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USS PITTSBURGH CA-72

Baltimore class heavy cruiser

On 4 June, USS Pittsburgh was a Baltimore class cruiser. She was laid down on the 3 February 1943 by the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation's Fore River Shipyard at Quincy, Massachusetts, launched on 22 February 1944, and commissioned in Boston, Massachusetts on 10 October 1944,

Baltimore class is a very large class of heavy cruisers  commissioned during and shortly after World War II. Fourteen Baltimores were completed, more than any other class of heavy cruiser, along with three ships of the Oregon City-sub-class. Fast and heavily armed, the Baltimore cruisers were mainly used in World War II to protect the fast aircraft carriers in battle groups from air attack. Additionally, their 8-inch main guns and secondary 5-inch guns were regularly used to bombard land targets in support of amphibious landings.

On 4 June, 1945, USS Pittsburgh fought a typhoon that had 70-knot winds and 100-foot waves.  One of her starboard scout plane was lifted off its catapult and dashed onto the deck by the wind. Pittsburgh’s bow structure thrust upward then broke free. Now her crew’s seamanship saved their own ship. Still fighting the storm, and maneuvering to avoid being rammed by the drifting bow-structure, Pittsburgh was held quarter-on to the seas by engine manipulations while the forward bulkhead was shored. After a 7-hour battle, the storm subsided, and Pittsburgh proceeded at 6 knots to Guam arriving on 10 June. 

With a false bow, USS Pittsburgh left Guam 24 June bound for Puget Sound Navy Yard, arriving 16 July. Still under repair, at war’s end, she was placed in commission in reserve 12 March 1946 and decommissioned 7 March 1947.



We offer this primarily wood Baltimore class USS Pittsburgh model features:   

23" long (1/350 scale) $2,500 shipping and insurance in the US included. Other countries: $200 flat rate. 

40" long (1/200 scale) $3,500 shipping and insurance in the US included. Other countries: $400 flat rate. 

57" long (1/144 scale) $6,500 shipping and insurance in the US included. Other countries: $500 flat rate.

Models are built per commission only. Please let us know the name of the ship you want when ordering. We require only a small deposit to start the process (not full amount, not even half) $500   The remaining balance won't be due until the model is completed, in several months.

Learn more about the Baltimore class heavy cruiser here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baltimore-class_cruiser