USS ESSEX CV-9 (FIRST SHIP IN CLASS) LENGTH:872' TONNAGE: 36,380 F/L 1/350 SCALE
DESCRIPTION:
USS Essex (CV/CVA/CVS-9) was an aircraft carrier and the lead ship of the 24-ship Essex class built for the United States Navy during World War II. She was the fourth US Navy ship to bear the name. Commissioned in December 1942, Essex participated in several campaigns in the Pacific Theater of Operations, earning the Presidential Unit Citation and 13 battle stars. Decommissioned shortly after the end of the war, she was modernized and recommissioned in the early 1950s as an attack carrier (CVA), eventually becoming an antisubmarine aircraft carrier (CVS). In her second career, she served mainly in the Atlantic, playing a role in the Cuban Missile Crisis. She also participated in the Korean War, earning four battle stars and the Navy Unit Commendation. She was the primary recovery carrier for the Apollo 7 space mission.
She was decommissioned for the last time in 1969 and sold by the Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service for scrap on 1 June 1973.
FEATURES:
* Item No: 05602
* Item Name: U.S. Aircraft Carrier CV-9 Essex 1943
* Scale: 1/350
* Item Type: Static Kit
* Model Brief: Length: 775mm Width: 125mm
* Total Parts: 610pcs
* Metal Parts: n/a
* Photo Etch Parts: 2PCS
* Film Parts: n/a
* Resin Parts: n/a
* Total Sprues: 21pcs, Upper Hull, Lower Hull, W/L Plate, Hangar Decks,
Flight Deck, Stand
* Paint Scheme: US NAVY Ms21 (Raids on Marcus Island on 31 August 1943)
* Release Date: 2003 NEW TOOL
* More Features:
FIRST ESSEX CLASS CV in 1/350 Scale & Injection Molded PolyStyrene
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