USS Aaron Ward (DD-483), Gleaves class destroyer
Stock Number: YKM-35048 Price $119.95
The Benson class destroyers were the early work horses of WW II. These destroyers were developed for the US Navy during the 1930's. Until the introduction of the Fletcher class, the Bensons were the most numerous DD's in the US Navy. They served in all theaters of WW II. The Yankee Modelworks kit of Aaron Ward depicts the ship as she appeared in the desperate and heroic struggle for Guadalcanal in 1942.
The kit measures 11.5 inches long. A multimedia kit comprising a single resin upper hull, a single piece lower hull (full hull or waterline model), resin stacks, turrets and platforms. Other features include a rounded lower bridge, round smokestacks and an extended center deck house. Small parts are cast in fine pewter for extra strength. A photo-etched brass sheet completes the kit with over 75 parts.
Ships of class: USS Gleaves (DD-423), USS Niblack (DD-424), USS Livermore (DD-429), USS Eberle (DD-430), USS Plunkett (DD-431), USS Kearny (DD-432), USS Gwin (DD-433), USS Meredith (DD-434), USS Grayson (DD-435), USS Monssen (DD-436), USS Woolsey (DD-437), USS Ludlow (DD-438), USS Edison (DD-439), USS Ericsson (DD-440), USS Wilkes (DD-441), USS Nicholson (DD-442), USS Swanson (DD-443), USS Ingraham (DD-444), USS Bristol (DD-453), USS Ellyson (DD-454)(DMS-19), USS Hambleton (DD-455), USS Rodman (DD-456)(DMS-21), USS Emmons (DD-457)(DMS-22), USS Macomb (DD-458)(DMS-23), USS Forrest (DD-461)(DMS-24), Fitch (DD-462)(DMS-25), USS Corry (DD-463), USS Hobson (DD-464)(DMS-26), USS Aaron Ward (DD-483), USS Buchanan (DD-484), USS Duncan (DD-485), USS Landsdowne (DD-486), USS Lardner (DD-487), USS McCalla (DD-488), USS Mervine (DD-489)(DMS-31), USS Quick (DD-490)(DMS-32), USS Carmic (DD-493)(DMS-33), USS Doyle (DD-494)(DMS-34), USS Endicott (DD-495)(DMS-35), USS McCook (DD-496)(DMS-36), USS Frankford (DD-497), USS Davidson (DD-618)(DMS-37), USS Edwards (DD-619), USS Glennon (DD-620), USS Jeffers (DD-621)(DMS-27), USS Maddox (DD-622), USS Nelson (DD-623), USS Baldwin (DD-624), USS Harding (DD-625)(DMS-28), USS Satterlee (DD-626), USS Thompson (DD-627)(DMS-38), USS Welles (DD-628), USS Cowie (DD-632)(DMS-39), USS Knight (DD-633)(DMS-40), USS Doran (DD-634)(DMS-41), USS Earle (DD-635)(DMS-42), USS Butler (DD-636)(DMS-29), USS Gerhardi (DD-637)(DMS-30), USS Herndon (DD-638), USS Shubric (DD-639), USS Beatty (DD-640), USS Tillman (DD-641), USS Stevenson (DD-645), USS Stockton (DD-646), USS Thorn (DD-647) and USS Turner (DD-648).