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12.00" x 8.00"
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14.00" x 10.00"
The Pearl Harbor Avenger Art Print
by Mark Karvon
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The Pearl Harbor Avenger art print by Mark Karvon. Our art prints are produced on acid-free papers using archival inks to guarantee that they last a lifetime without fading or loss of color. All art prints include a 1" white border around the image to allow for future framing and matting, if desired.
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I have always been fascinated by submarine warfare during WWII. The technology was sufficiently mature that a submarine, in the hands of a competent... more
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Artist's Description
I have always been fascinated by submarine warfare during WWII. The technology was sufficiently mature that a submarine, in the hands of a competent skipper and crew, was a fearsome weapon of war. Not until the advent of nuclear power would a true submarine become possible which could operate completely submerged for extended periods of time – limited only by the needs of the crew.
Like all submarines of the day, the American fleet boats of WWII could only remain submerged as long as their batteries would provide power. As battery power was nearly exhausted, the boats needed to surface in order to run the main diesel engines and recharge the batteries. This need greatly affected the strategy and tactics employed in submarine warfare.
Launched on December 7, 1942, the USS Bowfin was nicknamed “The Pearl Harbor Avenger”. The Bowfin had 9 successful patrols during the war damaging or sinking 213,580 tons of enemy shipping. Early in 1945 Bowfin was fitted with a new type...
About Mark Karvon
Prints of all artworks are available at www.markkarvon.com. All artworks are copyright Mark Karvon. As a kid in the suburbs of Chicago, I always was interested in the mechanical creations of man. There is something about a purpose of design and the engineering solution to achieve that purpose that always created a spark in my mind. The forms those machines took were captivating to me - the pointed nose of a fighter jet; the exposed driving wheels of a mighty steam engine, the streamlined shape of a submarine. And the stories of the incredible experiences of the men who operated those machines are the stuff of legends and sometimes nightmares. From an early age I tried to express my fascination through drawing. I suppose my first...
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