Offered is a Pro Built 1/350 static display of the infamous USS Massachusetts BB-59. Extremely detailed bow to stern using brass photo etch railings, ladders and stairs. Additional use of brass and styrene stock along with ultra-fine rigging. Air brushed in entirety she is ready for proud display. Hand crafted base is 5.5″ x 24″… (read more)
We have a lot of Interesting items!! 14 years old – above. 1 x 1/350 Scale Model Kit. USS MASSACHUSETTS BB-59 Length: 207.3m Bean: 33.0m Displacement: 37970t The South Dakota class was originally planned that only two ships of this design would be built, and that the Iowa design would start with BB-59. In the… (read more)
Photo #: NH 72672 USS Massachusetts (BB-59) Laid up at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard, Virginia, on 3 January 1963. At that time she had been stricken from the Naval Vessel Register, but was awaiting preservation as a memorial. USS Uvalde (APA-88) is at right. Naval Historical Center Photograph. PHOTO SIZE: 8″X10″ GLOSSY. THIS IS NOT… (read more)
Photo #: NH 58573 USS Massachusetts (BB-59) Coming into Ulithi Anchorage on 24 November 1944, during a break in operations off the Philippines. Photographed from USS Wasp (CV-18). Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz has autographed the original print. PHOTO SIZE: 8″X10″ GLOSSY. THIS IS NOT AN INKJET PHOTO. THIS PHOTO REPRINT WAS DONE IN A… (read more)
Note: 16″/45 guns of her after turret; 20mm gun at left with “Lead, Dammit, Lead printed on its shield; FC & FD radar antennas atop her gun directors; two large National Ensigns flying from her masts. PHOTO SIZE: 8″X10″ GLOSSY. THIS IS NOT AN INKJET PHOTO. THIS PHOTO REPRINT WAS DONE IN A PROFESSIONAL PHOTO… (read more)
