USS Wolverine and USS Sable: Uses and Overall Impact on WWII

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This is a poster submission presented at the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology.

During World War II, over thirty US aircraft carriers supported the war effort but none were more unique than USS Wolverine and USS Sable. Converted from the luxurious Great Lakes passenger steamships, SS Seeandbee and SS Greater Buffalo, into aircraft training carriers, the ships underwent remarkable transformations at a time when America was facing material shortages and desperately needed qualified pilots. The twin flattops serviced over 136,000 landings and trained over 15,000 pilots as a part of the Carrier Quailification Training Unit (CQTU). The custom carriers made invaluable contributions to the American wartime naval capacity while based at Chicago's Navy Pier. Naval aviators who trained on their flight decks helped turn the tide against the Axis powers.

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• 2022 SHA Poster Submissions   •
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