Naval
Art prints of battleships of the US Navy. American
naval history in battleship art prints by naval artist Anthony Saunders.
Superb range of US Battleship art prints includes the battleships USS
Olympia, USS Washington, USS New York, USS
Colorado, USS North Carolina, USS Tennessee, USS Baltimore, USS Saratoga
and USS Iowa. Also available giclee naval canvas prints.
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. Montojo's flagship, Reina Cristina, is seen here under
fire from the Olympia.
USS Tennessee During the Landings at Iwo Jima by Anthony Saunders.
In February 1945, 850 square miles of volcanic rock became the most strategically important island in the South Pacific. From Iwo Jima heavy bombers would be able to raid Japanese cities almost at will. Even with its overwhelming military might, the Americans would have to pay a heavy price for such a seemingly small island.
Item Code : DHM0731
USS Tennessee During the Landings at Iwo Jima by Anthony Saunders. - Editions Available
Escort for the Troops - USS New York by Anthony Saunders
The Atlantic ocean was the lifeline between Britain and America, as well as millions of tons of raw materials, GIs were also transported over in all manor of hastily converted liners. Protecting the troops from marauding u-boats and German surface ships was of paramount importance to the allied fleets. Although USS New York spent a good deal of the war in the Atlantic, she also participated in the Torch landings off North Africa and took part in the Pacific campaign, seeing action at both Iwo Jima and Okinowa.
Item Code : DHM1266
Escort for the Troops - USS New York by Anthony Saunders - Editions Available
USS Indiana, First Tour of Duty by Anthony Saunders
To increase the strength of the US fleet in the Pacific during the critical early months of the war, USS Indiana went through the Panama Canal. On the 28th of November 1942 USS Indiana joined Rear Admiral Lee's aircraft carrier screening force. For the next 11 months, USS Indiana helped protect USS Enterprise and USS Saratoga, which had been supporting the US invasion on the Solomon Islands. On the 21st of October 1943 USS Indiana went to Pearl Harbor, but after only a couple of weeks left to support forces designated for the invasion of the Gilbert Islands. The battleship protected the carriers which supported the Marines during the bloody fight for Tarawa atoll. Then, in late January 1944, she bombarded Kwajalein for eight days prior to the Marshall Island landings on 1st February 1944. USS Indiana collided with the battleship USS Washington while refuelling destroyers, killing several men. Temporary repairs to her starboard side were made at Majuro and USS Indiana return.........
At dawn on the 7th December 1941, 350 Japanese warplanes flew from their carriers and attacked the US pacific fleet at Pearl harbor, on the Hawaiian island of Oahu. the attack concentrated on Battleship Row which included USS California (Left) and USS Nevada (Right) which was the only battleship to get underway during the attack. However coming under intense bomb attack she was later beached. For the Japanese the success was not total, as the US carrier fleet was out on manoeuvres on the day of the attack.
Item Code : DHM0814
Pearl Harbor, USS California, by Anthony Saunders - Editions Available
Launched on the 29th of January 1944, USS Missouri was the last and one of the finest battleships of any fleet. With a top speed of 33 knots, she earnt the name Fast Battleship, as the Iowa class to which she belonged were known. Bristling with an assortment of anti-aircraft, Missouri was as much a floating anti-aircraft battery as a battleship. With these qualities Missouri was well equiped to counter the desperate aerial attacks faced when she joined the Pacific Fleet. Here Missouri is seen repelling a kamikaze attack on the 11th of April 1945, with the destroyers Melvin (left) and McCord. Although one of the kamikazes did get through the curtain of shell fire, little damage was sustained.
Item Code : DHM1417
Boiling Point - USS Missouri by Anthony Saunders - Editions Available
USS North Carolina ,Saipan Bound by Anthony Saunders
By June 1944 the US Fleet had made a huge leap across the Pacific to the Marianas, a small group of Japanese held islands of which Saipan would prove the most difficult to overcome. The landing were supported by the US 5th Fleet, which included USS North Carolina together with an increasingly powerful armada of battle hardened warships.
Item Code : DHM0448
USS North Carolina ,Saipan Bound by Anthony Saunders - Editions Available
BB61 Iowa, was commissioned in February 1943 at the New York Navy yard. her first mission was to the North Atlantic in August 1943 to neutralise the threat of the German Battleship Tirpitz. By early 1944 she joined the Pacific fleet taking part in many of the major battles including Saipan, Leyte Gulf and Okinawa. She was re-commissioned in 1951 for the Korean war and again in April 1984.
Item Code : DHM0931
USS Iowa leaving New York by Anthony Saunders. - Editions Available
Arctic guardian - USS Washington by Anthony Saunders
In the spring of 1942, USS Washington was the first of Americas fast battleship fleet to participate in combat operations when she was briefly assigned to the Royal Navy. On 28th June 1942, together with HMS Duke of York, HMS Victorious and an accompanying cruiser and destroyer force, she formed part of the distant covering force to convoy PQ17, bound for Russia. In the Pacific later that same year, she became the only modern US battleship to engage an enemy capital ship, sinking the Japanese battlecruiser Kirishima.
Item Code : DHM1265
Arctic guardian - USS Washington by Anthony Saunders - Editions Available
The USS Colorado holds the all time record of 37 consecutive days of firing at an enemy and the record of 24 direct enemy air attacks in 62 days both while at Okinawa.
Item Code : DHM0730
USS Colorado Okinawa by Anthony Saunders. - Editions Available
Arctic
guardian - USS Washington by Anthony Saunders In the Spring of 1942, USS
Washington was the first of America's fast battleship fleet to
participate in combat operations when she was briefly assigned to the
Royal Navy. On the 28th June 1942, together with HMS Duke of York,
HMS Victorious and an accompanying cruiser and destroyer force, she
formed part of the distant covering force to convoy PQ17 bound for
Russia. In the Pacific later that same year, she became the only
Modern US battleship to engage an enemy capital ship, sinking the
Japanese battlecruiser Kirishima.
Escort
for the Troops - USS New York by Anthony Saunders The Atlantic ocean was the
lifeline between Britain and America, as well as millions of tons of raw
materials, GI's were also transported over in all manor of hastily
converted liners. Protecting the troops from marauding u-boats and
German surface ships was of paramount importance to the allied
fleets. Although USS New York spent a good deal of the war in the
Atlantic, she also participated in the 'Torch' landings off North Africa
and took part in the Pacific campaign, seeing action at both Iwo Jima
and Okinowa.
Pearl Harbor, USS California, by Anthony Saunders
At dawn on the 7th December
1941, 350 Japanese warplanes flew from their carriers and attacked the US
pacific fleet at Pearl harbor, on the Hawaiian island of Oahu. the attack
concentrated on "Battleship Row" which included USS California
(Left) and USS Nevada (Right) which was the only battleship to get
underway during the attack. However coming under intense bomb attack she
was later beached. For the Japanese the success was not total. as the US
carrier fleet was out on Manoeuvres on the day of the attack.
USS Colorado Okinawa by Anthony Saunders. The US Colorado holds the all time record of 37
consecutive days of firing at an enemy and the record of 24 direct enemy
air attacks in 62 days both while at Okinawa.
USS North Carolina ,Saipan Bound by Saunders
By June 1944 the US Fleet had
made a huge leap across the Pacific to the Mariana's, a small group of Japanese held islands of which
Saipan would prove the most difficult to
overcome. The landing were supported by the US 5th Fleet, which included
USS North Carolina together with an increasingly powerful armada of battle
hardened warships.
USS Tennesse During the Landings at Iwo Jima by
Anthony Saunders In February 1945, 850 square miles of volcanic rock became the most
strategically important island in the South Pacific. From Iwo Jima heavy
bombers would be able to raid Japanese cities almost at will. Even with
its overwhelming military might, the Americans would have to pay a heavy
price for such a seemingly small island.
USS Iowa leaving New
York by Anthony Saunders. BB61 Iowa, was commissioned in
February 1943 at the New York Navy yard. her first mission was to the
North Atlantic in August 1943 to neutralise the threat of the German
Battleship Tirpitz. By early 1944 she joined the Pacific fleet taking part
in many of the major battles including Saipan, Leyte Gulf and Okinawa. She
was re-commissioned in 1951 for the Korean war and again in April 1984.
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.
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