Mike,
Just wanted to say...WOW!!...thank you for sharing!!
The S.S. Robert E. Peary holds a very special place in my heart....but most importantly, my father's heart (R.I.P). I wish he was alive to see your wonderful work and passion. It just so happens, my father was on the maiden voyage of that Liberty Ship, as it set sail from the San Francisco Bay to Pearl Harbor. In his journal, the Japanese government sent a telegram to U.S. Navy (as a courtesy), stating .."...You built it in four days...we will sink it in four minutes!" That didn't set to well in the gut of this 17-year old signalman of the U.S. Navy's Armed Guard.
What a treat!
BTW: Have you taken a final photograph of it permanently displayed?
Appreciate your work!
John Horton
PS.... I actually located a film that shows it briefly "setting sail" for Pearl Harbor, as well as, the launching from Henry Kaiser's Richmond Shipyards (CA), mentioned earlier. My grandmother, who worked for the Marines as a civilian, was there to say goodbye. San Francisco was his hometown...how lucky can you get!
