Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!linac!att!cbnews!cbnews!military From: JEWELLLW@VM.CC.PURDUE.EDU (Larry W. Jewell) Newsgroups: sci.military Subject: Paddlewheel Aircraft carrier? Message-ID: <1991Feb18.054551.11823@cbnews.att.com> Date: 18 Feb 91 05:45:51 GMT Sender: military@cbnews.att.com (William B. Thacker) Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories Lines: 16 Approved: military@att.att.com From: "Larry W. Jewell" About twenty years ago I read about a side-wheeler ferry boat that had been covered with a flight deck and was being used to practice touch- and-go in the Sea of Cortez, during WWII. I've lost the reference for this and would appreciate it if someone could direct me to a book or publication with the information about this bizarre critter. [mod.note: Roger Chesneau's _Aircraft Carriers of the World 1914-Present_ (US Naval Institute Press) describes the USS Wolverine (IX-64), converted from the Great Lakes paddlewheel steamer Seeandbee in 1942. - Bill ] Thanks, Larry W, Jewell |My opinions would NEVER be held by the administration JEWELLLW@PURCCVM |of Purdue University.