Navy Hellcat to be pulled from Lake Michigan..

[HackerF15E]

I've long since separated from the fight.

 

[OnTopTime]

Bevo-
Sounds like maybe your office had a hand in this. It's nice to know that even after so many years, the effort is still being made.

http://updates.pressherald.mainetoday.com/updates/woman-learns-fate-of-brother-after-65-years

 

[helolumpy]

Came across this story today, so I thought it was time to revive an old thread:

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/12/0...recovered-from-lake-michigan/?test=latestnews

 

[ea6bflyr]

Looks like it's in pretty good shape (sans tail) considering it has been at the bottom of the lake for 70 years.

More photos here: link

BTW, it's a FM-2 Wildcat, not a Hellcat.
-ea6bflyr

 

[jmcquate]

The flight deck of the USS Wolverine must have been a dangerous place to work

 

[BusyBee604]

Looks like it's in pretty good shape (sans tail) considering it has been at the bottom of the lake for 70 years.

Yeah, shows the big difference in corrosion between cold fresh lake water & warmer salty ocean.
BzB

 

[jtmedli]

That was my thought as well, when I visited Pearl Harbor recently.

Take the remains out, set up a columbarium or similar nearby, and then raise the Arizona. It would be the ultimate black eye to the Imperial Japanese Navy to have the Arizona sitting at anchor again, and make a great museum.

I think the black eye to the Imperial Japanese Navy was when we pulled the other half of our Navy up from the bed of Pearl Harbor and went over there and sank everything they had. Ya know, back when the Navy was more concerned with killing bad guys than doing NKOs and being on the PC Patrol.

 

[delta215]

Sorry to bump the thread, but it occurred to me...

How often were carrier operations conducted in the Great Lakes, specifically Lake Michigan during this time period?

Update: found this link: http://www.dieselpunks.org/profiles/blogs/great-lakes-aircraft-carriers

Learned something new today!