Wolverine article

[towboatjoe]

Here's a two part article about the Wolverine I ran across while going through some of my old model magazines. It was in the Spring and Summer 1992 issue of U S Boat & Ship Modeler. Article written by Scottie Dayton.

[PJ]

Hi TJ:

That's a fascinating article and thanks for posting it.  It mentions at the conclusion that there is a following article about Bill Ballenger's model.
This is the follow up article also written by Scott Dayton.

Bill now lives close to me here on Vancouver Island and has quite a few photos of his model.  It disappeared for a number of years but with the help of Kurt Van Dam in Chicago we were able to locate the model again.

Hope this might be of interest to anyone brave enough to model this (now) famous paddler.

[PJ]

Oops sorry TJ:

Didnt realise you'd posted the second part.  I really shouldn;t do this stuff so early in the morning!!!

PJ

[towboatjoe]

Kurt is an old friend of mine. It's funny how so many people that meet know the same people.

[PJ]

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From: "Reid, John (AFIT)" <John.Reid@fao.org>
Subject: USS Wolverine and Sable - paddle-wheel training carriers

  There was a recent thread on these interesting ships. SMMLies might not
readily notice that there is an article on them in "The Aeroplane",
December 2005, pages 22-27. This UK magazine will presumably appear on
news-stands in the rest of world soon.  One nice island-from-flight deck
shot of Sable that I have not seen reproduced before would be useful for
modellers, otherwise mostly building and operational history. One note:
many references, including Friedman, imply that they never carried large
numbers of aircraft - there's a shot of Sable with 12 Wildcats and an SNJ
tied down crossing the lake in June 45. They are folded but not
dense-packed. Does anyone know whether they were used as aircraft
transports at war's end as distinct from training duties?

  John Reid
  Rome (but who was in UK last weekend)