USCGC
Tahoma
US
Coast Guard -------------------------------------------------------- The United States Coast Guard Cutter, Tahoma WMEC-908, is the third cutter to bear the name “TAHOMA”; the Northwest Pacific Indian name for the most majestic mountain peak of the Cascade Mountain range. Sadly, that mountain peak was renamed in 1792 by English explorers in what is now Washington State. They renamed the peak a name which you will probably recognize: “Mount Rainier”. Wasn’t “Tahoma” a fine name?
TAHOMA
WMEC-908, with a crew of 14 officers and 86 enlisted, began her
life in Middletown, RI in 1987 and received a commission into
active Coast Guard service in 1988. Her primary mission is to
assure the safety of life and property at sea which includes
enforcing maritime law and protecting marine life. To this end,
she has the ability to launch, recover, and service the Coast
Guard HH-65 Dolphin and the HH-60 Jayhawk helicopters. She has a
state of the art computer network which correlates all the data
derived from her radar, closed circuit tv, electronics, navigation
and communications systems; thereby, giving the Coast Guard
personnel the ability to process and analyze huge amounts of
tactical information. In addition, the Tahoma has a Mark75/76 mm
fully automatic gun system which can fire at a rate of 80 rounds
per minute and is controlled by an MK 92 fire control system
capable of tracking and engaging both surface and high-speed air
targets. It is not surprising that the Tahoma WMEC-908’s
nickname is After the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Centers on 9/11, she was the first major military ship to arrive in New York Harbor. She then proceeded to lead thirty Coast Guard cutters and small boats in patrolling the harbor and protecting the city from any possible further assaults which could have come by sea in the aftermath of that deadly attack on U.S. land. In 2010, after the terrible earthquake in Haiti, she contributed to the humanitarian relief efforts so desperately needed by that island republic. Today, her homeport is in Newport, Rhode Island and she is at sea approximately 185 days per year; usually in a series of 60 day patrols. As the third cutter named Tahoma, the USCGC Tahoma WMEC-908 shares a more than eighty year history of Tahomas displaying bravery and readiness for any maritime threats. It is fitting and gratifying to know that she lives up to her motto: “Courage, Justice, Compassion” |
Art
print of the
US Coast Guard ship
USCGC Tahoma
Polar
Star (WMES-908)
on
a Narragansett Bay RI nautical chart.
Breaker.
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.
The image or print size is smaller than the size of the mat.
Matted Art Print is ready for a standard 8”x10”, 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.
Magnet
Magnet is approximately 2 1/2” x 3 1/2” in size.
Acrylic Plastic Refrigerator Magnet.
Original Nautical Chart Painting is SOLD
Original Acrylic & Watercolor painting on nautical chart.
SOLD
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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.
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