Pit-Road W208 1/700 U.S. Light Cruiser USS Cleveland (CL-55) 1942 Print this pagePrint this page
Pit-Road W208 1/700 U.S. Light Cruiser USS Cleveland (CL-55) 1942

Highlights:
- full-hull or water-line


Availability: [In Stock]
Weight: 0.15 kg
Description
  • World War Two
  • United States Navy
  • 1st Cleveland-class light cruisers  [total 27]
  • commissioned: 15 June 1942
  • Decommissioned: 7 February 1947
  • received 13 battle stars for World War II service.
  • Invasion of North Africa [29 October 1942]
  • Battle of Rennell Island [29~30 January 1943]
  • Battle of Blackett Strait.[6 March 1943] - aided in sinking IJN destroyers Minegumo(峯雲) & Murasame(村雨).
  • Battle of Empress Augusta Bay [1~2 November 1943] - aided in sinking IJN light cruiser Sendai(川内),
  • Capture of Emirau Island [17~23 March 1944]
  • Marianas Operations [8 June~12 August 1944] -  Invasion of Tinian [24 July 1944]
  • Battle of the Philippine Sea [19~20 June 1944]
  • Invasion of the Palaus [12~29 September 1944]
  • [16 July~9 September 1945] - at Okinawa.

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USS Cleveland (CL-55) [late 1942]