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TIL: About the USS Wolverine a aircraft carrier during WWII with the purpose training Navy pilots, along with the USS Sable they trained over 17,000 pilots and landing signal officers, also they were the only freshwater, coal-fired, side paddle-wheel aircraft carriers used by the United States Navy.

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