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American Cruisers and submarines of the US Navy shown in naval art prints by Randall Wilson, Ivan Berryman and Anthony Saunders. The USS Long Beach, USS Maddox, USS Tang ( submarine ), USS Cavalla ( submarine ), are the first in a series of naval art prints by renowned naval artists.

USS Kearsarge by Randall Wilson.


USS Kearsarge by Randall Wilson.
6 editions.
£2.20 - £3200.00

Task Force 129 by David Pentland.


Task Force 129 by David Pentland.
3 editions.
£90.00 - £400.00

USS Baltimore and Saratoga in the Pacific by Anthony Saunders.


USS Baltimore and Saratoga in the Pacific by Anthony Saunders.
5 of 6 editions available.
£2.20 - £4800.00


Slow Ahead by Randall Wilson.


Slow Ahead by Randall Wilson.
5 editions.
£2.20 - £400.00

Birds Away by Randall Wilson.


Birds Away by Randall Wilson.
6 editions.
£2.20 - £2900.00

The Navy Earns its Wings by Stan Stokes.


The Navy Earns its Wings by Stan Stokes.
One edition.
£35.00


USS Oakland Escorting the Damaged USS Lexington by Ivan Berryman


USS Oakland Escorting the Damaged USS Lexington by Ivan Berryman
3 editions.
£9.00 - £20.00

The Battle of Manila Bay by Anthony Saunders


The Battle of Manila Bay by Anthony Saunders
8 editions.
£2.70 - £4500.00

Guardian of the Fleet by Stan Stokes.

Guardian of the Fleet by Stan Stokes.
One of 3 editions available.
£150.00



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USS Kearsarge by Randall Wilson.

USS Kearsarge CV33, USS Princeton and USS Rochester CA124 in Korea 1952 with bearcats over the top.


Task Force 129 by David Pentland.

United States Navy Battleship, USS Nevada (foreground) and cruisers, HMS Glasgow (centre) and USS Quincy assembling in Belfast Lough in preparation for D-Day.


USS Baltimore and Saratoga in the Pacific by Anthony Saunders.

In February 1944, USS Baltimore and Saratoga make up part of the formidable Task Force 58, forcing their way through the central pacific to attack the Japanese bases in the Marshal Islands in support of Operation Flintlock.


Slow Ahead by Randall Wilson.

H.M.A.S Hobart glides past Mount Fuji for the surrender ceremony with Missouri in the Background. Tokyo Bay 1945.


Birds Away by Randall Wilson.

USS Long Beach became the first ship to ever shoot down aircraft using missiles. She is seen firing two Talos Missiles that downed two MIGs at a range of 80 miles in May 1968.


The Navy Earns its Wings by Stan Stokes.

Stunt pilot Eugene B. Ely, a former race car driver, worked for the Curtiss Aircraft Company as a demonstration pilot in 1910, only seven years after the Wright Brothers first flight. Ely, a tall, lantern-jawed, individual was excited about the possibility of flying an aircraft off a ship. Glen Curtiss believed that such an attempt wood be fool hearty, and the Secretary of the Navy refused to allocate any funds for such a stunt. Although Ely couldn't swim, the pilot exuded the cocky self-confidence typical of early flyers. Ely persisted in his quest and finally got the Navys first Director of Aviation to allow Ely to utilize the USS Birmingham for one day. On November 14, 1910 an 83-foot ramp was constructed over the ships forecastle. Ely readied his Curtiss pusher biplane for the momentous attempt. As bad weather began to close in the impatient flyer decided that he could not wait for the Birmingham to get underway. Ely, appropriately suited in a football helmet, fired up the engine of his fragile aircraft, strapped himself aboard, and signaled for his plane to be released. The Curtiss pusher rumpled down the short ramp, which was unfortunately downward sloping. The observers gasped as the small airplane dropped over the bow, and skimmed over the waves, and finally made it into the air. A few months later in January of 1911 Ely was determined to make the first landing of an aircraft on a ship. This time the event would take place in San Francisco harbor, and the landing would take place on the USS Pennsylvania. The date was January 18, 1911 and the exact time was 10:00 AM. A platform of about 120 feet in length was build on the stern of the Navy cruiser. A series of ropes connected to sand bags on either end were run across this ramp. Ely took off in his Curtiss pusher from a local Army airfield in San Bruno. He was bundled in heavy clothing, and because he could not swim, Ely had fashioned a bicycle inner tube into a self-made life preserver. The pilot made his way out into the Bay in his fragile craft. Spotting the Pennsylvania surrounded by dozens of spectator ships, Ely lined-up his fragile craft with the stern of the vessel, which was crowded with seamen anxious to see a first. About fifty feet short of the deck, Ely cut his throttle, but a gust of wind ballooned his flying machine. Not losing his cool, Ely held his landing altitude and snagged the 26th rope with his simple landing hook. The Curtiss stopped in about thirty feet. The sailors and onlookers cheered the event, which was declared a milestone in flight by both the ships Captain and later that day by the San Francisco press. After a nice lunch with the Captain, Ely fired up his engine and took off from the Pennsylvania, having become Americas first naval aviator.


USS Oakland Escorting the Damaged USS Lexington by Ivan Berryman

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The Battle of Manila Bay by Anthony Saunders

A splendid little war was how John Hay, ambassador to Britain, described the Spanish-American war of 1898. Though the war was small in scope it was large in consequences; it promoted the regeneration of the American Navy and the emergence of the United States as a major world power. Fought primarily at sea, the war created an American naval legend in its opening encounter between the pacific squadrons of Spain and the United States at Manila Bay on the 1st of May 1898. At sunrise Admiral Dewey, leading the American fleet in his flagship the USS Olympia, had caught the Spanish fleet, under Admiral Patricio Montojo, by surprise - still anchored off Sangley Point at Manila Bay in the Philippine Islands. Defeat for the Spanish was total and heralded the end of a once extensive Spanish empire in the Americas. Montojos flagship, Reina Cristina, is seen here under fire from the Olympia.


Guardian of the Fleet by Stan Stokes.

The USS Kidd, a Fletcher Class destroyer, takes off in rough seas after an unwanted intruder while the USS San Francisco cruises off its port side.

USS Tang, The Life Guard of Truk Atoll by Robert Barbour.


USS Tang, The Life Guard of Truk Atoll by Robert Barbour.
4 editions.
£40.00 - £1150.00

A Chance Encounter by Robert Barbour.


A Chance Encounter by Robert Barbour.
3 editions.
£35.00 - £950.00

Night of the Hunter, USS Wahoo by Anthony Saunders.


Night of the Hunter, USS Wahoo by Anthony Saunders.
7 editions.
£2.20 - £6300.00


The Element of Surprise by Robert Barbour.


The Element of Surprise by Robert Barbour.
4 editions.
One edition features 2 additional signatures.
£35.00 - £950.00

The Hunt for U-Boat 134 by David Pentland.


The Hunt for U-Boat 134 by David Pentland.
5 editions.
One edition features 3 additional signatures.
£2.70 - £400.00



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USS Tang, The Life Guard of Truk Atoll by Robert Barbour.

On 29th and 30th April 1944, while surfaced close to jagged reefs, and Japanese shore guns, the USS Tang rescued 22 downed flyers from Task Force 58s strikes against enemy positions on the islands - This was the largest rescue of airmen by a submarine in the war. USS Tang (SS-306) would later be sunk by its own torpedo off Formosa, on the 24th of October 1944.


A Chance Encounter by Robert Barbour.

On 17th June 1944, 780 miles west of Saipan in Mid Pacific, the Gato class submarine USS Cavalla dives after a lucky sighting of a Japanese Naval Task Force, which included the aircraft carriers Taiho, Shokaku and Zuikaku. The Cavalla then trailed the Japanese, attacking and sinking the Shokaku on the 19th.


Night of the Hunter, USS Wahoo by Anthony Saunders.

Known as the Silent Service, the men of the United States Submarine Force were the unsung heroes of the US Navy. In World War Two, Submarine Force alone was responsible for sinking over fifty percent of Japanese Shipping - but the success came at a high price - one in five submarines did not survive the war. Here USS Wahoo, arguably the most famous US Submarine of the war, is seen surveying a kill during her fifth war patrol in 1943. USS Wahoo (SS-238) would also fall victim, sunk by Japanese aircraft and Japanese submarine chasers 15 and 43 in Soya Strait, Japan on the 11th of October 1943.


The Element of Surprise by Robert Barbour.

On 20th October 1943, Wildcat and Avenger aircraft from the Carrier US Core, on patrol north of the Azores, surprised U378, a type VIIC U-boat which had been active in that area. The element of surprise was so complete that the submarines guns remained unmanned throughout the action.


The Hunt for U-Boat 134 by David Pentland.

Lockheed Vega PV-1 VB32 Squadron in the Santaren Channel. From this point on the U-boat was hunted and harassed only to be sunk in the Bay of Biscay.

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