As work finishes up on the side-wheel aircraft carrier USS Wolverine, work begins on converting the Greater Buffalo, left, into the second side-wheel aircraft carrier USS Sable, Buffalo, New York, United States, Aug 1942Sidewheeled steamship Seeandbee being converted into the training aircraft carrier USS Wolverine In Buffalo, New York, United States, Aug 1942. Note the conspicuous absence of a propeller.Captain Warren K Berner, left, reading his orders to take command of the training carrier USS Sable at her commissioning ceremony at the American Shipbuilding Company in Buffalo, New York, 8 May 1943.Museum submarine Croaker at Buffalo, New York, United States, 15 June 2008, photo 1 of 4
As work finishes up on the side-wheel aircraft carrier USS Wolverine, work begins on converting the Greater Buffalo, left, into the second side-wheel aircraft carrier USS Sable, Buffalo, New York, United States, Aug 1942Sidewheeled steamship Seeandbee being converted into the training aircraft carrier USS Wolverine In Buffalo, New York, United States, Aug 1942. Note the conspicuous absence of a propeller.Captain Warren K Berner, left, reading his orders to take command of the training carrier USS Sable at her commissioning ceremony at the American Shipbuilding Company in Buffalo, New York, 8 May 1943.Museum submarine Croaker at Buffalo, New York, United States, 15 June 2008, photo 1 of 4
Museum submarine Croaker at Buffalo, New York, United States, 15 June 2008, photo 2 of 4Museum submarine Croaker at Buffalo, New York, United States, 15 June 2008, photo 3 of 4Museum submarine Croaker at Buffalo, New York, United States, 15 June 2008, photo 4 of 4
Museum submarine Croaker at Buffalo, New York, United States, 15 June 2008, photo 2 of 4Museum submarine Croaker at Buffalo, New York, United States, 15 June 2008, photo 3 of 4Museum submarine Croaker at Buffalo, New York, United States, 15 June 2008, photo 4 of 4


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