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TICONDEROGA CLASS MISSILE CRUISER
The model below is for the
Bunker Hill of the Ticonderoga class. She is first
ship to employ the Vertical Launch System (VLS). Look
carefully at the photos to see our superior accuracy and
unmatched craftsmanship-the stern, the propellers, the
radars' shape... We accept commissions to build any ship
of the Ticonderoga class. Scroll down for more
information.
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Ticonderoga was the first combatant ship to feature
the Aegis combat system. This allows the ship to track
and engage multiple targets (aircraft) much more
effectively than any ship previously.
The nine years of
sea test development prior to the U.S. Navy’s first
installing Aegis on the USS Ticonderoga indicates
the complexity and the engineering effort necessary to
build a successful Aegis system. The fact that the
Soviet Union gave up on an Aegis system after years of
frustrating problems on two warships also shows the
extreme difficulties. In 1988, the Soviet
Union installed its first Aegis-type Sky Watch on two aircraft carriers. Each of the four
square-plate phased array antennas measured about 5
meters in diameter. The Soviets seemed to have had
considerable trouble in exercises with their Gorshkov
phased array radar, as mechanical scanning Top Sail/Top
Pair radars replaced it on the next Soviet carrier, the Tbilisi.
Sea operations attempting to successfully target
incoming threats using external ship or aircraft
platforms also failed.
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Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruisers are multi-role
warships. Their Mk 41 VLS can launch Tomahawk cruise
missiles to strike strategic or tactical targets, or
fire long-range antiaircraft Standard Missiles for
defense against aircraft or anti-ship missiles. When the U.S. Navy
installed its first MK 41 VLS on the
USS Bunker
Hill CG-52 in 1989, it featured 64 missile
cells forward and 32 cells aft. Their
LAMPS III helicopters and sonar systems allow them to
perform antisubmarine missions.
Ticonderoga-class ships are designed to be elements of
carrier battle groups or amphibious ready groups, as
well as performing missions such as interdiction or
escort. With upgrades to their AN/SPY-1 phased radar
systems and their associated missile payloads as part of
the Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System, members of
this class have, in successive tests, repeatedly
demonstrated their proficiency as mobile anti-ballistic
missile and anti-satellite weaponry platforms.
Ticonderoga was featured
in the 1986 Tom Clancy novel Red Storm Rising, defending
the
Nimitz and Saratoga battlegroups against the
saturation anti-ship missile attack in the Norwegian Sea
by Soviet bombers.
We
build this
primarily wood model of the Ticonderoga class
the following sizes:
20" long (1/350 scale) $2,480 Shipping
and insurance in the USA included. Other
countries $200 flat rate. Since this model is small,
the amount of details and also detail sharpness will be
about 90% that of the larger models.
34" long (1/200 scale) $2,990 Shipping
and insurance in the USA included. Other
countries $300 flat rate.
The photos
above show a 34" long model.
47" long (1/144
scale)
$4,975
Shipping and insurance in
the USA included. Other
countries $400 flat rate. A model of
this size was commissioned by the Training Support
Center Great Lakes in 2018.
71' long
(1/98 scale) $12,250
Shipping and insurance in
the USA included. Other
countries $1,100 flat rate. Click
here for
beautiful photos.
Models are built
per commissions only. We require only a small
deposit to start the process.
Click here for
lead time.
We can be reached at Services@ModelShipMaster.com
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About the
Training Support Center Great Lakes:
The Great Lakes Learning Sites make up the
Navy's largest technical training operation,
with an annual throughput of approximately
13,500 students and up to 5,000 students on
board at any time. The center provides
about 85 percent of the Navy's initial surface
warfare training. |
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Learn more about the Ticonderoga class here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Ticonderoga_(CG-47)
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