USS Iowa BB-61

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Product

USS Iowa BB-61

Description

Iowa was launched August 27, 1942, and commissioned March 22 the following year. To avoid the case of the German battleship Tirpitz, the trials in the Chesapeake Bay. Moved to the Pacific in 1944 and joined the Pacific Fleet, participating in the Battle of the Marshall Islands of the Mariana Islands, the naval battle of the Battle of Leyte Gulf and other battles; involved in Korean War in 1950s, post-war use as training ship, soon to enter reserve; reactivated in the 1980s, April 17, 1989, Iowa turret explosion that killed 47 sailors; 1990, Iowa received downgrade notice; removed from the list of active duty warships on March 17, 2006 and transferred to a Texas Bay National Defense Reserve Fleet from the former group of warships, the future will become a floating museum.

Kit contents

• Scale 1:350
• Plastic Warship Model Kit
• Length: 773mm Beam: 100mm
• Total 1500+ plastic parts
• 20 cores, hull, bridges and support
• Metal parts gun barrel, anchor chain
• 8 Pieces Photo Etched Pieces
• More features shell made from multi-directional sliding molds.
• Finely rendered deck wood pattern
• Contains 2 OS2U aircraft
• Contains display stand and engraved nameplate