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A ship whose name is written in history, the story of the USS Arizona is well known worldwide. On December 7, 1941, Japanese forces attacked the US Pacific Fleet anchored in Pearl Harbor. All 8 battleships sustained damage or were sunk that day. The most severe loss being the Arizona. The ship was hit with a modified 16" shell. The bomb pierced her decks, penetrated to one of the forward magazines and set off over a million pounds of powder. The Arizona sank to the bottom taking with her 1,177 souls accounting for almost half the total casualties that day. The Arizona was left in place and serves as a permanent tomb for those who lost their lives on her that day. Today, there is a memorial which straddles the wreck. The American flag will always fly over the ship. Approximately 9 quarts of oil leak from the ship each day. The memorial is Hawaii's most popular tourist attraction with over 1 million visitors annually.Prints are available through my website, www.markkarvon.com.
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Very well depicted, and a fitting memorial.Β Thanks for sharing this with me.
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Lovely painting! I see you've got the red turret tops that recent evidence suggests were present. And that water... it almost looks photographic!
I've had a lifelong obsession with the Pearl Harbor attack, but turned my artistry to model building instead of painting... I actually used several 1/700 scale Arizona models converted to the other battleships to replicate the attack as a diorama. For a few months, it resided in a military veterans' museum, but the diorama base got destroyed several years later. I do still have the ships and shore installations packed away, though! (Nowdays, you can just buy kits of the ships, but I had fun converting them back in the day.)
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Thank you. You should post some photos of the diorama if you have any.
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I only have some old film camera snapshots in storage, and not very good ones at that, but if I can find them I'll try to upload some scans. Don't hold your breath, though, as it'll take some time for me to find them.
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Very well done.Β Arizona is my all time favorite ship.Β Love it.
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4 years later, no, 7 years later, the masterminds got their comeuppance.
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The U.S.S Arizona the main target for the Japanese navy. And the ship that is still leaking oil to this day.Β
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What is the secret for doing the sea so realistic. It almost outfocusing the ship.
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This proves that practice makes perfect.
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I love seeing art of USS Arizona (BB 39) as she was before the bombing, I think it's easy to forget she was a battleship with more than twenty years of service behind her when she was sunk.
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When she was launched she was the most powerful weapon on the planet.
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I built a 1/700 scale model of her. Awesome work!
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Thank you. I built a model of the Arizona too.
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i have a painting of it in my room but i broke the glass covering it
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Nice one, Mark. When the US Navy lost the Arizona, to me, it was a lot like England loosing the HMS Hood. Neither ship was modern. But both ships had a special place in the hearts of their country men and women. Their lost was devastating. Unfortunately the US had a bunch of others at the same time of course.
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This is absolutely incredible! The detail is spectacular, its like looking at the real thing!
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Beautiful painting mate! I love the water and the lighting - very inspirational!
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Thanks Luke. I struggled with this one a bit to get the right water and lighting.
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Last year at this time I visited her resting place, I was very moved by how your nation and it's Navy have honoured her. Very nice work on her......of courseΒ I've yet to see any of your art that does not inspire...Bravo Zulu Mr. Karvon
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Thank you very much.Β The memorialΒ is a moving site.
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Wow...your work and description compelled me to go on a 1/2 hour trip through the web...reading more information about the Arizona....Β
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Cool. It is meant to inspire and to keep the history of the ship alive. I am happy you have taken the time to learn more about the ship.Β
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Looking at this piece, and reading the comments, was sending shivers down my spine. This doesn't happen very often, but when it does it means that something very special is happening.
As another historic aside, the Arizona's forward turrets were salvaged and installed on USS Nevada in 1944. In this guise they participated in the assaults on Okanawa and Iwo Jima.
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Thank you very much. I am glad the emotion of the piece comes through for you. That is very cool her guns were used on the Nevada.Β
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Glory bought in death and flame
Little left her but her name.
At the start of things she died,
Rotting, rusting in the tide.
Still, she stood, and still she fought.
Proof of what the war gods wrought.
Living on in myth and story.
Gone from air, but not from glory.
She had such beautiful lines, and in her rusting hull sleep those who died on that horrible day, and many who died long after. Β Thank you for a lovely picture and a beautiful image.
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Great poem and thank you.
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You're welcome. Β So grateful to them all. Β An image that just rips open my heart is the gallant captain of the might West Virginia, his body ripped open, raging as he died that he could not fight his great ship, while one of his crew (and a hero in his own right) reassured him that he had trained them all well, and that the great vessel would fight again.
She did.
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Yes. It is also heartbreaking that when they raised the West Virginia they found evidence of men who had survived until December 23 in air pockets within the wreck.
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One of the most horrible stories I know. Β But the great ship got even.
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