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Originally Posted by pmulcahy11b
... But from what I've seen on Discovery Channel, Science Channel, Smithsonian Channel, etc, the rest of the Great Lakes are more like a small ocean in currents, water conditions, and especially, weather.
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As we all begin to hum
The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald. :-)
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Originally Posted by pmulcahy11b
I don't think they'd put a carrier on the Great Lakes, though -- you couldn't get them there in the first place
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No, but they have built them:
USS Sable and USS
Wolverine, used on the lakes during WW2 to train carrier pilots, so real carriers could be at sea. Coal-fired, and paddle-wheeled.
Now, these (if reproduced) would not be capable of handling jets. But something similar with landing space for a few helicopters with some space could be built easily enough atop a lake freighter. It could be stationed where needed as a mobile offshore refueling/rearming base...
Uncle Ted