I tried my ever-evolving hand at art by working up a painting “inspired” by a photo of the USS Lassen (DDG-82) under construction on a foggy day at Ingalls in Pascagoula.
Back in my contractor days I worked on a number of the Burkes at the yard including Ramage, Stethem, Benfold, Cole, Milius and Ross (and have the initials in the innerbottom and the christening coins to prove it!) so I have seen a number of those “51s” on mornings such as these with the seagulls and pelicans swarming in to get ahead of the sea smoke on the Mississippi Sound.
With that in mind, and since I did’t work on Lassen, I did not put her hull numbers on, leaving her to represent all of those other DDGs in my memory.
Looking sketchy
The fog rolling in
Man, that is a wonky mast
Still wonky, but at least the birds distract you a bit
Meh, I could sell it in the French Quarter for $11 heheh. I’ll keep working on it.
