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USS Wolverine (IX-64)
USS ''Wolverine'' (IX-64) was built as the Great Lakes side-wheel steamer ''Seeandbee'' launched 9 November 1912 that was converted into a freshwater aircraft carrier of the United States Navy in 1942 for advanced training of naval aviators in carrier take-offs and landings. The Navy decommissioned ''Wolverine'' in 1945 and sold her for scrap in 1947.
==Construction and design==
''Seeandbee'', intended for overnight service between Cleveland and Buffalo, New York, was designed by naval architect Frank E. Kirby for the Cleveland and Buffalo Transit Company of Cleveland, Ohio. The company's experience led it to require two basic design features directly related to the intended use in overnight, luxury passenger service for passengers wanting a good night's sleep. First was paddle propulsion for the deck room gained by the side wheel type with the great width over paddle guards and thus more space for cabins and decks and an increased maneuvering capability and stability in rough weather over screw types. Second, the more expensive and much heavier compound inclined steam engine was chosen due to its ability to develop 12,000 horsepower at low revolutions without the vibration associated with the higher revolutions required by lighter vertical types for similar power.
The ship was built by the Detroit Shipbuilding Company, soon to be acquired and renamed American Ship Building Company, of Wyandotte, Michigan. ''Seeandbee'', the largest side-wheel steamer in the world at the time, was launched 9 November 1912. According to the Interstate Commerce Commission the ship's tonnage was and .
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