USS Mobile Bay CG-53 art print Navy ship reunion veteran sailor gift Civil war

Description: USS Mobile Bay CG-53 Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser “Full Speed Ahead” Nautical chart art print of the USS Mobile Bay CG-53 from an original watercolor painting on a nautical chart by William B. MacGregor Jr. ___________________________________ CG-47 Ticonderoga class guided missile cruisers are a class of warships in the United States Navy. One of these, the USS Mobile Bay CG-53 is the 16th Ticonderoga class guided missile cruiser and the 7th ship in that class and was built by Ingalls Shipbuilding, Pascagoula, Mississippi and commissioned February 1987. The ship is named after the Civil War battle of Mobile Bay fought from August 2-23, 1864. Where the Union fleet commanded by Rear Admiral Farragut successfully attacked a Confederate fleet and three forts that guarded the entrance to Mobile Bay in Alabama. Farragut’s order became famous with the phrase Damn the Torpedoes, full speed ahead. The purpose of the USS Mobile Bay is to detect, classify and track hundreds of potential targets simultaneously in the air, on the surface, and under the sea. Her current homeport is the US Naval Base San Diego. The motto of the USS Mobile Bay is “Full Speed Ahead” (San Diego Bay in the Background)  Art Print of the USS Mobile Bay CG-63 painted San Diego Harbor Nautical Chart.  Free shipping (USA only) Art Print  Art print is printed on Fine Art-Photo Rag Paper.  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 Nautical Chart Painting Original Acrylic & Watercolor painting on nautical chart. Mounted in a 22”x28” mat. Image opening size is approx. 14 1/2” x 21” Sorry, I do not offer framing. But it will fit into a standard 22”x28” frame. $349 including shipping. William. B. MacGregor Jr. Watercolors The Junkyard 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: 29.99 USD

Location: Tiverton, Rhode Island

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