She was classified as a Mark II design and her hull is constructed completely out of 3" vertical grain Douglas fir.

After serving in the Navy in World War II the boat was converted to a private yacht.

Upon Jones's death in 1956, millionaire Max Wyman purchased the yacht and renamed her the Wild Goose II.

The yacht was used extensively with scenes shot from the exterior and in the wheelhouse, cabins, engine room, upper and lower decks.

[5] The travels of the ship were well documented during Wayne's ownership in the 1993 book On Board with the Duke authored by his former captain Bert Minshall.