　「阿武隈」は、長良型軽巡洋艦の6番艦です。艦名は、福島県および宮城県を流れる阿武隈川に由来します。阿武隈は大正10（1921）年12月8日に浦賀船渠で起工、大正12（1923）年3月16日に進水し、一年半後の竣工を目指していました。しかし、同年9月1日に発災した関東大震災の影響を受け建造は一時中断。施設の復旧や予算の問題もあり、完成は進水から2年以上遅延することとなりました。昭和5（1930）年10月20日、大演習中に軽巡洋艦「北上」と衝突事故を起こし艦首を損傷。呉工廠で修理と並行して、艦首の形状変更の改修が行われ、長良型では唯一のダブルカーブドバウを備えた特徴的な外観となりました。
　日米戦では、第一水雷戦隊旗艦としてハワイ作戦に参加、その後も各方面の作戦に参加しました。昭和17（1942）年後半から北部太平洋での作戦に従事し、昭和18（1943）年7月には有名なキスカ撤退作戦(司令官:木村昌福少将)に参加し、1,202名を収容し帰投する歴史的快挙を成し遂げました。昭和19（1944）年10月25日、第5艦隊の遊撃部隊（21戦隊1水戦）として、スリガオ海峡より西村艦隊の後に続いて突入。しかしながら、敵魚雷艇の猛攻を受け、損傷し駆逐艦「潮」と共に戦線を離脱することとなりました。翌26日、ミンダナオ島からコロンへ移動中に米爆撃機の空爆を受け、直撃弾3発・至近弾4発を受け、フィリピン中部のネグロス島沖で最期を迎えました。
　作品は、キスカ撤退作戦に従事する「阿武隈」を描いたものです。同艦が視界を閉ざす濃霧に紛れ、キスカ島東側を北側から迂回し南下のシーンをイメージしました。米軍のレーダーを欺く為、暗礁地帯を陸地ぎりぎりの距離で航行しており、前甲板では乗組員が行く手の海面状況を監視しつつ目的地に向かっているところです。背景には、濃霧の中に僅かにキスカ富士がのぞいています。
　阿武隈戦没から80年となる令和6（2024）年10月26日、同艦の艦内神社分霊元である鹿嶋神社（福島県白河市）に本作品の特製複製画が奉納されました。

The Abukuma is the sixth in the Nagara class light cruisers. Her name comes from the Abukuma River, which runs through Fukushima and Miyagi prefectures. Abukuma was laid down at the Uraga dock on December 8, 1921, launched on March 16, 1923, and was scheduled for completion a year and a half later. However, construction was temporarily halted due to the Great Kanto Earthquake that struck on September 1 of the same year. The completion of the ship was delayed for more than two years due to the restoration of facilities and budget problems. On October 20, 1930, during a major training exercise, she was involved in a collision with the light cruiser Kitakami and her bow was damaged. Along with repairs, the bow was modified at Kure Arsenal to change its shape, giving her a distinctive appearance with a double-curved bow, the only one of the Nagara class.
In the Japan-U.S. War, she participated in the Hawaii Operation as the flagship of the 1st Torpedo Squadron, and subsequently took part in operations in various areas. From the latter half of 1942, she was engaged in operations in the northern Pacific, and in July 1943, she participated in the famous Kiska evacuation operation (Commander: Rear Admiral Masatomi Kimura) and and achieved the historic feat of returning home with 1,202 officers and soldiers. On October 25, 1944, as part of the 5th Fleet's flying squadron, she followed Nishimura's fleet into the Surigao Strait. However, under heavy attack by the enemy torpedo boat force, it was damaged and left the front with the destroyer Ushio. On the 26th, while moving from Mindanao to Coron, she was bombed by U.S. bombers and hit by three direct hits and four close-range bombs, and met her end off Negros Island in the central Philippines.
The work depicts the “Abukuma” engaged in the Kiska evacuation operation. The image depicts the scene where the Abukuma is heading south in a thick fog, bypassing the east side of Kiska Island from the north. The ship is navigating through a reef zone at a distance just short of land in order to deceive U.S. radar, and the crew on the foredeck is monitoring the sea surface conditions ahead of them as they head toward their destination. In the background, Kiska Fuji peeks out slightly through the thick fog.
On October 26, 2024, the 80th anniversary of the sinking of the Abukuma, a special reproduction of this work was dedicated at Kashima Shrine (Shirakawa City, Fukushima Prefecture). This shrine has divided its deities into the Abukuma's onboard shrine.

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収録作品：79点（帝国海軍艦艇/海自艦艇/外国海軍艦艇）
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Total number of pages: 156p
Price: 4,400(tax included*)*BOOTH price includes packing and shipping costs.
Included works: 79 pieces (IJN, JMSDF, US, British, French, German
and Italian Navy vessels)
Specifications: PUR binding with no misalignment of spreads and horizontal opening.