Found this in an antique store

[David LaPell]

I spotted this in an antique store yesterday. Dated 1944 from the Electric Boat Company, definitely a different time period. I can't even imagine this type of artwork being produced now.

 

[flatgate]

I have one that's kinda similar. I got it from my Mother. It's a WW-I period painting of a "Troop Ship" w/o the "carnage", i.e. the ship is unmolested.
The artist is Karl Becker and I've been trying to obtain more info.

I believe there are LOTS of "undiscovered" artwork items from the early/mid 1900's still out there......

flatgate

 

[Slanteyedshootist]

Yep, it would be considered too violent, racist, demeaning, environmentally unfriendly, sexist, left wing, right wing, chicken wing, etc., etc., etc.....

 

[eric conrad]

Battle of Midway? My father returned home with many photos of nazi Germany from 1944 thru dec. 1945.
Eric

 

[mike722]

they "called it" like they saw it back then...

 

[Scout943]

Are those "TOYOTA'S" on that ship?? :roll: Nice Picture.

 

[M'BOGO]

Are those "TOYOTA'S" on that ship?? :roll: Nice Picture.

I think Mitsubishi's

 

[don44]

It's not PC! I like it a lot.... I'm an old-timer though.

 

[Hugh]

It looks like "commercial" combat art, nonetheless a great representation. I've always liked naval combat art; real or commercial.

 

[street]

That was the turning point of why we are speaking English and not Japanese. Maybe Arizona will be the turning point so we will be speaking English and not Spanish :idea:

 

[44-357]

great picture I love it.

 

[Highstandardguy]

Are those "TOYOTA'S" on that ship?? :roll: Nice Picture.

Yes, I believe they are Toyotas. They don't seem to be stopping. :lol:

 

[Snake45]

Battle of Midway?

I'm thinking not. See the submarine periscope in the lower left corner? I think that's supposed to be the cause of the carrier's demise.

 

[Snake45]

Are those "TOYOTA'S" on that ship??

Close. At least some of them would be Mitsubishis. :wink:

 

[Hammer]

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That periscope is pretty close to that ship.

Did any submarines fire so close to their intended targets that they caused their own sinking ?

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[Snake45]

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That periscope is pretty close to that ship.

Did any submarines fire so close to their intended targets that they caused their own sinking ?

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That's an "artistic license" technique called "forced perspective." Ever see a painting with two airplanes in combat? In most aerial combat, the aircraft aren't close enough that you could get them in the same painting.

Dunno about your other question but there were cases where torpedoes ran in circles and doubled back and sank the sub that launched them. Just read a whole book about that last year.

 

[Hammer]

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One of the German aces commented after the war that most of his victims never knew he was even in the same air with them.

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[Snake45]

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One of the German aces commented after the war that most of his victims never knew he was even in the same air with them.

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That was Erich Hartmann, 352 victories (most but not all on the Eastern Front).

 

[BlackEagle]

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That periscope is pretty close to that ship.

Did any submarines fire so close to their intended targets that they caused their own sinking ?

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If I remember boot camp naval history correctly, the first submarine used to sink another ship in a battle did. They actually had to be next to the ship and attach the explosive, then get away. I think the crew sunk the ship and either damaged the sub in the process, or they ran out of air and all died...