Lake Michigan carrier training

The Hangar Nov 11, 2026

USS Wolverine, USS Sable, and the Warbirds Still Coming Up from the Bottom of Lake Michigan

How two converted paddle-wheel steamers on Lake Michigan trained over 17,000 carrier pilots in WWII - and why the aircraft they lost are still being recovered today.

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The Hangar Nov 9, 2026

The USS Wolverine, the Paddle-Wheel Carrier That Trained Fifteen Thousand Naval Aviators, and the Warbirds Still Coming Up from the Floor of Lake Michigan

Two converted paddle-wheel steamers on Lake Michigan trained 15,000 carrier pilots during WWII - and their lost aircraft are still being recovered from the lake floor today.

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