Description: USS Massachusetts BB-59 South Dakota Class WW2 Battleship "Big Mamie" Art print of the USS Massachusetts BB-59 from an original painting on a Fall River harbor nautical chart by William B. MacGregor Jr -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Battleship Massachusetts BB-59 was built in Quincy, Massachusetts at the Fore River Shipyard, commissioned May 1942 and decommissioned May 1947. The Massachusetts is the third of four South Dakota class battleships and the seventh ship to be named Massachusetts. During her service in WW2, she was soon fondly known by her crew as "Big Mamie". The Massachusetts was initially in North Africa and fired the first American 16" projectile in anger of World War II. Then, after a refit in 1943 spent the balance of WW2 in the Pacific with her 16" guns pounded the Gilbert Islands, Marshall Islands, Truk, Iwo Jima and Okinawa. By July she was off Japan with the Third Fleet. Battleship Massachusetts stands out because she fired the first and last American 16" projectile of WW2. With peace achieved, "Big Mamie" returned to the United States and operated with the Pacific Fleet until mid-1946. Currently, with the assistance of Massachusetts school children, they raised enough money to bring Big Mamie to Fall River in 1965. Now the centerpiece of Fall River's revitalized waterfront "Big Mamie" has been welcoming visitors for more than a quarter century. · Nautical chart art print of the World War battleship USS Massachusetts with her 16” guns blazing.· Nautical Chart Background- Fall River. Art Print Art print is printed on Fine Art-Photo Rag Paper or equivalent. Mounted in a beveled double mat. The image/print size is smaller than the size of the mat. Matted Art Print is ready for a standard 8”x10”, 11”x14” or 16”x20” frame. Mat will be signed by the artist. Note: Mat size is the outside dimension. The double matted print will fit into a standard frame that can be purchased at your local craft/department store. No need for custom framing! The image/print size is smaller than the size of the mat. Magnet Magnet is approximately 2 1/2” x 3 1/2” in size. Acrylic Plastic Refrigerator Magnet. Original Nautical Chart Painting SOLD Original Acrylic & Watercolor painting on nautical chart. SOLD William. B. MacGregor Jr. Watercolors Nautical Chart Artist William B. MacGregor, Jr. was born in Medfield, MA, the son and grandson of Norfolk Hunt Club kennel masters. Many of his family members were self taught artists, woodcarvers, automobile mechanics and veterans of foreign wars including his father a WW1 US Army veteran. Bill is a graduate of Medfield High School, Wentworth Institute, and Northeastern University. His engineering career, from which he is now retired, included working for military and aerospace companies in industrial engineering and IR optics. His painting incorporates “old skool” mechanical and civil drafting tools and he uses a mixed medium of watercolors, acrylics and inks. Two rabbits are often in quite a few of his paintings. Look for them. He is frequently commissioned by United States Naval officers to create paintings of their ships and aircraft carriers on nautical charts. In May, 2018, and for one year, four of Bill’s automotive related paintings were on display at the Larz Anderson Auto Museum in Brookline, MA
Price: 9.99 USD
Location: Tiverton, Rhode Island
End Time: 2025-01-22T20:11:19.000Z
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Restocking Fee: No
Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 30 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Artist: William B. MacGregor Jr
Unit of Sale: Single Piece
Originality: Reproduction
Signed By: William B. MacGregor Jr (Nautical chart artist)
Size: Medium (up to 36in.)
Date of Creation: 2000-Now
Item Length: 10", 14" or 20" (Outside dimension of the mat so the print Image
Region of Origin: Rhode Island, USA
Framing: Print is in a double mat ready for a standard frame (Sorry do not
Personalize: No
Listed By: The Artist
Year of Production: 2023
Unit Type: Unit
Item Height: 8", 11" or 16" (Outside dimension of the mat so the print Image i
Style: Americana
Features: Mat is signed by the artisr, Matted, Signed
Unit Quantity: one
Handmade: Yes
Culture: Historic US Navy art
Item Width: Approx 1/8” so it will fit into a standard size frame!
Time Period Produced: 2020-Now
Printing Technique: ink jet printer
Image Orientation: Landscape
Signed: Yes
Color: Top Mat is White Bottom mat white - bottom mat blue or green
Title: USS Massachusetts BB-59 Nautical Chart Art Print
Period: Contemporary (1970 - 2020)
Material: Matte Paper
Certificate of Authenticity (COA): No
Subject: Navy
Print Surface: Fine Art-Photo rag paper or equivalent
California Prop 65 Warning: N/A
Type: Print
Medium: Watercolor and acrylics
Theme: Art, Maritime
Production Technique: ink jet printer
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Available Variations
Color: 8x10 double mat
Price: 30 USD
Available Quantity: 5
Quantity Sold: 1
Color: 11x14 double mat
Price: 40 USD
Available Quantity: 4
Quantity Sold: 0
Color: 16x20 double mat
Price: 50 USD
Available Quantity: 4
Quantity Sold: 0
Color: Refrigerator Magnet
Price: 9.99 USD
Available Quantity: 9
Quantity Sold: 0
