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Offline Flifast

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Carriers of the Great Lakes
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Re: Carriers of the Great Lakes
« Reply #1 on: May 05, 2013, 12:02:47 PM »
Awesome information and photos! :aok
thanks for sharing  :rock
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Re: Carriers of the Great Lakes
« Reply #2 on: May 05, 2013, 12:27:09 PM »
great share +1 :aok
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« Reply #3 on: May 05, 2013, 01:08:25 PM »
Great stuff, thanks.
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Re: Carriers of the Great Lakes
« Reply #4 on: May 05, 2013, 02:43:31 PM »
Nice pics, there are so many planes in Lake Michigan as a result of the training.
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Re: Carriers of the Great Lakes
« Reply #5 on: May 05, 2013, 02:45:24 PM »
Search previous threads on this topic here in the O.  Some good information and links.
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Re: Carriers of the Great Lakes
« Reply #6 on: May 05, 2013, 06:02:17 PM »
Who turned the CV?

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Re: Carriers of the Great Lakes
« Reply #7 on: May 05, 2013, 07:42:34 PM »
A sidewheel carrier? I never knew such a ship existed before. Great link!
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Re: Carriers of the Great Lakes
« Reply #8 on: May 07, 2013, 09:55:01 AM »

  Great find.  :aok 
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Re: Carriers of the Great Lakes
« Reply #9 on: May 07, 2013, 11:53:07 AM »
Quote from: rpm on May 05, 2013, 07:42:34 PM
A sidewheel carrier? I never knew such a ship existed before. Great link!

  It was a converted sidewheeler,if you look closely at the first couple of pix you can see where she had her paddle wheels. They were quite common on the lakes back in the early 1900's.   She was converted from a sidewheeler before they converted it to a flattop!


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Re: Carriers of the Great Lakes
« Reply #10 on: May 07, 2013, 01:56:51 PM »
Quote from: morfiend on May 07, 2013, 11:53:07 AM
She was converted from a sidewheeler before they converted it to a flattop!
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That's what I thought, but after looking at some underway pics, I'm not sure. I looked around and couldn't find any documentation where they converted it to screw during the refit. :headscratch:


That sure looks like wake coming off the wheel.
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Re: Carriers of the Great Lakes
« Reply #11 on: May 07, 2013, 02:21:42 PM »
U.S.S. Mark Twain  :D
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Re: Carriers of the Great Lakes
« Reply #13 on: May 07, 2013, 04:24:17 PM »
I was wondering if the carriers would meet the WOD requirements but it seems it didn't.

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Re: Carriers of the Great Lakes
« Reply #14 on: May 07, 2013, 05:03:31 PM »
Excellent pictures.

What is amazing to is the turn around. They took over the second ship in May of 1942 and commissioned it in Nov of 1942? Holy cow! Today, that would take three years a Billion dollars up front with a few hundre million in cost overruns.

<S> to our forefathers who could do so much with what they had.

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