Trumpeter 1:350 - USS Indianapolis CA-35 (1945)

Indianapolis was laid down on 31 March 1930 by the New York Shipbuilding Corp., and commissioned at the Philadelphia Navy Yard on 15 November 1932. Indianapolis had a distinguished career from the start. As a flagship of the navy s Scouting Force, she hosted President Roosevelt three times including a state visit to South America in 1936. She was at sea in the Pacific when World War II broke out, then went on to serve in the Aleutian Islands in 1942-43 rather than in the Solomon Islands, as most of her sister pre-war heavy cruisers did. AfterwaRead More...d, she served as Admiral Spruances fifth Fleet flagship and was hit by a kamikaze. After her repairs were completed, she received orders to carry parts for the first atomic bombs in a high speed secret mission to Tinian, she raced on unescorted and arrived in Tinian on 26 July, having set a record in covering some 5000 miles from San Francisco in only 10 days. At 12:14am on July 30, 1945, the USS Indianapolis was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine in the Philippine Sea. The USS Indianapolis earned 10 battle stars for World War II service.Model Information:Contains 630+ parts.Dimensions: Length: 531.4 mm Beam: 58.5 mmRead Less