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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.
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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.
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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
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