✅ SOLVED Artist ID help Please

[Indian Steve]

I am trying to figure out this artists signature. I'm seeing Lawrence Hurd?? It is a water color. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

 

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[Bramblefind]

Based on the date being World War II my prime suspect is Lawrence Hurd (1911-2012) of Bangor, Maine. He served in the US Navy and I found newspaper mentions of him exhibiting watercolors and scenes from wartime service. It seems he later got into basket-making and was locally quite famous.

Here's a 2007 story about him -

also here's a link to his obituary -

Remembering the life of Lawrence Hurd

Bangor Daily News publishes obituaries and other memorial notices. Read recent and archived death notices online. <meta property=

obituaries.bangordailynews.com

 

[Mackaydon]

Bramblefind,
You got it!!
Here's a pic of the ship, the destroyer USS Laub.

USS Laub (DD-613) - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

Don in SoCal

 

[Indian Steve]

Thanks SOOOO MUCH!