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USS HADDO (SS-255) PRINT by JOHN TAYLOR ARMS; SIGNED BY ADM NIMITZ, jr. w LETTER
USS HADDO (SS-255) PRINT by JOHN TAYLOR ARMS; SIGNED BY ADM NIMITZ, jr. w LETTER
USS HADDO (SS-255) PRINT by JOHN TAYLOR ARMS; SIGNED BY ADM NIMITZ, jr. w LETTER
USS HADDO (SS-255) PRINT by JOHN TAYLOR ARMS; SIGNED BY ADM NIMITZ, jr. w LETTER
USS HADDO (SS-255) PRINT by JOHN TAYLOR ARMS; SIGNED BY ADM NIMITZ, jr. w LETTER
USS HADDO (SS-255) PRINT by JOHN TAYLOR ARMS; SIGNED BY ADM NIMITZ, jr. w LETTER
USS HADDO (SS-255) PRINT by JOHN TAYLOR ARMS; SIGNED BY ADM NIMITZ, jr. w LETTER
USS HADDO (SS-255) PRINT by JOHN TAYLOR ARMS; SIGNED BY ADM NIMITZ, jr. w LETTER
USS HADDO (SS-255) PRINT by JOHN TAYLOR ARMS; SIGNED BY ADM NIMITZ, jr. w LETTER
USS HADDO (SS-255) PRINT by JOHN TAYLOR ARMS; SIGNED BY ADM NIMITZ, jr. w LETTER

USS HADDO (SS-255) PRINT by JOHN TAYLOR ARMS; SIGNED BY ADM NIMITZ, jr. w LETTER

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RARE VINTAGE LITHOGRAPH OF USS HADDO (SS-255) FROM COPPER ETCHING by JOHN TAYLOR ARMS (1947). PRINT HAS BEEN SIGNED BY ADM CHESTER NIMITZ, jr., SON OF FLEET ADMIRAL NIMITZ. INCLUDED IS A PERSONAL LETTER TO HIS MOTHER'S PHYSICIAN (WHO REQUESTED THE AUTOGRAPH ON THE PRINT.)
NIMITZ, jr., WAS COMMANDING OFFICER OF HADDO FOR HER 5th, 6th, and 7th WAR PATROLS IN 1944.
THE ORIGINAL COPPER ETCHING WAS CREATED IN 1947 BY ARTIST JOHN TAYLOR ARMS. THIS PRINT, 1 OF 250, WAS CREATED BY OFFSET LITHOGRAPHY ON 80-POUND PAPER IN 1970. AFTER ADMIRAL NIMITZ AUTOGRAPHED THE PRINT, IT WAS MOUNTED AND FRAMED BY SAAKE'S of OAKLAND. ONE OWNER FOR 49 YEARS. FROM A SMOKE-FREE HOME. SHIPS TO USA ONLY.
THERE IS SOME DAMAGE TO THE BACKING PAPER; SEE PICTURES.