. Wolverine
IX-64
1942
(Hai 179)
- Class: Wolverine - 1 Great Lakes training carrier of 1942
- Displacement: 6,381 tons
- Dimensions: 558 (oa) 484 (wl) x 98 (fd) 58 x 15.5 ft.
- Machinery: paddle reciprocating (3 cyl. VC), H.P. 11,000 = 18 knots
- Armament: none
- Complement: 322
- Builder: Detroit Shipbuilding Co., Wyandotte, Michigan, 1913
- Launched: 9 Nov 1912
- Acquired: 12 Mar 1942
- Commissioned: 12 Aug 1942
- Decommissioned: 7 Nov 1945
- Notes: Built as Great Lakes paddle steamer Seeandbee.
Operated by Cleveland and Buffalo Transit Co. Acquired by War Shipping Administration for the Navy in 1942 and renamed Wolverine. Converted in 59 days to training carrier at the Erie Plant of American Shipbuilding Co., Buffalo, New York. Assigned to the 9th Naval District 1942 and used to qualify pilots for carrier operations. Operated on Lake Michigan, docking at Navy Pier in Chicago, with pilots and planes based at Glenview Naval Air Station. Sold by Maritime Commission in Dec 1947 for scrapping.
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