In 2008 I was asked if I could provide 1:1250 ships for a centennial exhibit (2009) of the Great White Fleet at the U.S. Naval Academy. I only had two. Rudi Kraus of Navis-Neptun enthusiastically donated the rest of the fleet (16!). The models were enhanced by Don Preul from the U.S. Naval Academy Museum; he also designed and built the entire exhibit at the USNA Visitor Center:
https://goo.gl/photos/PpSyHPFvmN8b4k6i6 Two years later, the models were moved to the USNA Museum and placed into a permanent exhibit to enhance the historical items collected during the historic circumnavigation by the Great White Fleet.
https://goo.gl/photos/PpSyHPFvmN8b4k6i6