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They were training aircraft carriers on the Great Lakes in WW2

Posted: 02/11/2026 at 11:29 AM ET
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More aircraft carrier trivia
HokieMacDaddy • 02/11/26 09:41 AM ET
As a child, I watched launching of the Shangri La at the Norfolk shipyard.**
AZHokie59 • 02/11/26 01:41 PM ET
NNSY Hammerhead Crane**
DoYouLiftHokies • 02/11/26 02:37 PM ET
I’ve been up in that crane
GOHOKEE • 02/11/26 04:18 PM ET
Still amazed at the cast of the original Midway movie! **
RhinoVT • 02/11/26 11:46 AM ET
Almost as nuts as the "A Bridge Too Far" cast.**
reestuart • 02/11/26 01:25 PM ET
Midway's cast had quite a few "A-listers"
EDGEMAN • 02/11/26 01:56 PM ET
wait, what?? Larry Csonka? Tom Selleck? Erik Estrada??**
HokieMacDaddy • 02/11/26 12:06 PM ET
USS Wolverine and USS Sable never had salt water touch their hulls**
vawter85 • 02/11/26 11:28 AM ET
They were training aircraft carriers on the Great Lakes in WW2** ◄
vawter85 • 02/11/26 11:29 AM ET
correct!
HokieMacDaddy • 02/11/26 12:02 PM ET
GHW Bush trained on the Sable.**
Chris ColemanAdmin • 02/11/26 12:27 PM ET
1) Akagi, Kaga, Soryu, Hiryu. 2) I've never been on either one.
Chris ColemanAdmin • 02/11/26 11:20 AM ET
The old PC game from Avalon Hill called "Midway" taught me this as well.
Late 80s Hokie • 02/11/26 03:29 PM ET
Well done.**
ColoVT82 • 02/11/26 01:45 PM ET
Correct on the 4 Japanese carriers**
HokieMacDaddy • 02/11/26 12:02 PM ET
But for the Battle of the Coral Sea, Midway may have been lost.
Atlee Hokie • 02/11/26 11:36 AM ET
On the other side of that...
Chris ColemanAdmin • 02/11/26 11:44 AM ET
Question: If the Japanese had massed their forces....
Freddyburg Hokie • 02/12/26 09:13 AM ET
Not sure. We would have had Lexington.
Chris ColemanAdmin • 02/12/26 09:46 AM ET
And, in estimation, it was way to complex.
Atlee Hokie • 02/11/26 04:35 PM ET
Hikaru Sulu**
Brown Water • 02/11/26 10:35 AM ET
1. Akagi, I don't know. 2. They both can access submarine cables or launch
soldcokesatLane • 02/11/26 10:26 AM ET
you got one - three more to go**
HokieMacDaddy • 02/11/26 10:59 AM ET
Nice going.....if ya playing baseball**
VTCC 65 • 02/11/26 05:31 PM ET