Iowa
was launched on August 27, 1942 and served on 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, during participation in the Marshall Islands Battle of the
Mariana Islands, the Battle of Leyte Gulf naval battles and other
battle; involved in the Korean War in the 1950s, the post-war use as a
training ship, soon to enter the reserve; re-enabled in the 1980s, in
April 17, 1989, Iowa turret explosion that killed 47 sailors; 1990, Iowa
received a decommissioning notice; removed from the list of active-duty
warship on March 17, 2006, and transferred to a Texas Bay National
Defense Reserve fleet of the old warship group, the future will become a
floating museum.
Item No
86517
Item Name
USS Iowa BB-61
Bar Code
6939319265173
Scale
1:350
Item Type
Plastic Model Warship Kit
Model Dimension
Length: 773mm Beam: 100mm
Total Plastic Parts
1500+
Total Sprues
20 sprues , hull , decks and stand
Chromeplate Parts
n/a
Resin Parts
n/a
Metal Parts
gun barrel , anchor chain
Photo Etched Parts
8 pcs
Film Accessory
n/a
Released Date
2023-05
More Features
hull made from multi-directional slide moulds.
- Deck wood pattern finely rendered
- Contains 2 OS2U plane
- Contains display stand and engraved name plate
- Photo-etched parts included
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