USS Louisville (CA-28), Northampton class heavy
cruiser
Stock Number: YKM-35043 Price: $215.95
Louisville was another of the Northampton Class of Heavy Cruisers. She patrolled the South Pacific during 1942 keeping the Japanese from further expanding their empire. She participated in the Battle off Rennell Island, the last of the seven naval battles for Guadalcanal. There she fought the Japanese with another Northampton Class Cruiser, USS Chicago which was lost in that battle. USS Louisville went on to fight in the Aleutians and in the Central Pacific. She survived the war and was decommissioned in 1946 and scrapped in 1959. Our model of the Louisville depicts her in her early 1942/43 fit.
The Blue Water Navy kit is the first and still only kit of this ship on the market today. Measuring 20.5 inches long, this kit is highly detailed. The upper hull is cast as a single piece casting split at the waterline so the modeler can have a choice as to build a full hull or waterline model. all the large parts, turrets, bridge, and smoke stacks are cast in resin. All small parts are cast in fine pewter. An extensive photo etched brass sheet is included to finish the kit.
Ships of class: USS Northampton (CA-26), USS Chester (CA-27), USS Louisville (CA-28), USS Chicago (CA-29), USS Houston (CA-30) and USS Augusta (CA-31).