Farm boys from Iowa, miners from Appalachia, mothers from Detroit who had never held a welding torch. Together they launched nearly 15,000 Liberty ships, vessels that carried American cargo and sailors across two oceans. His Richmond yard built one of them, the SS Robert E. Peary, in an astonishing 4 days and 15 hours. The shipbuilders Kaiser hired, they weren't just a means to an end. They were his partners. Kaiser looked at his workers and saw people. (18:59–19:07)
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Asserts that the SS Robert E. Peary was built in 4 days and 15 hours at Kaiser's Richmond yard.
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