1/240 H427-170 Revell USS Aaron Ward DD-132 - Four Stack Destroyer - Commander Series Issue
Plastic Model Kit, Box Condition: Good-
1964 'Commander Series' hardbox issue with John Steel box art. Well detailed, large scale model measures 15.75 inches long when assembled. Features full hull, propeller and rudder detail, separately molded main and secondary guns, four torpedo tube sets and sighting apparatus, range finder, bridge navigational equipment, two types of lifeboats, complete deck fittings and more. Never started. It has been inventoried complete with all parts and includes decals and instructions. The Aaron Ward served as a station ship during the first trans-Atlantic flights of NC-1, NC-3 and NC-4 in 1919. During that time she was commanded by the famous Commander R.A. Spruance (later Admiral) of Midway fame. After that she served in the Pacific Fleet. In 1940 she became part of the famous Lend-Lease arrangement and was renamed HMS Castleton and saw heavy duty as a convoy escort in the North Atlantic till 1944.
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