1/700 USS Ward DD-139 1941 * Deluxe Limited Edition * Flyhawk FH1106S

Description: 1/700 Flyhawk Models USS Ward (DD-139)Limited Edition Deluxe Kit FH1106S This kit has all the extra, super detailed, parts. Three sheets of photo etch, turned brass gun barrels, depth charges and mooring bits, along with resin replacements for several structures, including the torpedo tubes. From Wikipedia: USS Ward (DD-139) was a 1,247 long tons (1,267 t) Wickes-class destroyer in the United States Navy during World War I, later APD-16 (see High speed transport) in World War II. She fired the first American shot in World War II, when she engaged the Japanese during the attack on Pearl Harbor, and successfully sank her opponent.On the morning of 7 December 1941, under the command of LCDR William W. Outerbridge, Ward was conducting a precautionary patrol off the entrance to Pearl Harbor when she was informed at 03:57 by visual signals from the coastal minesweeper Condor of a periscope sighting, whereupon Ward began searching for the contact. At about 06:37, she sighted a periscope apparently tailing the cargo ship Antares whereupon she attacked the target. The target sunk was a Japanese Ko-hyoteki-class two-man midget submarine and thus Ward fired the first American shots of World War II a few hours before Japanese carrier aircraft formally opened the conflict with their attack on the Pacific Fleet inside the harbor. The submarine was attempting to enter the harbor by following Antares through the anti-submarine nets at the harbor entrance. Ward fired several rounds from its main guns hitting the conning tower of the sub and also dropped several depth charges during the attack.While a minority of academics doubted whether Ward had really sunk a Japanese mini-sub, since undersea searches off Pearl Harbor had previously failed to locate the midget submarine, on 28 August 2002, a team of scientists from the University of Hawaii finally found the vessel. They discovered that the submarine lies 1,200 ft (370 m) underneath the sea in American waters about 3–4 mi (2.6–3.5 nmi; 4.8–6.4 km) outside Pearl Harbor The starboard side of the submarine's conning tower exhibits one shell hole; evidence of damage from Ward 's #3 gun. While her depth charges were sufficient to fully lift the 46 long tons (47 t), 78 ft (24 m) submarine out of the water, they did no apparent structural damage to the submarine, which sank due to water flooding into the vessel from the two shell holes.

Price: 27.95 USD

Location: Zionsville, Indiana

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