This model repesents the navigating bridge deck and Command Information Center station below of the famed Fletch class destoyers fit with the "square bridge".
The 2,050-ton Fletcher class was one of the most successful wartime and post-war destroyer classes of the US Navy and arguably the most significant class in the Pacific war. 175 ships of the class were produced over a 32-month period during World War II. They were produced in two groups: 58 were built with a high, "Round Bridge" and 117 (two-thirds of the class) were completed with a low, "Square Bridge" which afforded better visibility for anti-aircraft defense. Several Fletchers served in foreign navies, the last, Mexico's Cuitláhuac, the former USS John Rodgers, retired in 2001.
This bridge deck model is designed for Fletchers with the square bridge. Consult your references to be sure which type you need.
Features:
accurately scaled from Bath Iron Works builder's plans
openings for 5'-6" "A/T" doors per Bath drawings and photos of actual Fletchers
open venturi (wind deflector)
detailed, integrated torpedo directors (two)
integrated peloruses (two)
integrated Mk.51 Director stands (two) - Mk.51 Directors NOT included
exterior antenna trunks
doors available separately
subtle locator pins to place the Pilot House (Pilot House available separately)
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