Gallery Two - Coast Guard Art

On September 14, 1944 during a massive hurricane, the CGC Jackson & Bedloe were sunk with the loss of 47 crew. Both vessels were escorting the Liberty ship George Ade which had been torpedoed by U518 and in tow by the Navy vessel ATR-6 off of Cape Hatteras NC. The same hurricane sent the Coast Guard Lighship Vineyard Shoals to the bottom with all hands. This is my rendition, as recalled by survivors, just moments before the Jackson foundered.

This is of a Clipper Ship off the coast of Australia. It was done on a British Admiralty chart that a friend of ours had. He had just completed a single-handed voyage through the Western Pacific aboard his Rawson 30 ft sloop. If you look closely, you can still see some of his penciled course lines.

On the framed original, the leaded glass was salvaged from the galley area of a partially submerged fishing boat on the Petaluma (CA) River. The frame was made from kiln dried Tennessee Cherry Wood.

his is my rendition of the 41 foot utility boat that is considered the general workhorse at many of the Coast Guard's multi-mission units. She is designed to operate under moderate weather and sea conditions where her speed and maneuverability make her an ideal platform for a variety of missions.

The CGC Chippewa is a 75 foot river buoy tender typical of cutters on the inland waterways. She is 75 feet long with a 130 foot barge. She is homeported at Paris Landing TN with a crew of 16. Her area of responsibility includes the Ohio, Tennessee, and upper Mississippi rivers. This painting is in private collection.

This is of a double ended 30 foot ketch that my wife and I lived aboard for many months. She was built in the 1940's at Mare Island California for service in WWII. She saw no combat and was sold shortly after the wars end. Sometime in the 1950's she was converted to a pleasure craft. We spent many moments aboard dreaming of the day that we could finally be "Cabo Bound" aboard IAORANA III.