Accession Number: 2020-035-14
Original work: oil on linen
Original size: 21 by 30 inches
After the terrorist attack on the United States on September 11, 2001, the USS Churchill, an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer commissioned the previous May, was recalled from a port call in Portsmouth, England along with the destroyer USS Gonzalez. Also recalled while enjoying a port call at the same time was the German destroyer Lutjens. The Churchill and Lutjens steamed out of Portsmouth around the same time, but before the two vessels would turn toward their respective home ports, the Lutjens contacted the Churchill wishing to pass closely to port to wish the Americans well on their voyage home. As tradition dictated, the crew of the Churchill “manned its rails” and as the Lutjens caught up with her with the German flag at half-mast and the US flag flying above it her rails were manned as well. Both crews rendered honors with salutes then hand waves when a banner unfurled on the Lutjens that read “We Stand by You.” It was a simple message, but it spoke volumes to the
Americans.
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