An Old Warrior (30-in x 20-in)

Artist Jacob Mazurek’s work, *An Old Warrior* (30-in x 20-in), depicts the USS Guardian (MCM-5), one of only two Avenger-class minesweepers to locate live mines during Desert Storm, shown moored in Ominato, Japan in 2012. Less than a year later, she ran hard aground in the Sulu Sea, where she was decommissioned and destroyed. This painting honors the ship’s crew who continued service aboard the USS Warrior (MCM-10), where the artwork was hung as a tribute to their legacy. Guardian had been the artist's first ship (1996-1998).