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PLANK OWNER

A "Plank Owner" is an individual who was a member of the crew of a ship when that ship was placed in commission. In earlier years, this applied to a first commissioning; since then, it has often been applied to one who was part of a recommissioning crew as well. "Plank Owner" is not an official Navy term, and has consequently been variously defined by different Navy units.
Plank Owner certificates are procured by and issued to crew members of the ship being commissioned; they are not officially issued by the Navy. Some ships' crews design their own, while others purchase them from commercial sources. Perhaps the best-known of these are the ones sold by the United States Naval Institute. These color certificates can be obtained as blanks; if the purchaser wishes to provide the necessary information, they can be filled in for an additional charge. 

Bill Macdowell, a Plankowner and Founder of VOAI, served from 1951 to 1953 during the Korean War. Macdowell commissioned Steve Daniels to paint the picture of the Smalley.

Steve with President G.H.W. Bush

About the Artist

    STEVE DANIELS has been working as a commercial artist and technical
illustrator since 1963. While still in high school he prepared artist renderings for architects.

When President Bush was in office, Steve did a painting of the T.B.F. Avenger Bush was flying when he was shot down. The White House staff invited Steve to present the painting to the President in the Oval Office. Steve works in pen and ink, acrylics, oils or pencil and can work from old photographs supplied by the client or he has the resources to find photos of most any type of military equipment.

  


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