Coastal Riverine Squadron 4 Riverine
Command Boats
Nautical chart art print of a Coastal Riverine Squadron 4 Riverine Command Boat from an original watercolor painting on a nautical chart by the Artist, William B. MacGregor Jr. ----------------------------------------------------
Riverine Command Boats (RCB) are watercraft designed to patrol rivers and other shallow water. Their speed and small size makes them useful for patrolling busy waterways such as the Persian Gulf and protecting larger Navy ships. The boats have a crew of 5 and can carry up to 20 passengers. The RCB’s bristle with weaponry, averaging a weapons station every ten feet including six machine gun mounts. The bow and hull are reinforced so the boats can be run aground on rocky shores without worrying about gouging a hole and taking on water. Riverine Command Boats are packed with sensors and communication gear allowing the boats to communicate with other navy ships, aircraft and even ground forces. The boats serve with the three Riverine Squadrons with the Navy Expeditionary Combat Command. |
Nautical chart art print of a Riverine Command Boat (RCB).
Nautical Chart background: Joint Expeditionary (Naval Amphibious) Base Little Creek Virginia.
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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 11”x14” or 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 Painting
SOLD- Change of Command Gift
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William. B. MacGregor Jr. Watercolors Nautical Chart 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