Arctic guardian - USS Washington by Anthony Saunders SHN234 34th Tank Brigade

34th Tank Brigade

Limited edition of up to 50 giclee canvas prints

V was both fast and manoeuvrable

and by June 1940 it boasted some of the world's greatest fighter pilots

enemy aircraft and promptly sent two of them down in flames

Arctic guardian - USS Washington by Anthony Saunders SHN234 34th Tank BrigadeDHM1265. Arctic guardian USS Washington by Anthony Saunders. In the spring of 1942, USS Washington was the first of Americas fast battleship fleet to participate in combat operations when she was briefly assigned to the Royal Navy. On 28th June 1942, together with HMS Duke of York, HMS Victorious and an accompanying cruiser and destroyer force, she formed part of the distant covering force to convoy PQ17, bound for Russia. In the Pacific later that