Your Painting Title Gone, but Not Forgotten

Your NamePaula Spinner


MediumOil

Your ProfileMs. Spinner recently joined the Artist League of the Sandhills. She is a new artist and excited to be painting after a 30 year career in Information Technology. For 9 years she was a Navy wife. Her husband Mike served on the Vallejo.

The Story Behind Your Painting“Gone, but Not Forgotten.” The USS Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo was the last of the “Forty-one for Freedom” US Navy Fleet of Ballistic Missile submarines to be decommissioned. The “Forty-one for Freedom” submarines were built for and served as nuclear deterrence during the Cold War. The Sail of the Vallejo is part of a memorial at the Mare Island Museum, Vallejo, California. This painting is dedicated to the men who served on the Vallejo.