"Near Danang"

gouache

PAINTINGS - WATERCOLORS
marad; paintings
Griffiths, Jim
Vietnam, Da Nang
1995
paper
framed 19-1/2 x 25-1/2 in.; 12-1/2 x 19 in.

Watercolor by Jim Griffiths, "Near Danang"; port view of US Navy vessel; forward tower bears US ensign and red & white striped pennant; 1 gray barge and 3 small white motor vessels alongside; green mountainous coast in background; identified on back as depicting the USN seaplane tender USS SALISBURY SOUND (AV-13) in Cam Ranh Bay, Danang, Vietnam, c. 1965-1966 with SP-53 Marlin (twin engine) seaplane on board for maintenance. Signed by artist lower right. All rights reserved by the artist. Mystic Seaport, Museum Purchase Award, 1999.

UNIDENTIFIED seaplane
1999.200

Mystic Seaport, Museum Purchase Award, 1999