 The hulls were built in public, and framed out with American White oak and fastened with bronze.Launched on 27 April 2002, they were proclaimed as the "Official Tall Ship Ambassadors of the City of Los Angeles" by Mayor James Hahn and witnessed by one of their namesakes, Exy Johnson, before motoring out to a fitting-out berth where the interiors were finished and completed as their masts stepped, rigged and sails bent on.The fitting of all Electrical systems was designed and re engineered by Robert Mule of RJ’s Marine Repair based In Wilmington California.