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IX-81 Sable


Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Training Aircraft Carrier:
  • Built in 1924 as SS Greater Buffalo at American Shipbuilding Co., Lorain OH.
  • Acquired for the Navy, 7 August 1942
  • Converted for Naval service as a Training Aircraft Carrier at the Erie Plant, American Shipbuilding Co., Buffalo, N.Y.
  • Commissioned USS Sable (IX-81), 8 May 1943, Capt. William A. Schoech in command
  • Decommissioned, 7 November 1945
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 28 November 1945
  • Transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal
  • Final Disposition, sold 7 July 1948 for scrapping to H. H. Buncher Co., and broken up for scrap 27 July 1948
    Specifications:
    Displacement 6,584 t.
    Length 535'
    Beam 58'
    Complement unknown
    Armament none
    Propulsion coal fired boilers, compound reciprocating engines
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    Sable 63k The steamer Greater Buffalo prior to WWII. Haze Gray & Underway web site
    USS Sable (IX-81)
    Sable 66k Sable (IX-81) underway, in the Great Lakes, circa 1943-45 Haze Gray & Underway web site
    Sable 114k A General Motors FM-2 "Wildcat" fighter upended after a barrier crash on board Sable (IX-81), during pilot training in the Great Lakes, May 1945. Another FM-2 is flying past in top center.
    US National Archives photo # 80-G-354753, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives    		 US Naval Historical Center
    Wolverine 60k Wolverine (IX-64) and Sable (IX-81) moored at Chicago, IL. date unknown. Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
    Wolverine 43k Sable (IX-81) underway in Lake Michigan, date unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 Robert Hurst
    Wolverine 59k Sable (IX-81) underway in Lake Michigan, date unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 Robert Hurst
    Wolverine 55k Sable (IX-81) underway in Lake Michigan, date unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 Robert Hurst
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center web site
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
    Fleet Reserve Association
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
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