USS Higgins DDG-76             Arleigh Burke class guided-missile destroyer                                        “First to Fight” Nautical chart art print of the USS Higgins DDG-76 from an original watercolor painting on a nautical chart by William B. MacGregor Jr. ___________________________________ USS Higgins DDG-76 is an Arleigh Burke class guided class destroyer named in honor of USMC Colonel William R. Higgins, who was captured, tortured and murdered in 1988 during a peacekeeping mission to Lebanon. In 1992 he was posthumously awarded the Presidential Citizens medal and two years later the ship would be named in his honor. Arleigh Burke class guided class destroyers are built around the Ageis combat system and SPY-1D multifunction array radar. The USS Higgins is the 26th ship built in her class and built by Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine and commissioned April 1999. The USS Higgins is a Flight 2 (DDG-72-78) Arleigh Burke ship and her homeport is San Diego Naval Base. The motto of the USS Higgins is “First to Fight”.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------

       Nautical chart art print of Uss Higgins DDG-76 on a San Diego Harbor nautical chart.
       Free shipping (USA only)

Art Print

       Art print is printed on Canson Fine Art-Photo Rag Paper or equivalent.

       Mounted in a beveled double mat.

       Matted Art Print is ready for a standard 16”x20” frame.

       Mat will be signed by the artist.

       Note: Mat size is the outside dimension. The double matted print will fit into a
standard frame that can be purchased at your local craft/department store.
No need for custom framing!
The image/print size is smaller than the size of the mat.

Original Nautical Chart Painting

• Original Acrylic & Watercolor painting on nautical chart.

• Mounted in a 22”x28” mat.

• Painting is Available please inquire.

William. B. MacGregor Jr. Watercolors the Junkyard Artist

William B. MacGregor, Jr. was born in Medfield, MA, the son and grandson of Norfolk Hunt Club kennel masters. Many of his family members were self taught artists, woodcarvers, automobile mechanics and veterans of foreign wars including his father a WW1 US Army veteran. Bill is a graduate of Medfield High School, Wentworth Institute, and Northeastern University. His engineering career, from which he is now retired, included working for military and aerospace companies in industrial engineering and IR optics. His painting incorporates “old skool” mechanical and civil drafting tools and he uses a mixed medium of watercolors, acrylics and inks. Two rabbits are often in quite a few of his paintings. Look for them. He is frequently commissioned by United States Naval officers to create paintings of their ships and aircraft carriers on nautical charts. In May, 2018, and for one year, four of Bill’s automotive related paintings were on display at the Larz Anderson Auto Museum in Brookline, MA