USS Tarawa LHA-1 art print US Navy amphibious assault ship veteran reunion gift

Description: USS Tarawa LHA-1 Tarawa class amphibious assault ship “Eagle of the Sea” Art print of the USS Tarawa LHA-1 from an watercolor painting by William B. MacGregor Jr. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- USS Tarawa LHA-1 is a Tarawa class amphibious assault ship dock ship and the second ship named after the WW2 Battle of Tarawa. The USS Tarawa is lead ship in her class of 5 ships. She was built by Ingalls shipbuilding in Pascagoula, Mississippi and commissioned May 1976 and decommissioned March 2009. A Tarawa class ship’s mission is to be a general-purpose amphibious assault ship and combine the functions of four different types of ships (LPH, LPD, LKA and LSD). She would transport US Marine troops, equipment and vehicles into a war zone using landing craft and helicopters. The ship’s motto is “Eagle of the Sea”. ---------------------------------------------------------------  USS Tarawa LHA-1 watercolor painting art print  Free shipping (USA only) Art Print  Art print is printed on Canson Fine Art-Photo Rag Paper or equivalent.  Mounted in a beveled double mat.  Matted Art Print is ready for a standard 11”x14” or 16”x20” frame.  Mat will be signed by the artist.  Note: Mat size is the outside dimension. The double matted print will fit into a standard frame that can be purchased at your local craft/department store. No need for custom framing! The image/print size is smaller than the size of the mat. Original Painting SOLD William. B. MacGregor Jr. Watercolors Nautical Chart Artist William B. MacGregor, Jr. was born in Medfield, MA, the son and grandson of Norfolk Hunt Club kennel masters. Many of his family members were self-taught artists, woodcarvers, automobile mechanics and veterans of foreign wars including his father a WW1 US Army veteran. Bill is a graduate of Medfield High School, Wentworth Institute, and Northeastern University. His engineering career, from which he is now retired, included working for military and aerospace companies in industrial engineering and IR optics. His painting incorporates “old skool” mechanical and civil drafting tools and he uses a mixed medium of watercolors, acrylics and inks. Two rabbits are often in quite a few of his paintings. Look for them. He is frequently commissioned by United States Naval officers to create paintings of their ships and aircraft carriers on nautical charts. In May,2018, and for one year, four of Bill’s automotive related paintings were on display at the Larz Anderson Auto Museum in Brookline, MA

Price: 35 USD

Location: Tiverton, Rhode Island

End Time: 2024-08-05T01:59:38.000Z

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