Trumpeter 1/350 USS Indianapolis CA-35 1944

Description This is an injection-plastic ship model kit. From the Trumpeter description: Indianapolis was laid down in 31 March 1930 by New York Shipbuilding Corporation and commissioned at the Philadelphia Navy Yard on 15 November 1932. Indianapolis had a distinguished career from the start. As the flagship of the navy's Scouting Force, she hosted President Roosevelt three times including a state visit to South America in 1936. She was at sea in the Pacific when World War II broke out, then went on to serve in the Aleutian Islands in 1942-43 rather than in the Soloman Islands, as most of her sister pre-war heavy cruisers did. Afterward, she served as Admiral Spruances’ Fifth Fleet flagship and was hit by a kamikaze. After her repairs were completed, she received orders to carry parts for the first atomic bombs in a high-speed secret mission to Tinian, she raced on unescorted and arrived on 26 July, having set a record in covering some 5000 miles from San Francisco in only 10 days. At 12:14 a.m. on July 30, 1945, the USS Indianapolis was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine in the Philippine Sea. This is the last major American warship to be lost during World War II, and the greatest sea disaster in American naval history.  Indianapolis earned 10 battle stars for World War II service.  Kit parts are molded in gray. Kit includes photo-etched parts and decals.