Talk:USS Michigan (1843)

Question and Answer
Was this the same Wolverine that served as a paddle-wheel Great Lakes-bases training aircraft carrier up to 1945? If so, it had a most remarkable life-span. PaulinSaudi 09:16, 23 Apr 2004 (UTC)]]


 * No, apparently it was the civilian Seeanbee commissioned as IX-64. has the interesting story. Stan 14:53, 23 Apr 2004 (UTC)

Merger
I agree that it seems like these two articles are refering to the same ship. I know that Michigan's info comes from the DANFS, but I'm curious as to were the bulk of the info on the Wolverine article comes from. It seems almost like it was taken from somewhere else, however no sources are cited. I'd be happy to help this merger along, I'm just wondering what others think about it. -- malo (tlk) (cntrbtns) 00:32, 30 April 2006 (UTC)

Agree that the two ought to be merged, and the article should clarify the difference between the gunboat "Michigan"/"Wolverine" and the training carrier "Seeandbee"/"Wolverine" alluded to above. Bigturtle 16:49, 2 August 2006 (UTC)

I agree as well. Guest 19:22, 1 July 2007

Merge the articles, as they both refer to the same ship.Bigturtle 18:43, 10 July 2007 (UTC)

Smoothly Edited
This article states:

"In an encounter with Great Lakes "timber pirates" in the 1850s, a steamer rammed Michigan. The pirate vessel was badly damaged in the maneuver, and was captured.

USS Michigan was the first iron-hulled ship in the US Navy. When she was rammed in the early hours of 6 May 1853, in southern Lake Huron, by the wooden-hulled Buffalo, the Michigan was badly damaged, but the Buffalo proceeded south towards the St. Clair River and was not "captured." Despite this, the Michigan assisted in arresting several of the timbermen who had been stealing timber in Michigan. Additional information is available in "The Development of Governmental Forest Control in the United States," by Jenks Cameron, The Johns Hopkins Press, 1928; and in "Guardian of the Great Lakes," by Bradley A. Rogers, The University of Michigan Press, 1996."

Man, that's smooooooth - looks more like a brain fart. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.51.66.32 (talk) 00:42, 20 May 2013 (UTC)