USS Carolina Departing Charleston
by Keith Wilkie
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$675
Dimensions
14.000 x 11.000 inches
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Title
USS Carolina Departing Charleston
Artist
Keith Wilkie
Medium
Painting - Acrylic
Description
My love of sailing, memories of my former home in Charleston, SC and thoughts of our then-young country's efforts during the war of 1812 inspired me to paint this image of the only US Navy ship named for a British colony - the USS Carolina. The 230 ton schooner with 12 - 14 guns mounted behind high bulwarks on deck exposed to weather was built in Charleston and launched in November 1812. She departed Charleston for New Orleans, capturing a British schooner and destroying pirate strongholds along the way, she supported General Andrew Jackson's efforts to hold New Orleans. After substantial successful bombarding of British forces in New Orleans, the Carolina suffered heavy artillery on December 27, 1814, caught fire, forcing abandonment and subsequently exploded and sank. This image illustrates the Carolina passing the relatively new Customs House and Saint Michaels to the starboard sailing down the Cooper River towards the harbor and Atlantic beyond.
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July 29th, 2013
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