United States Navy — Aircraft carrier
IX-64
USS Wolverine (IX-64)
Service
- as Seeandbee12 August 1942 — 7 November 19451,117 days of the war
USS Wolverine (IX-64)
Particulars
- Name
- USS Wolverine
- Pennant / hull number
- IX-64
- Builder
- Detroit Shipbuilding Company, Wyandotte, Michigan
- Launched
- 9 November 1912
- Commissioned
- 12 August 1942
- Decommissioned
- 7 November 1945
- Struck
- 28 November 1945
- Fate
- Transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal 26 November 1947 and sold for scrap December 1947 (1947)
- Status
- Scrapped
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 7,200 long tons (7,316 t)
- Length
- 152.4 m (500 ft)
- Beam
- 17.68 m (58 ft)
- Draught
- 4.72 m (15.5 ft)
- Complement
- 270
USS Wolverine was a aircraft carrier of the United States Navy. She carried the pennant number IX-64. She was built by Detroit Shipbuilding Company, Wyandotte, Michigan. Launched on 9 November 1912, she entered service on 12 August 1942.
Displacement was 7,200 long tons. She measured 152.4 m (500 ft) long with a beam of 17.7 m (58 ft). She carried a complement of 270.
Her machinery developed 12,000 ihp.
She was in commission for 1,117 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned on 7 November 1945. She was struck from the register on 28 November 1945.
She was broken up for scrap on 26 November 1947.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Power
- Inclined compound steam engine
- Piston #1: 66 in
- Piston #2: 96 in
- Piston #3: 96 in
- Stroke Length: 108 in
- 6 single-ended & 3 double-ended coal-fired boilers.
- 12000 ihp
Sources
- Facts harvested from USS Wolverine (IX-64) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: U.S. Navy — U.S. Navy photo [1] from Navsource.org — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons