Hey Jeri....ask Hollowfox about the Kearsage. We were at a carver's museum together and saw another Kearsage he had carved....not the same ship! She went back and researched the history of several named Kearsage. When we were there she turned to me and said, "I don't think that's the one we sing about is it?" And it didn't fit the story at all, I had to agree.Spaw