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| As work finishes up on the side-wheel aircraft carrier USS Wolverine, work begins on converting the Greater Buffalo, left, into the second side-wheel aircraft carrier USS Sable, Buffalo, New York, United States, Aug 1942 | Sidewheeled steamship Seeandbee being converted into the training aircraft carrier USS Wolverine In Buffalo, New York, United States, Aug 1942. Note the conspicuous absence of a propeller. |
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| Captain Warren K Berner, left, reading his orders to take command of the training carrier USS Sable at her commissioning ceremony at the American Shipbuilding Company in Buffalo, New York, 8 May 1943. | Museum submarine Croaker at Buffalo, New York, United States, 15 June 2008, photo 1 of 4 |
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| Museum submarine Croaker at Buffalo, New York, United States, 15 June 2008, photo 2 of 4 | Museum submarine Croaker at Buffalo, New York, United States, 15 June 2008, photo 3 of 4 |
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| Museum submarine Croaker at Buffalo, New York, United States, 15 June 2008, photo 4 of 4 |
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