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IX-64 Wolverine


Flag Hoist/International Radio Call Sign:
November - Whiskey - Mike - November
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Training Aircraft Carrier:
  • SS Seeandbee a side-wheel excursion steamer built in 1913 at American Shipbuilding Co., Wyandotte, MI.
  • Acquired by the Navy, 12 March 1942
  • Converted a training aircraft carrier
  • Commissioned USS Wolverine (IX-64), 12 August 1942, at Buffalo, NY
  • Decommissioned, 7 November 1945
  • Struck from the Naval Register 28 November 1945
  • Transferred to the Maritime Commission, 26 November 1947 for disposal
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping in December 1947 at Cleveland, OH.
    Specifications:
    Displacement 7,200 t.
    Length 500'
    Beam 98'
    Draft 15' 6"
    Speed 28 kts.
    Complement 270
    Armament none
    Propulsion 4 coal fired boilers, compound reciprocating engines, 2 sidewheels, 8000 hp
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    Wolverine 77k Side-wheel steamer Seeandbee prior to WWII Haze Gray & Underway web site
    USS Wolverine (IX-64)
    Wolverine 57k Wolverine (IX-64) moored, date and place unknown. Haze Gray & Underway web site
    Wolverine 34k Wolverine (IX-64) underway in Chicago harbor, 22 August 1942 Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
    Wolverine 60k Wolverine (IX-64) and Sable (IX-81) moored at Chicago, IL. date unknown. Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
    Wolverine 81k Wolverine (IX-64) underway in Lake Michigan, date unknown.
    US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine April 1960    		 Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
    Wolverine 43k Wolverine (IX-64) underway in Lake Michigan, date unknown.
    US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine April 1960. The arrow points to the paddle wheel.    		 Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
    Wolverine 43k Wolverine (IX-64) underway in Lake Michigan, date unknown.
    US Navy    		 Robert Hurst
    Wolverine 29k Wolverine (IX-64) underway in Lake Michigan, date unknown.
    US Navy    		 Robert Hurst
    Wolverine 149k Wolverine (IX-64) underway in Lake Michigan, date unknown.
    Photo from the collection of Ralph Matteson.    		 David Briedis
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
    Fleet Reserve Association
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
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