USS Mercury (AK-42) was launched as the Type C2 freighter ship SS Lightning and put into commercial service as SS Mormactern in 1940. She was acquired by the US Navy in 1941, converted and commissioned as USS Mercury in July 1942. She survived the war and was decommissioned in May 1959 and struck from the naval register August 1959 before entering the National Defense Reserve Fleet before finally being scrapped in 1975.
Simple one piece model design for smaller scales and tweaked to ensure as compliant as possible with Shapeways across a range of materials and the perfect base on which modellers can add the fine detail flourishes to, depending on your skill level. The model has ‘floored guns’ for the best durability to reduce breakages, and be printable in the material offered. Designed by Philip Warnes and can be used at a larger hex scale with his
SeaLion Supremacy game, or any other naval tabletop game that uses this scale.
If you have family that served on this vessel, why not order a metal miniature to keep as a small family keepsake or gift for someone else whose family served onboard. Or maybe you had family who worked at the yards that built this vessel. Keep your family military history alive.