- Plastic model kit, assembly & paint required
- Molded in light gray
- 188 Pieces
- Approximate Dimensions: 10.1” L x 1.1” W x 2.5” H
- Box dimensions: 15.7” L x 5.6” W x 1.8”H
- Recommend for 14 years and above.
USS Vincennes (CA-44) was a United States Navy New Orleans-class cruiser, sunk at the Battle of Savo Island in 1942. She was the second ship to bear the name.
She was laid down on 2 January 1934 at Quincy, Massachusetts, by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Company's Fore River plant, launched on 21 May 1936, sponsored by Miss Harriet Virginia Kimmell (daughter of Joseph Kimmell, mayor of Vincennes, Indiana), and commissioned on 24 February 1937, Captain Burton H. Green in command.
The New Orleans-class cruisers were the last U.S. cruisers built to the specifications and standards of the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922. Such ships, with a limit of 10,000 tons standard displacement and 8-inch caliber main guns may be referred to as "treaty cruisers." Originally classified a light cruiser when she was authorized, because of her thin armor, Vincennes was reclassified a heavy cruiser, because of her 8-inch guns. The term "heavy cruiser" was not defined until the London Naval Treaty in 1930. This ship and Quincy were a slightly improved version of the New Orleans-class design.
This Trumpeter 1/700 Scale model is of the USS Vincennes in 1942. The model kit comes with 9 sprues plus lower hull, upper hull, decks and waterline plate and display stand.
