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I only recently learned of the existence of these , considering the amount of carriers the yanks ultimately ended up with it explains how they were able to train so many aircrew .
Apparently if you were shot down in the pacific and recovered by another US boat your pistol and anything else interesting on you was souvenired by your rescuers and your carrier had to swap you for your bodyweight in ice cream.

USS Wolverine (IX-64) - Wikipedia