ACADEMY 14229 USS YORKTOWN CV-5 (FIRST SHIP IN CLASS OF THREE) 1/700 SCALE
DESCRIPTION:
USS Yorktown (CV-5) was commissioned at Naval Operating Base Norfolk, Virginia, on 30 September 1937, with Captain Ernest D. McWhorter in command. After shakedown training that took the aircraft carrier to the Virgin Islands, Haiti, Guantanamo Bay, and Cristobal in the Panama Canal Zone, she returned to Norfolk for subsequent repairs in the fall of 1938. After operating along the eastern seaboard into early 1939, Yorktown participated in her first war game, Fleet Problem XX, which called for one fleet to control the sea lanes in the Caribbean against the incursion of a foreign European power while maintaining sufficient naval strength to protect vital American interests in the Pacific. The maneuvers were conducted with her sistership, USS Enterprise (CV-6), and witnessed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt. The fleet problem revealed—with convoy escort, antisubmarine defense, and various attack measures against surface ships and shore installations—that if war came to American shores, aircraft carriers could make significant contributions to the war fighter. After steaming to the Pacific in late April 1939, she operated out of San Diego, California, into 1940. Yorktown participated in another fleet problem (Fleet Problem XXI) that would ultimately characterize future warfare in the Pacific.
FEATURES:
US Navy aircraft carrier CV-5 Yorktown is here.
The product is a precision mold that represents the superstructure and flight deck.
You can select and assemble a full hull / offshore model.
The carrier-based aircraft (SBD / TBD / F4F) is set.
Completed size: Overall length 353mm / Overall width 50mm
* Brand: Academy
* Title: USS Yorktown CV-5 The Battle of Midway 80th anniversary
* Number: 14229
* Scale: 1/700
* Type: Full kit
* Released: 2022 New decals
* Packaging: Rigid box (Top opener)
* Topic: Aircraft carrier Yorktown-class » Aircraft carriers (Ships)
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