USS Mobile Bay's primary mission is to operate as part of aircraft carrier battle groups or surface action groups in extreme threat environments. The purpose of the ship is to detect, classify and track hundreds of potential targets simultaneously in the air, on the surface, and under the sea. It can destroy targets using a variety of weapons: ship and helicopter launched torpedoes, deck guns, surface-to-air and surface-to-surface missiles, rapid-fire close-in weapons, and electronic jammers and decoys.

USS Mobile Bay was built in Pascagoula, MS, by Ingalls Shipbuilding Division of Litton Industries. The cruiser was commissioned on 21 February 1987 at the Alabama State Docks in Mobile, AL.

After commissioning, Mobile Bay joined the US Atlantic Fleet, arriving at its Mayport, FL, homeport in March 1987.  Mobile Bay embarked on its maiden deployment on 11 May 1989. During this cruise, Mobile Bay earned its first two awards: the Sea Service Deployment Ribbon and the Armed Services Expeditionary Medal, for operations conducted in the Gulf of Oman.

In June of 1990, Mobile Bay shifted homeports from Mayport, FL, to Yokosuka, Japan. Shortly thereafter, Mobile Bay deployed in August 1990 in support of Operation Desert Shield and Storm, becoming the first Aegis cruiser to circumnavigate the globe. In the Arabian Gulf, the ship distinguished itself by becoming the first Battle Force Anti-Air Warfare Commander to control a four-carrier Task Force. Mobile Bay launched 22 Tomahawk land-attack cruise missile strikes, and controlling carrier-launched attack aircraft that contributed to the complete destruction of the Iraqi Navy. I

In May of 1994, Mobile Bay left home waters to participate in RIMPAC-94, a month-long exercise in the mid-Pacific involving over 50 warships from five Pacific Rim nations.

In spring 1999, the Mobile Bay sailed three times through the Taiwan Straits during a period of tension between Taiwan and China, and in June 1999 it was dispatched to Korea during the "Crab Wars" over fishing rights between North and South Korea.

In July 2000, The USS Mobile Bay changed homeports from Yokosuka, Japan, to San Diego, CA, ending 10 years of 7th Fleet service.

The USS Mobile Bay was refurbished in 2001 as one of the Navy’s first “Smart Ships,” the cruiser USS Mobile Bay, and one of four ships selected to test how well Navy vessels can operate with sharply reduced crews. The Mobile Bay had been nominated for the Navy’s “Optimal Manning Project”, an early test of concepts to be integrated into the design of DD-21.

On December 21, 2001, a U.S. Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment, operating from the USS Mobile Bay, seized 10.5 metric tons of cocaine approximately 800 miles southwest of Acapulco, Mexico.

The USS Mobile Bay departed with the Abraham Lincoln Battle Group in July 2002 for a WESTPAC deployment. This deployment turned out to be the longest that it or the Battle Group had ever experienced, lasting over nine months. The Mobile Bay returned to San Diego on April 25, 2003.

This Mobil Bay model features:

- Plank-on-frame, hollow hull construction.   (Solid hull is unrealistic and will crack. )
 
- All parts are wood and metal. 

- Light "rust"  appearance that only master modelers can create.

41" L x 14" T x 4.5" W         Sale   $990           S & H is $80

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