TAKOM SP7058 CHARLESTOWN DRY DOCK 1 & USS FRANK KNOX DD-742 1/700 SCALE
DESCRIPTION:
USS DD-742 Frank Knox 1944:
Frank Knox was built at Bath, Maine and named after Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox. Commissioned in December 1944, she arrived in the western Pacific war zone in mid-June 1945, in time to participate in the final carrier air raids on the Japanese home islands as part of Task Force 38, as a radar picket destroyer giving early warnings of incoming air raids. She was present in Tokyo Bay when Japan formally surrendered on 2 September 1945 and remained in the Far East until early February 1946 Frank Knox again steamed across the Pacific to take part in hostilities in early July 1950, shortly after the outbreak of the Korean War. During this combat tour, her missions included support of the Inchon invasion, shelling enemy targets ashore and patrolling the Taiwan Straits.
Though no longer in official use since the yard's closure in 1974, Dry Dock 1 still serves the purpose to this day. Visitors may see the dock in use for repair work on Constitution and USS Cassin Young (DD-793). It serves also as a reminder of the roots of the United States Navy and the civilian laborers who poured sweat and soul into their craft.
The kit from Takom: Charlestown Navy Yard Dry 1 & USS DD-742 Frank Knox 1944
Takom has taken up with Snowman Model in the design of this 1/700th scale kit that includes not only a model of the USS DD-742 Frank Knox but also of the Charlestown Navy Yard Dry 1 to repair it in! The box includes plastic parts with photo-etch parts included. There are three marking choices included in the box which we would think are for the Frank Knox.
FEATURES:
Charlestown Navy Yard Dry 1
USS DD-742 Frank Knox 1944 ( GEARING CLASS DESTROYER )
USS FRANK KNOX IS IN ITS WWII CONFIGURATION
Photo-etch included
Designed with Snowman Model
3 marking choices included in the box
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