Kaiser launches victory ship in less than five days.

Kaiser launches victory ship in less than five days. Shattering all ship constrution records, this 10,500-ton Liberty ship, the Robert E. Peary, was launched in four days, 15 hours and 25 minutes after its keel was laid in the U.S. West Coast shipyards of Henry J. Kaiser, famous American builder who has adapted the assembly-line method of construction to maritime production.