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Naval War College Review. Volume 55, Number 4 - Autumn 2002.
The painting on the cover of this magazine was originally offered for sale at a 1989 exhibition at the Mystic Maritime Gallery. During the exhibition, the gallery contacted Jack and said that they had a sale for the painting (priced at $2500) on one condition; the buyer was a retired Navy man who captained a Mahan Class Destroyer number 364, and wanted his ship's number on the painting, rather than number 365 as Jack originally painted. Jack complied, and the sale was made.
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Click on the thumbnail for a large image of the artwork.
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Notes on the cover artwork from the magazine:
The year 2002 marks the first century of destroyers in the U.S. Navy, beginning with the commissioning of "Destroyer No. 1," USS Bainbridge. This milestone is being marked in Newport by "Destroyers: 100 Years," series of commemorative events initiated by the Surface Warfare Officers School Command and the Surface Navy Association. The Naval War College is
participating in a number of ways, including an exhibition in the museum and this issue's cover - a portrait of the destroyer USS Mahan (DD 364), seen in U.S. Destroyers: Mahan Class, painted by the American maritime artist Jack Coggins in 1991. (The destroyer astern, on the reverse, was not identified by the artist.)
The pictured Mahan, second of that name and the first of its class, was commissioned in 1936 and participated in the Pacific War from 1941 until its sinking on 7 December 1944 after an attack by a kamikaze aircraft off Leyte. The painting was given by the USS Mahan Association to the Naval War College Foundation, which made it available to the museum for exhibit.
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Notes on the USS Mahan from Wikipedia
The Mahan-class destroyers served in the United States Navy during World War II and the USS Mahan
(DD-364) was the lead ship of her class. She was named for Rear Admiral Alfred Thayer Mahan;
launched 15 October 1935 and commissioned 18 September 1936, Commander J. B. Waller in command.
Displacement 1,450 tons, Length 341.4 ft, Beam 34.8 ft, Draught 17 ft, Speed 35 knots.
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