The large painting of Jesus walking on water in Wiley Hall at the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy was placed behind a curtain following a complaint from the Military Religious Freedom Foundation.

A massive painting of Jesus walking on water and helping guide mariners across a rough patch of water has been covered up with a white curtain after being on display for decades at the US Merchant ...

Painted in 1944 by U.S. Maritime Service Lt. Hunter Wood, “Christ on the Water” depicts Jesus walking on water and merchant seamen floating adrift in a lifeboat after their ship is torpedoed.