"Back to Sara"
From a 24" x 36" Acrylic on Canvas
 
This painting depicts Boeing F4B’s of CV-3 Saratoga returning home after a patrol. The scene takes place in the mid to late ‘30s. The F4B was the Navy’s last biplane fighter. This was an interesting project in the fact that the Saratoga was the third carrier in the US fleet and was built along with her sister ship, the Lexington, in the 1920’s. The wood deck of the Sara had a distinct curvature of the forward flight deck at this time. In 1940 (just before the outbreak of World War II) she and the Lexington were put in drydock and received a major overhaul which changed her look dramatically including the larger, more squared off forward deck, and more modern gun batteries. The Saratoga and Lexington were almost identical ships, and to avoid confusing returning pilots, the Saratoga had a wide black stripe painted down either side of her smokestack and both ships had “SARA” and “LEX” lettered on the aft part of their respective flight decks.

12 x 18 Open Edition Prints Available Here!

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