Artist: Jim
Christley Original
picture is oil on canvas measuring approx 18” x 14”
Subject: American Sturgeon Class trailing a Soviet Victor Class
The
story behind the painting...
During
the Cold War the US Naval Submarine Force was tasked with keeping tabs on
Soviet Naval movements in particular, the Soviet Submarine Force.
Submarines of the Sturgeon (SSN-637) Class were well suited to this task
and often trailed Soviet submarines for days reporting on their movements
and recording noise signatures. In this image, such a trailing has
turned into a close aboard encounter as a Soviet Viktor III has turned to
port to check his baffles (to listen to see if anyone is immediately
astern). A trailing Sturgeon has stopped his screw and gone quiet.
Extending far behind the
US
submarine is its towed array sonar which assists in giving a clear picture
of the ocean’s acoustics.
Original Painting
(can be sold framed at an additional cost)
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