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On 4 June, Pittsburgh fought a typhoon
that had 70-knot winds and 100-foot waves. One
of her starboard scout plane was lifted off its
catapult and dashed onto the deck by the wind.
Pittsburgh’s bow structure thrust upward then broke
free. Now her crew’s seamanship saved their
own ship. Still fighting the storm, and
maneuvering to avoid being rammed by the drifting
bow-structure, Pittsburgh was held quarter-on to the
seas by engine manipulations while the forward
bulkhead was shored. After a 7-hour battle, the
storm subsided, and Pittsburgh proceeded at 6 knots
(11 km/h) to Guam arriving on 10 June. Her bow
was later salvaged by and brought into Guam.
With a false bow, Pittsburgh
left Guam 24 June bound for Puget Sound Navy Yard,
arriving 16 July. Still under repair at war’s end,
she was placed in commission in reserve 12 March
1946 and decommissioned 7 March 1947.
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This
scratch-built
USS Pittsburgh model features:
- Plank-on-frame,
hollow hull construction.
- Beautiful teak deck:
Comprised of hundreds of thin individuals planks put
together by hands, not a large piece of wood with
laser cut marks as you might recognized its one
uniform light yellow color.
- All parts are wood and metal.
- "Rusted" appearance
that only master modelers can make. This feature helps distinguish a valuable ship model
from the ones that look like toys.
- Gun turrets can be
manually turned.
56"L x 15"T x 7"W
$2,200
S & H is $130
SOLD EXpected availability: Commission
only.
Commission one:
$2,900
S & H is $130
Lead time: 6-9 months.
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