USS Harpers Ferry LSD-49 art print US Navy ship civil war wardroom veteran gift

Description: USS Harpers Ferry LSD-49 Whidbey Island class Landing Ship Dock “First in Freedom” USS Harpers Ferry (LSD-49) San Diego Nautical Chart art print from an original nautical chart painting by the Artist, William B. MacGregor Jr. ----------------------------------------------------- The USS Harpers Ferry (LSD-49) is the lead ship of four Cargo Variant (CV) Whidbey Island class Landing Ship Dock ships. This allows the USS Harper’s Ferry to accommodate additional cargo and vehicle storage but reduced the number of LCAC’s (Landing Craft Cushion) from four to two. A Dock landing ship ( LSD) supports amphibious operations utilizing LCAC’s, conventional landing craft and helicopters. The Harpers Ferry was built by Avondale Industries Shipyard in New Orleans and commissioned June 1995. The ship was named for the town of Harpers Ferry due to its strategic location and Armory during the Civil war. The Harpers Ferry Armory changed hands between the Union and Confederacy several times during the Civil War. The motto of the USS Harpers Ferry is “ First in Freedom “.  San Diego Harbor Nautical Chart art print of the USS Harpers Ferry LSD-49.  Free shipping (USA only)  Original watercolor Painting is SOLD! 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. …..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 watercolor Painting is SOLD!!! SOLD- Change of Command Gift Original Acrylic & Watercolor painting Painted on a nautical chart. 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: 2024-10-30T12:47:09.000Z

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