Spirit of the American Navy

Spirit of the American Navy was a First World War monument created by sculptor E. M. Viquesney in 1927. It was intended to be a companion piece to his very popular, Spirit of the American Doughboy, but never attained that stature, selling only a few copies.

A prior posting, stating there is a copy of this statue inside the Brass Anchor Ships Store in Pentwater, Michigan, has turned out to be correct. Viquesney expert Earl Goldsmith contacted the store's owner by telephone and verified the statue's existence by verbal description (photos on the way). Originally standing in Chicago, Illinois, the city had junked the piece, and it was bought by the owners of the Brass Anchor in the late 1970s, who took it to Pentwater when they moved their business there.

Known Editions

• Clearwater Memorial Causeway Park, Clearwater, Florida 1927
• Memorial Park Bridge, Palatka, Florida 1927 (variant version holding artillery shell instead of waving cap)
• Mohave County Courthouse, Kingman, Arizona 1928 (listed on separate SIRIS page, control number IAS 47260002, along with its companion Doughboy)
• Memorial Park, Fort Wayne, Indiana 1928
• Granite, Oklahoma, 1929
• Hobart, Oklahoma 1929
• Crowell, Texas 1932 (stone version)
• Pentwater, Michigan In private hands. Original precise location in Chicago and installation date unknown.