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Scale: 1/200
By: Trumpeter Models
Shipped from BC Canada
Added: 2024-06-07
SKU: HPD-TRU03711
Category: Model Kits - Ships and Boats
Lead ship of the Yorktownclass of purpose-built US Navy aircraft carriers, three battle stars, lost in the Battle of Midway in June 1942.
YORKTOWN (CV-5) was laid down in 1934, launched in 1936 and commissioned in 1937. Following its shakedown cruise in 1938, YORKTOWN engaged in exercises simulating attacks on the US East Coast. Joining the Pacific Fleet in 1939, tactical exercises continued in 1940, centered on the defence of the Hawaiian islands in the North Pacific.
Following the attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941, YORKTOWN became the flagship of aircraft carrier Task Force 17, targeting Imperial Japanese Navy garrisons in the Marshall and Gilbert Islands in February 1942, and engaging IJN shipping in the Coral Sea in May 1942.
Returning to Pearl Harbor with severe bomb damage that would take 3 months to repair, YORKTOWN was back at sea after only 3 days, to mount an attack on the Japanese Navy in the Battle of Midway in June 1942.
YORKTOWN suffered direct hits from Japanese torpedo aircraft but did not sink. Attempts at salvage were interrupted when a final assault by IJN submarine caused YORKTOWN to eventually capsize and sink on June 7th 1942.
Item No
03711
Item
Name
USS Yorktown CV-5
Bar Code
9580208037110
Scale
1:200
Item Type
Plastic Model
Warship Kit
Model Brief
1245.5mm
beam: 179.8mm
Total Parts
1120+
Metal Parts
anchor chain
Photo Etched Parts
8 pcs
Film Parts
n/a
Resin Parts
n/a
Total Sprues
44 sprues , hull and
decks
Released Date
2018-12
More Features
- One-piece hull made from
two-directional slide molds
- Deck pattern finely
rendered.
- Accurately det