1: 700 Scale Historic USS Arizona Battleship Hand-Painted Replica

Description

• Die cast metal hull with detailed plastic features
• Wood-like display stand with die-cast metal pillars
• Hand-painted finish with pad-printed details
• Main guns elevate and rotate
• Sea-wave vacuum-formed packagingUss Arizona was a pennsylvania-class battleship built for and by the United States Navy in the mid-1910s. Named in Honor of the 48th state’s recent admission into the Union, the ship was the second and last of the Pennsylvania class of “super-dreadnought” Battleships. Although commissioned in 1916, the ship remained stateside during world War I. In April 1940, she and the rest of the Pacific fleet were transferred from California to pearl harbor, Hawaii, as a deterrent to Japanese Imperialism. During the Japanese attack on pearl harbor on 7 December 1941, Arizona was bombed. After a bomb detonated in a powder Magazine, The battleship exploded violently and sank, with the loss of 1, 177 officers and crewmen. Unlike many of the other ships sunk or damaged that day, Arizona was irreparably damaged by the force of the magazine explosion, though the Navy removed parts of the ship for reuse. The wreck still lies at the bottom of pearl harbor and the USS Arizona Memorial, dedicated on 30 may 1962 to all those who died during the attack, straddles the ship’s hull.