Charles J Lundgren (New York, Connecticut, 1911 - 1988) "U.S.S. New Hampshire" Signed lower right. Original oil on Masonite painting.
Provenance: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation.
This painting originally appeared on the Fleetwood Commemorative Cover for the U.S.S. New Hampshire.
Completed as the Great White Fleet circled the globe, the U.S.S. New Hampshire was commissioned on 19 March 1908 with Captain Cameron M. Winslow in command. As one of her first duties, U.S.S. New Hampshire carried a Marine Expeditionary Regiment to Colon, Panama in June, 1908. She then participated in the Naval Review by President Theodore Roosevelt in Hampton Roads 22 February 1909 welcoming home the "Great White Fleet." Through the next eighteen months, she exercised along the East Coast and in the Caribbean. She departed with the Second Battleship Division for Cherbourg, France and Weymouth, England on 1 November 1910. U.S.S. New Hampshire returned to the United States to run training missions for Naval Academy midshipmen off New England. Her training service was interrupted when she was called to patrol off strife-torn Hispaniola in December 1912. She was similarly called to protect American interests along the Mexican coast on 15 April 1914. There, she supported the occupation of Vera Cruz which helped restore stability to the tumultuous Mexican government. She was again called to quell a revolution in December, 1916 in Santo Domingo. During World War I, U.S.S. New Hampshire provided invaluable gunnery and tactical training for the American Expeditionary Forces.
Image Size: 13.5 x 15.75 in.
Overall Size: 20.5 x 21.75 in.
Unframed.
(B10951)
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