USS Des Moines CA-134 (Plastic model) - HobbySearch Military Model Store

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- 1/700 USS Des Moines CA-134 DX Kit

-The USS Des Moines is the US Navy's heavy cruiser and the first Des Moines-class heavy cruiser.
-The Des Moines class is an improved version of the Baltimore class, the last class built by the US Navy as a heavy cruiser capable of destroying the Japanese Navy's high-speed cruisers with excellent shelling and torpedo capabilities from the out range.
-Des Moines was laid down in 1945 at the Forever Shipyard and commissioned in 1948.
-Equipped with the world's first automatic loading device using cased charge, with a main gun with a firing rate of 10 rounds / minute, this ship engaged in various missions with Newport as the home port after commissioning, Since 1950 he has participated in various trainings along the Caribbean Sea and the East Coast, in the Mediterranean and in the North Atlantic.
-In 1948 when Des Moines entered service, the possibility of battle with enemy surface ships had already disappeared, but the 6th Fleet deployed in the Mediterranean due to its scale and dignity comparable to the former dreadnought battleships. Served as a flagship until 1961.

-The kit comes with etchings, decals and metal chains.
-You can choose to assemble either the full hull model or the offshore model.
-Total length: about 31.2 cm
-Complete new mold

Item Size/Weight : 33 x 15 x 5.3 cm / 360g