Identifier:
2002.65.1
Description:
Copy of a color painting of the USS Navy Gunboat Grand Rapids PG98, firing its guns and being fired upon. In brass frame.;This picture portrays a military vessel named for the City of Grand Rapids. It demonstrates how the city's identity has been shaped and portrayed.;Written on top of print, "U.S. Navy's JET-POWERED PATROL GUNBOAT Grand Rapids";Written on back, "Donated by Gen Van Orden 2002 Grandville MI / Served on PG94".;This is a print of an artists's rendering of the USS Grand Rapids as it might have looked if it had ever been in combat. The USS Grand Rapids PG98 was a gas turbine-powered Patrol Gunboat, commissioned by the U.S. Navy on November 15, 1970, and decommissioned on October 1, 1977. The USS Grand Rapids PG98 is the 14th gunboat of the Asheville Class, and the 2nd Navy ship to bear that name. The USS Grand Rapids never fired its weapons in combat, but spent most of its commissioned years in the Mediteranean Sea with its home port at Naples. After the USS Grand Rapids was decommissioned it became a US Naval Research Vessel and was renamed the Athena 2.
Date:
circa 2002
Materials:
Paper, Brass, Masonite, Plexiglass
Dimensions:
8" h 17" w
Current Location Status:
In Storage
Source:
Gift Of Gene Franklin Vanorden
Related Entity:
Van Orden, Gene Franklin (donor)
Related Place:
Grand Rapids
