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USS ''Sable'' (IX-81) was a training ship of the United States Navy during World War II. Originally built the passenger ship ''Greater Buffalo'', a sidewheel excursion steamer, she was purchased by the Navy in 1942 and converted to a freshwater training aircraft carrier to be used on the Great Lakes. Lacking a hangar deck, elevators or armaments she was not a true warship. The main purpose of her creation was for the advanced training of naval aviators in aircraft carrier takeoffs and landings. On her first day of service fifty-nine pilots became qualified within nine hours of operations with each making eight takeoffs and landings apiece. Pilot training was conducted seven days a week in all types of weather conditions.〔 One aviator that trained upon the ''Sable'' was future president George H. W. Bush.〔 Following World War II, ''Sable'' was decommissioned on 7 November 1945. She was sold for scrapping on 7 July 1948 to the H.H. Buncher Company. The USS ''Sable'' and her sister ship, the USS ''Wolverine,'' hold the distinction of being the only fresh water, coal-driven, side paddle-wheel aircraft carriers used by the United States Navy.〔〔 ==Construction== Formerly named ''Greater Buffalo'', ''Sable'' was originally built in 1924 by the American Ship Building Company of Lorain, Ohio as a sidewheel excursion steamer designed by marine architect Frank E. Kirby. Her hull number was 00786 and the official number assigned to her was 223663. The interior of the ship designed by W & J Sloane & Company of New York City in what was referred to as "an adaptation of the Renaissance style". The ship's saloon was on two decks, 650 staterooms and an excess of 1,500 berths for passengers. A twenty-two foot long transportation themed mural, painted by New York City artists Francklyn Paris and Frederick Wiley, was created on board the ''Greater Buffalo'' as well. On the promenade deck at the stern of the ship was a smoking room with a line of windows that arced from one side of the ship to the other. Each room had a telephone with a central switch board located in the ship's lobby as well as motion picture equipment to show movies for passenger entertainment. When completed, ''Greater Buffalo'' was in length, a beam of , height of and had a . She had nine boilers installed and was powered by a three-cylinder inclined compound steam engine. She was seven decks high, carried three funnels along her top and carried a crew of 300 officers and men. The final cost for construction was $3,500,000.00. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「USS Sable (IX-81)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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