Would you believe there once was a freshwater, paddle-wheel steamer aircraft carrier? In 1942 the Great Lakes side-wheel steamer Seeandbee, which first took to the lake's waters in 1912, had been transformed into and an aircraft carrier to operate in the Great Lakes as the USS Wolverine, a platform for advanced training for US Navy pilots. Blue Ridge Models now offers a limited edition kit of this one-of-a-kind carrier.

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Wow, what a cool ship!

In her early days she was apparently a pretty plush boat running overnight service between Cleveland and Buffalo, New York







I suddenly wish I still had my Revell Great Eastern kit.

And Navsource has a neat little GIF of the Wolverine in action:

http://www.navsource.org/archives/09/46/094606418.gif

Ahoy Michael

Great news story and what an insight into a very unique ship and period of history.

I just love that first black and white photograph of the Seeandbee.

Thanks for posting it.

Cheers


Sean