There are many to whom thanks are due for their help and encouragement
in the preparation of this paper. Especially do I want to thank Captain
Peterson’s eldest grandchild, Jan Bedau, for her generous offer to
prepare the manuscript for publication. My thanks also to his son,
John Peterson, for reading the initial draft, for providing helpful
criticism and many points of information. I am indebted to Captain W.
J. L. Parker, USCG (ret), who very kindly provided from his collection
several photographs of the vessels illustrated herein. And finally, my
grateful thanks to the Maine Maritime Museum at Bath for providing the
opportunity to share this account with a wider audience than it would
otherwise have had.