Naval-Art

Naval Art Collection
From our friend Pat Perella at the USS Slater (DE766) site. Our local Navy Reserve Commander. found this in some old publications at the Reserve Center. It's a wartime advertisement of General Electric about their Diesel Turbine engines - It has 766 as the hull number which was an amazing coincidence but our engines are not GE - but General Motors!
Also from Pat Perella at the USS Slater (DE766) site. You might like to add this one - our webmaster got the "original" from E-Bay - - Don't know any more about it other than that & the signal flags mean nothing we can even recognize as we also checked that out!
Opening The Attack Dwight C. Shepler #149 Watercolor on paper 88-199-EW USS Arkansas shells the German position all day, ably supported by the French cruisers, George Leygues and Montcalm. Attack transports fill the horizon as assault waves stream in under the heavy guns of the battle fleet.
Target of Opportunity Dwight C. Shepler #150 Watercolor on paper 88-199-EX One of the spectacular actions of D-Day was the duel between the twisting snarling USS Emmons, a destroyer, and mobile 88 mm German guns on the Normandy cliffs near Port-en-Bessin. While searching out artillery which had been raking the support waves on the beach, she poured out 250 rounds of five-inch shells in the gun emplacements.
Destination Omaha Beach Alexander Russo #11 Gouache on board 88-198-K On LST 317 are troops, equipment, and trucks loaded with land mines destined for Omaha Beach on D Plus One.
In Transport Area Alexander Russo #16 Gouache on board 88-198-P
Storm at Omaha Beach Mitchell F. Jamieson #275 Oil on board 88-193-KP Small invasion craft suffer tremendous poundings and severe damage from the tempestuous channel gales.
Inchon Herbert C. Hahn #53 Colored pencil, 1950s 88-191-BB Because Inchon harbor was so shallow and muddy, the timing of the invasion had to be synchronized precisely with the autumn high tides so landing craft could make it to the shore without running aground on the mud flats. In addition, Wolmi-do (Wolmi Island) provided defenders with a strong garrison flanking the harbor. In spite of intelligence warning of the attack, the overextended North Korean army was unable to maintain a strong defense. The city fell with Allied losses of only 20 dead and 179 wounded.
Task Force Herbert C. Hahn #18 Pencil, 1950s 88-191-R Corsairs return to the fleet after strikes against targets in North Korea. Attacks on reinforcements and supply convoys behind enemy lines helped keep Chinese and North Korean armies perpetually short of men, food, and ammunition. The effort eventually ended the massive Communist offensives into South Korea.
Flight Herbert C. Hahn #26 Pencil, 1950s 88-191-AA Planes of Task Force 77 pass over the fleet in the bright waters of the Japan Sea.
Battlewagon Herbert C. Hahn #57 Colored pencil, 1950s 88-191-BF The battleship U.S.S. New Jersey arrives off Korea to join Task Force 77.
Bearding the Lion Herbert C. Hahn #7 Pencil, 1950s 88-191-G A cruiser steams daringly close to enemy-held land as it fires at targets far behind the lines.
A Hit Herbert C Hahn #84 Colored pencil, 1950s 88-191-CG A battleship scores a hit at Wonsan, during the siege of this Korean city.
The Big Blow Herbert C. Hahn #19 Colored pencil, 1950s 88-191-S A destroyer rides out a typhoon in the Sea of Japan.
United States Destroyer at Wonsan Hugh Cabot #23 Pencil, 1952 88-187-W A tin can patrols inside Wonsan harbor on the alert, as their position is to draw enemy fire. The enemy's carefully concealed shore batteries and bunkered artillery require expert observation from destroyer gunners' mates and a high element of risk involved in detecting gun positions and eliminating them. (on board U.S.S. Gregory)
Rendezvous Herbert C. Hahn #83 Colored pencil, 1950s 88-191-CF The cruiser U.S.S. Los Angeles receives vital guard mail from a destroyer.
The Battle of Midway Robert Benny #7 Oil on canvas, circa 1943 88-159-AL A month after striking in the Coral Sea, the Japanese launched an all-out assault against Midway Island in what was obviously intended as the first step of a grand attack upon Hawaii and continental United States. The Navy was ready, and the heroic pilots from naval aircraft carriers inflicted a major sea defeat upon two great converging forces northwest of Midway. The enemy lost four aircraft carriers, at least two heavy cruisers, and a number of light cruisers, destroyers and transport - all by aerial attack. The artist here depicts a withering attack upon a Japanese cruiser by Navy dive-bombers with a fighter escort.
Air Attack on Japanese Carriers Griffith Baily Coale #31 Charcoal & pastel, circa 1942 88-188-AE
*Attack on Japanese Cruisers Mogami* and Mikuma from Air** Griffith Baily Coale #33 Charcoal, circa 1942 88-188-AG On the last day of the battle the two heavy cruisers the Mogami and Mikuma were attacked by American forces. The Mogami was heavily damaged and escaped, but the Mikuma was not so lucky.
In Line Ahead: Pennsylvania, Colorado, Louisville, Portland, and Columbia Oil on Canvas By Fritz J. Wagner
By Fritz J. Wagner
By Fritz J. Wagner
By Fritz J. Wagner
Destroyer Escort in Atlantic Storm. Oil on Canvas By Fritz J. Wagner.
"Grand Fleet in 1916" By Fritz J. Wagner
Under The Enemy's Nose Dwight C. Shepler #145 Watercolor on paper 88-199-ES Canadian Minesweeping Squadron 31, supported by U.S. destroyers Emmons and Doyle, clear a bombardment support lane to the Normandy Coast during the night before H-Hour. The tense silence of the scattered moonlit night was broken by the opening of the air attack on Pointe de Hoe, while pathfinders dropped their red and green markers.
Emailed by a friend that could not remember where he found it on the internet. If you know where it came from, please let me know. I think I identified the source of the brass relief for you! I've been enjoying your website- you have a lot of great stuff on there! http://www.lonesailor.org/bronze77.php Pat Perrella, USS Slater (DE766)
A charcoal drawing of the USS Lansing (DE-388), an Edsall-class DE built at the Consolidated Steel Shipyard in Orange, TX and commissioned 10 November 1943. She remained in service until 21 May 1965 and was finally scrapped in February 1974.
Found on the internet with the following notation: "My Grandfather, Ralph P. Terrill commissioned renowned wildlife artist Gordon Grant in 1945 to do this watercolor of the USS Ahrens (DE 575) as a gift to my father (Ralph D. Terrill Seaman 2nd) upon his return from the Navy. © Gordon Grant 1945. William D. Terrill"
Found on the internet. If anyone knows the source, please let me know so I can give attribution. The work is unsigned.
Found on the internet. If anyone knows the source, please let me know so I can give attribution. The artist's name appears to be "Bill Woolen."