Great lakes freeze in winters, so freighters are laid up and have vacation. There's no need in hair dying during this time, so they have their natural color (Reserve and Armco are grey since their birth, just like the rest of AAA class)
Even I often forget that liners and freighters live in the same world (and in the same time with some famous ships). Andrea Doria sank before Edmund Fitzgerald was born, that's why he's not familiar with him, unlike Reserve and Armco who have seen a reportage of Doria sinking
Leonardo da Vinci is the half brother of Andrea Doria and Cristoforo Colombo. He reminds me of Britannic, both of them had an older sibling who sank, what made them anxious and hard-working
I'd like to wish you a Merry catholic/protestant Christmas. I know I'm a little late, but I have reasons. We celebrate orthodox Christmas (January 7) in my country and this celebration is less popular than New Year. So I hope to do one more artwork for the New Year's eve