Need help on the origin of these prints from the 1970s

[Nicky.threads]

Need help on the origin of these prints from the 1970's

Hi guys, I've been doing some google searching and this is the forum that I keep going to and I checked you guys out for a few hours and thought I'd become a member.
I have a couple pieces of art I've had for about the last 20 years. They were my grandfathers and until a few weeks ago I decided to take em out of storage and hang them. I'm assuming they are lithographs but have no idea. They are 18x12 prints. They both have a signature, one is dated 1975 and the other 1976 in pencil at the bottom of each. I can't make out the signature at all and was hoping someone out there could shed some light on these... It's a long shot but worth a try.
I appreciate any insight or info that could help me find the origin on these.
Thank you!

 

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The name of the vessel in the lower right is the Charles W. Morgan.
The Charles W. Morgan is the last of an American whaling fleet that numbered more than 2,700 vessels. Built and launched in 1841, the Morgan is now America’s oldest commercial ship still afloat – only the USSConstitution is older.
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More on her history.

CHARLES W. MORGAN | Mystic Seaport

 

[Red-Coat]

Just tidying up some blasts from the past (including some very ancient ones), largely for the benefit of anyone searching the site for information.

Beautifully done, which is more than can be said for the artist’s terrible signature. They’re signed “Alan Jay Gaines” [1942-present], and lithograph prints from Gaines’ etching with original pencil signatures like yours have a typical asking price in the region of $200.

https://www.invaluable.com/artist/gaines-alan-jay-9aywrifl8d/sold-at-auction-prices/

The first ship’s name is visible in full on the stern as the “Charles W. Morgan”, but for the second one is only partially visible on its pennant. Although said to be the “William White” in that listing it’s actually the “William L. White”, a four-masted Schooner built in 1880 by Goss, Sawyer & Packard of Bath, Maine. Lost in 1882 after a collision with the steamship “Algiers”, 25 miles off the Delaware Capes.