USS Sable
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USS Sable was a United States Navy training ship during World War II, originally built as the passenger ship Greater Buffalo, a sidewheel excursion steamboat. She was purchased by the Navy in 1942 and
USS Sable (IX-81) underway on Lake Michigan in 1944–45
Greater Buffalo underway in 1942
A TDN-1 assault drone aboard Sable 10 August 1943
An FM-2 Wildcat upended on USS Sable during a training flight May 1945
USS Wolverine (IX-64)
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USS Wolverine was a training ship used by the United States Navy during World War II. She was originally named Seeandbee and was built as a Great Lakes luxury side-wheel steamer cruise ship for the Cl
USS Sable
…on Sable. Sable was decommissioned on 7 November 1945. She was sold for scrapping on 7 July 1948 to the H. H. Buncher Company. She and her sister ship USS Wolverine – which together were used for the training of over 17,000 pilots, landing signal officers, and other navy personnel – hold the distinction of being…
USS Wolverine in Chicago harbor on 22 August 1942.
Preparing Seeandbee for launch, 8 November 1912
Launching Seeandbee, 9 November 1912
Seeandbee c. 1913