U.S.S. Wolverine and U.S.S. Sable

**wag** · #1 06-13-2012, 03:28 PM

Has anyone seen any models of these ships? They were side-wheel steamers converted into training carriers operating in Lake Michigan during WWII.
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Wayne

**John Bowden** · #2 06-13-2012, 07:36 PM

Hey Wayne, sadly very few people are aware that the Navy used these ships on Lake Michigan to train pilots during WWII............ I've never see a model of them in paper or plastic.

Heck if it wasn't for Rob Carleen working on restoring a SBD and now A F6F that crashed during training I would not have even known about them.

john

**Spar** · #3 06-14-2012, 02:59 AM

WOW! Those ships would be great models either as the training carriers or as the big passenger steamers they origionally were.

**Papercaptain** · #4 06-14-2012, 07:32 AM

Hello, Wayne!

Some years ago, Oliver Weiss (Waldenmodels.com) announced his project of a 1/250 scale (waterline?) model of the Wolverine as an aircraft training carrier, but obviously he's been too busy otherwise...

Kind regards -
Papercaptain

**peaceglue** · #5 06-14-2012, 10:29 AM

Hello folks,

indeed a very interesting military ship history!

And you want to see a model from that? Look HERE

Greetings
Gerald Friedel

**thokamous** · #6 06-14-2012, 11:54 AM

very interesting...ive always considered myself a WWII buff and i had never heard of these two ships

**Ober Freak** · #7 06-14-2012, 05:38 PM

Here is the building report to the model.
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**dansls1** · #8 07-14-2014, 09:59 AM

Warbird Information Exchange • View topic - USS Sable and USS Wolverine ...
Here's a thread with a bunch of pictures of these 2 ships. Cool stuff (at least to me who grew up as a Michigander).