The temple that would sail the world...

One proposal for a temple was unprecedented, both geographically and architecturally.  In early 1967, President David O. McKay charged Mark Garff, chairman of the Church's building committee, to find a solution that would accommodate Church members who wished to attend a temple but lived too far away to get to one easily.
After visiting with members throughout the Pacific, Brother Garff made an unusual proposal to President McKay.  He said, I am proposing to you now, that the Church obtain or build a ship sufficient tin size to run the oceans and we equip this ship as a temple ship; that we take the ship into the parts and harbors where our people live.  We could do this around the entire continent of South American, Europe, along the coasts of China, Japan, Australia, and even Africa."  The ship was planned to make a "continuous tour of where there are people needing the blessing of the temple and the holy endowment."
The ship would have been designed to successfully sail the high seas and the large rivers, including the Mississippi and Missouri.  Although President McKay responded favorably to the idea, full support was never achieved and the project was never finalized.

I would have definitely volunteered for this assignment!!