Description
USS Iowa BB-61
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 |
