Nuclear Submarine Launch Painting

[JimDon]

I picked up this awesomepainting at an estate sale for $25. It is extremely large and is possibly oil on paper. It is signed Atcheson. Anyone have any ideas on the artist.

 

[TXPIRATE]

Very nice painting.

 

[kcm]

Yes, nice painting. Just guessing from the style/design, I'd think this is possibly a concept sub created for a movie, or possibly even for a brand-name video game. Artist might well be an unknown. Hold onto it for a while and see if this or a similar concept sub appears (or has already), but if it was in an estate sale, then it might also have been a rejected concept. ...Just rambling.

 

[Paleo_joe]

See if the sub can be IDd as to type

 

[Lost&Found]

Looks like Ohio Class in production 1978-1997. If it is then 18 were made (at least according to the govt).

 

[kcm]

Looks like Ohio Class in production 1978-1997. If it is then 18 were made (at least according to the govt).

I'm sticking with concept.

...Just enlarged the image for the first time (data limits, dontcha know) and I could be wrong, but that flat area looks like it "might" be conceptualizing a solar panel, for being able to recharge batteries without engines. ...Guess it could also be a heli deck. ...Maybe even both!! But I can't find any images of an Ohio Class that's similar.

 

[Lost&Found]

To me it looks like it's firing a ballistic missle.

 

[JimDon]

I'm sticking with concept.

...Just enlarged the image for the first time (data limits, dontcha know) and I could be wrong, but that flat area looks like it "might" be conceptualizing a solar panel, for being able to recharge batteries without engines. ...Guess it could also be a heli deck. ...Maybe even both!! But I can't find any images of an Ohio Class that's similar.

Here are some more photos. It is 38"x30".

 

[bigcaddy64]

To me it looks like it's firing a ballistic missle.

You mean its launching high yield democracy to a dictatorship? Its a cool painting and neat enough to hang onto while you research the painter. If it was a sad clown painting, i'd say let it go.

 

[Lost&Found]

Just an afterthought you might want to inquire at Electric Boat Work (public relations) located in Groton Ct if they could tell you anything about the painting.

 

[cyberdan]

Just an afterthought you might want to inquire at Electric Boat Work (public relations) located in Groton Ct if they could tell you anything about the painting.

Good idea. the company is General Dynamics Electric Boat, in rotten Groton.

I went to the Naval nuclear sub school there when I first got in the Navy and they gave me orders to a pig boat. (WWII diesel sub) It did real good at the end of WWII against the Japanese. But I went to nuclear school not diesel school and I declined my orders. Ant the Navy being the Navy shipped me as far away as the could, Long Beach, CA. I grew up 15 miles north. I was home again.

I stayed on the ship I was transferred to for the rest of my fleet navy life, about 3.5 years. Went to Vietnam three times and even Korea. For fun we went to Sasebo Japan, Yokosuka Japan, Hong kong, Sidney, Singapore and Guam (boring) Our port over seas was in the Philippines.

Sorry for pirating your thread but that brought back some memories.