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USS
PENNSYLVANIA ACR-4
The world's very first successful aircraft landing
on a ship
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Originally named Nebraska, the armored
cruiser USS Pennsylvania was commissioned in March 1905.
In 1910. upon returning to
the United States, she was modified with a wooden
landing platform on her aft for aviation tests.
On January
18, 1911, Eugene Ely landed a Curtiss plane on a
platform constructed on USS Pennsylvania's afterdeck
anchored in San Francisco Bay using the first tailhook
system. This was the world's first successful
aircraft landing on a ship, thus opening the era of
naval aviation and aircraft carriers.
The USS Pennsylvania was renamed Pittsburgh on 27 August
1912, to free the Pennsylvania name for a new
battleship. Upon
United States' entry into World War I, the ship served
as a squadron flagship to armored cruisers that
patrolled off South America in both the Atlantic and
Pacific. On July 23, 1917, an ordnance accident occurred
onboard while en-route to Argentina. For his
extraordinary heroism during this accident, Gunner's
Mate Second Class Ora Graves was awarded the Medal of
Honor.
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Following the war's conclusion, the armored cruiser
departed for a two-year cruise to European waters. In
1922, she served as the flagship of Commander, U.S. Navy
Forces in Europe for the next four years. In early 1927,
she landed Sailors and Marines to protect Americans and
other foreigners in Shanghai during civil war in China.
Arriving back in the United States in June 1931,
Pittsburgh was decommissioned a month later and sold for
scrapping that December.
Pittsburgh
was the flagship
for two of the Commander-in-Chiefs, Admiral Philip Andrews in 1924–1925 and
Vice-Admiral Roger Welles in 1925–1926. Also, future Rear Admiral Ellis M. Zacharias served as a line
officer aboard of the Pennsylvania.
A model of
USS Pennsylvania is on display in the Great White Fleet
exhibit at the National Museum of the U.S. Navy.
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This primarily wood USS
PENNSYLVANIA model
has the following qualities:
- Plank-on-frame,
hollow
hull construction, weighing less than 30 lbs (A solid hull of this model
would be over 120 lbs requires two strong persons
and a fortified table.)
- Hollow superstructure comprised of many individual
thin pieces of wood glued together, not few blocks stacking on top one
another.
- Windows are cutouts (not black decals), thanks to the
hollow structures.
60" long x 24" tall x 9" wide
$9,500  Shipping and insurance in
the contiguous USA included.
Other places: $700 flat rate.
This model is in stock and can be shipped within 5
business days.
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Learn more about the
USS Pennsylvania here:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USS_Pennsylvania_(ACR-4) |
