Abstract :
The famous ship upon which Admiral Peary went to the Artic in search of the North Pole has had a varied career. She was built in a Maine shipyard. Later she was brought to Puget Sound and was converted into a sea-going tug. After this the Roosevelt saw considerable service with the fishing fleets of the Pacific and now she is taking the place of the electric generating station, which was recently destroyed by lightning, on Vashon Island in Puget Sound, acting as a floating power house until a new one upon land can be built.
