Naval
art prints of US naval battleships and aircraft carriers during world war
2 in the war in the Pacific by leading naval artists Anthony Saunders,
Ivan Berryman, published by Cranston Fine Arts, the naval art company.
Dawn
Enterprise by Anthony Saunders The first light of
dawn silhouettes the massive outline of the Yorktown class carrier USS
Enterprise, in mid April 1944 she was partnered by the new Essex Class
carrier USS Lexington.
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.
