1:700 U.S.S. Saipan Carson 7009 540007009

Art.Nr.: 540007009
Art.bezeichnug: 1:700 U.S.S. Saipan

A landing helicopter assault (LHA) ship is a type that possesses a welldeck for landing craft/hovercraft and a flat-top flight deck forhelicopters and V/STOL aircraft. One such LHA is the Tarawa class of theUS Navy (USN). Five vessels were constructed between 1971 and 1980,though all are now retired. The class displaces around 40,000 tonnes andthey measure 254m long. This was of sufficient size to accommodateeither 19 CH-53 Sea Stallion or 26 CH-46 Sea Knight helicopters, or amix of the two. Six AV-8B Harrier II jets could be carried as well. USSTarawa (LHA-1) was the lead ship of the class, and USS Saipan (LHA-2)was the second to be commissioned, both named after bitter WWII battles in the Pacific campaign.

Dragon is releasing a small assortment of 1/700 scale plastic modelsthat incorporates both these USN ships. These two models haven’t beenavailable in miniature for quite a while, so it’s a timely release forfans of amphibious assault ships. In their day these were impressiveships, and these models are equally impressive in their level of detail and accuracy.

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