Product Description

-USS Des Moines is a US Navy heavy cruiser and the first of the Des Moines class heavy cruisers.
-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 defeating 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 gun with a firing rate of 10 shots / 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 almost disappeared, but the sixth fleet deployed in the Mediterranean due to its scale and dignity comparable to the former dreadnought battleships. Served as a flagship until 1961.
-This kit is a full-hull model that combines a powerful scale with delicate details.
-Total length: about 62.6 cm
*This product is a set of VFM350918: 1/350 USS Des Moines already released and VFM350023: Detail up parts.


Item Size/Weight : 67 x 21.2 x 9.2 cm / 1330g

Product Specifications

Country

USA

Item code

VFM350918DX

JAN code

4589913357211

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