Description: For the first time in 1/700, the USS Oklahoma BB-37 as she was in her 1917 fit. 3D printed resin waterline kit with photo etch by Tom's Modelworks, presents this famous ship in her earlier career when she still mounted hull mounted casemate guns and cagemasts. Kit consists of over 50 resin parts and a dedicated photo etch fret with numerous details such as yardarms, range clocks, railings and many others. Recommended for experienced model builders, photos show assembled model. Kits are made to order, please allow 15 business days to ship. Please reach out with any questions. USS Oklahoma (BB-37) was a Nevada-class battleship built by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation for the United States Navy, notable for being the first American class of oil-burning dreadnoughts. Commissioned in 1916, the ship served in World War I as a part of Battleship Division Six, protecting Allied convoys on their way across the Atlantic. After the war, she served in both the United States Battle Fleet and Scouting Fleet. Oklahoma was modernized between 1927 and 1929. In 1936, she rescued American citizens and refugees from the Spanish Civil War. On returning to the West Coast in August of the same year, Oklahoma spent the rest of her service in the Pacific. On 7 December 1941, during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, several torpedoes from torpedo bombers hit the Oklahoma's hull and the ship capsized. A total of 429 crew died; survivors jumped off the ship into burning oil on water or crawled across mooring lines that connected Oklahoma and Maryland. Some sailors inside escaped when rescuers drilled holes and opened hatches to rescue them. The ship was salvaged in 1943. Unlike most of the other battleships that were recovered following Pearl Harbor, Oklahoma was too damaged to return to duty. Her wreck was eventually stripped of her remaining armament and superstructure before being sold for scrap in 1946. The hulk sank in a storm while being towed from Oahu, Hawaii, to a breakers yard in San Francisco Bay in 1947.
Price: 90 USD
Location: Gresham, Oregon
End Time: 2024-12-18T06:19:00.000Z
Shipping Cost: N/A USD
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Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer
All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
Item must be returned within: 14 Days
Refund will be given as: Money Back
Brand: Kraken Hobbies
Type: Model Kit
Scale: 1:700
