US Aircraft Carriers on the Great Lakes....

[Talyn]

specifically, Lake Michigan.

Great Lakes Aircraft Carriers

USS Wolverine (IX-64) - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

USS Sable (IX-81) - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[Sld1959]

Cool, I live on one of them, neat to think of one of them patrolling my area.

 

[TEXASforLIFE]

The Rio Grande would be difficult to float 1 of those for patrolling.

 

[nmedge]

The Rio Grande would be difficult to float 1 of those for patrolling.

Especially when the Mexican Navy uses the river for it submarine fleet!

 

[Jfal]

Cool Story, having been born and raised in the Milwaukee area, I never knew about this...maybe I lost a few J-Plugs on those downed airframes over the years.

 

[BassCliff]

Hi,

Great little tidbit of history. Thanks for sharing! I'll be living near Lake Michigan soon and I'm looking forward to exploring the area.


Thank you for your indulgence,

BassCliff

 

[Recusant]

My Dad was a combat air crewman and was stationed on the USS Guadalcanal during the final months of WWII. He was the back seat guy on dive bombers and fly on patrols in PBYs out of bases in Florida.