U.S. Navy Memorial - Washington DC

View of the Lone Sailor Statue at the U.S. Navy Memorial.

The Lone Sailor statue is located on the granite Memorial Plaza which forms the amphitheater of the Navy Memorial. The bronze statue was designed by Stanley Bleifeld, the U.S. Navy Memorial's official sculptor. He was selected by a board of art authorities from a field of 36 sculptors identified in a six month, nationwide search.

The process of conceptualization, modeling, sculpting, and casting went through five initial images, four different models, and over a year of work before culminating in the unveiling at the formal dedication of the Memorial on October 13, 1987 on the anniversary of the Navy's birthday.