USS North Carolina, Saipan Bound by Anthony Saunders. (P) WAR16 Achilles come sunder fire from

Achilles come sunder fire from the pocket battleship Admiral Graf Spee during what was to become known as the Battle of the River Plate on the 13th December 1939

is hiding in a pollard oak

September 17th 1944

Sanctuary by David Pentland

USS North Carolina, Saipan Bound by Anthony Saunders. (P) WAR16 Achilles come sunder fire fromDHM448P. USS North Carolina, Saipan Bound by Saunders. By June 1944 the US Fleet had made a huge leap across the Pacific to the Marianas, a small group of Japanese held islands of which Saipan would prove the most difficult to overcome. The landing were supported by the US 5th Fleet, which included USS North Carolina together with an increasingly powerful armada of battle hardened warships. Original painting by Anthony Saunders. Image size 36 inches x