1/508 H424-169 Revell USS Long Beach CG(N)-9 - Worlds First Nuclear Powered Cruiser Sea Power Issue
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Exc++
1961 Sea Power issue in exceptional condition. This kit is a reissue of the classic 1950s "S" kit. Well detailed kit contains Regulus II Cruise Missile with hanger and launcher, nuclear reactor assembly with removable cover, helicopter, Terrier and Talos missiles and launchers, decals, flagsheet and more. The kit has never been started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions. Also includes Long Beach trading stamp and 1/25 scale Revell kit catalog. CGN-9 U.S.S. LONG BEACH was the world's first nuclear-powered warship. She was launched in July of 1959 as the lead ship of the first new cruiser class since WWII. Originally designed as an all-missile cruiser, she was later fitted with two 5"/36 caliber guns amidships. After serving more than 33 years, she was decommissioned on 1 May 1995.
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