This painting was originally created as the cover for Stephen Coonts novel "The Intruders." It depicts the USS Saratoga in her prime during operations off the coast of Vietnam circa 1970.

The head-on shot illustrates the projection of power that the Saratoga wielded during the later part of the Vietnam war, as well as the reliance of the A-6 Intruder as the Navy's primary attack aircraft during the war.