Ships , Colors and why they are like they are .

GMorrison

I liked it so much, I built it.

Know the feeling.

I've been around the fullsize lithograph of this as long as I can remember.

My dad was on DD-544 USS Boyd when the artist was.  So, he got a signed artist's proof.  Which hung in is work office, and now hangs in his home office.

The same artist did a painting of (what was then) DesRon 34 rafted up nest to USS Prairie AD-15 in San Diego bay.

Which would need finding a Dixie class AD.

CapnMac82 ;

 hey ! are you trying to take me down memory lane ? Well you did a good job , there .  I remember there being a contest of sorts .We always got the Piedmont . She claimed the " Best Ice Cream Machine in the Fleet . Based on the lines I kinda thought it was true .Shoot , I was in them enough !

 Now the " Unrep Print ". Picture that with a top heavy Fram Gearing ! Whereas I would be as Leading Damage Control Petty Officer , On the Bridge , Hold on Boys ! !  Interesting times , those ! T.B.     P.S.   After my Inter-Service transfer to the Corps , I would watch these Maneuvers from the Midway ! Whatta Difference . My heart went out to every one of those guys ! .

Suggest revise the caption to read DD-544 USS Boyd. 

Very nice paintings for sure. 

Those ADs have such long deckhouse/ galleries/ boatdecks. They almost look like a small cruise ship (doubtful) or a floating Motel 6.

Well;

 I never thought about them that way . You are right though . I always thought they were older cruise ship conversions the Navy just kept after the war . It is amazing how many shops they stuffed in them though .

 Plus the reefer and grocery area ! Holy Cow ! Like a Super Market backroom ! But those guys and now ladies too , have great living spaces compared to a fighting ship . 

 A lot of our deck guys had an almost violent jealousy of them for that , A Gearing was stuffed , even more so after FRAM ! But they even disliked us Snipes because we berthed aft .The space was larger !

 They didn't get to experience the shaking and thrumming from the screws and the hydraulic sounds from after steering though ! It was all good though . T.B.   P.S. Thing is , sometimes the Dixie , after a Wes-pac cruise looked like a light Blue-Grey after getting her paint in order .