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Pre WWII Benson-Livermore Class Destroyer

Pre WWII Benson-Livermore Class Destroyer
This ship model is 12" long kit# DC150

All ships of the class can be built.

Gone for Now

Features:
- Newly tooled one-piece upper hull w/undercut detail thanks to slide-mold technology
- Sky-lookout shield reproduced w/photo-etched parts
- Quintuple torpedo launcher w/fine detail
- Second torpedo launcher w/accurate deflector blast shield
- Additional open port holes are molded w/details
- Deck has realistically produced camber
- Waterline or full-hull version can be assembled
- Additional whalers are produced for Benson DD-42
- Sponsors are represented on lower hull by slide-mold technology
- Flat-sided funnels for Benson-class destroyer like U.S.S. Laffey
- Funnels provided w/option of molded-on ladders or add-on photo-etched ladders
- Separate piping on rear of tunnel
- Realistic photo-etched funnel cap grills and funnel platform
- Extremely fine detailed parts like davits for whalers
- Depth charges molded w/extra fine details
- Bridge supports finely represented w/photo-etched parts
- Side doors (w/optional photo-etched parts) can be assembled open/closed
- Extra-fine detail on superstructure walls like hose and ladder patterns delicately reproduced
- Authentic aft superstructure w/details like ladders and surface detail included
- True-to-scale .50-cal AA gun
- Gun turrets w/realistic detail
- Gun barrels are slide-molded w/hollow ends
- Special device included to bend specific photo-etched parts to correct angles
- Rudder is movable
- True-to-scale ultra-thin propellers reproduced
- Delicate aft deckhouse w/authentic detail
- Upper open mount and lower mount 5-inch guns realistically reproduced
- Realistic mast and crow's nest reproduced
- Accurate stern jacktaff w/running lights
- Smoke generators w/fine details
- Photo-etched propeller guards finely reproduced
- Optional barrels provided for gun turrets

In its Modern Sea Power series, Dragon previously released a 1/350 scale plastic kit of USS Benson (DD-421). Commissioned on 25 July 1940, this US Navy destroyer was the lead ship of a class widely used in WWII. The name of the destroyer stems from that of Admiral William S. Benson (1855-1932). Dragon’s earlier kit (Item No.1032) showed the destroyer as it was configured in 1945. At this time USS Benson had completed naval operations in the Mediterranean Sea, and in May of that year the destroyer had then been transferred to the Pacific Ocean theater until the end of WWII.

This latest 1/350 scale kit from Dragon shows the same destroyer, but this time in its original configuration shortly after its commissioning in 1940 at the Boston Navy Yard. Its shakedown period was in the Caribbean. Remembering that the USA was not yet at war in 1940, USS Benson commenced neutrality patrols in the Atlantic in November of that year. Such was the popularity of the original kit of this destroyer, that Dragon has launched this additional kit of the destroyer in its early life. It may be the same ship, but the kit has quite a different setup. An abundant assortment of brand new parts includes a replacement hull made by slide molds. A completely new hull was called for due to important differences from that of Item No.1032. The aft superstructure and deck are also new, as is the main mast with its crow’s nest. Other differences between the two kits are the rangefinder, .50-cal AA guns, and the blast shield for the aft torpedo launcher. A generous selection of photo-etched parts is available for items such as the sky-lookout shield and various ladders. This is yet another fine kit in Dragon’s ship range, and as a Smart Kit, it offers a pleasurable built to modelers of all skill levels.

 


United States Benson-Livermore Class Destroyers
Class of 1937-39

There are two types of ships: Destroyers and the destroyed.

Backbone of the Destroyer Navy from 1940-1942

Benson-Livermore destroyer class synonyms::
Benson class, Mayo class, Gleaves class, Livermore class, Bristol class.
Benson-Livermore Class Destroyers :

USS Benson DD421

USS Niblack DD424

USS Hilary P. Jones DD427

USS Eberle DD430

USS Gwin DD433

USS Monssen DD436

USS Edison DD439

USS Nicholson DD442

USS Bristol DD453

USS Rodman DD456

USS Laffey DD459

USS Fitch DD462

USS Aaron Ward DD483

USS Lansdowne DD486

USS Mervine DD489

USS Bailey DD492

USS Endicott DD495

USS Bancroft DD598

USS Champlin DD601

USS Parker DD604

USS Frazier DD607

USS Hobby DD610

USS Laub DD613

USS Nields DD616

USS Edwards DD619

USS Maddox DD622

USS Harding DD625

USS Welles DD628

USS Doran DD634

USS Gherardi DD637

USS Beatty DD640

USS Stockton DD646

    USS Mayo DD422

    USS Madison DD425

    USS Charles F. Hughes DD428

    USS Plunkett DD431

    USS Meredith DD434

    USS Woolsey DD437

    USS Ericsson DD440

    USS Ellyson DD454

    USS Emmons DD457

    USS Woodworth DD 460

    USS Corry DD463

    USS Buchanan DD484

    USS Lardner DD487

    USS Quick DD490

    USS Carmick DD493

    USS McCook DD496

    USS Barton DD599

    USS Meade DD602

    USS Caldwell DD605

    USS Gansevoort DD608

    USS Kalk DD 611

    USS MacKenzie DD614

    USS Ordronaux DD617

    USS Glennon DD620

    USS Nelson DD623

    USS Satterlee DD626

    USS Cowie DD632

    USS Earle DD635

    USS Herndon DD638

    USS Tillman DD641

    USS Thorn DD647

    USS Gleaves DD423

    USS Lansdale DD426

    USS Livermore DD429

    USS Kearny DD432

    USS Grayson DD435

    USS Ludlow DD438

    USS Wilkes DD441

    USS Ingraham DD444

    USS Hambleton DD455

    USS Macomb DD458

    USS Forrest DD461

    USS Hobson DD464

    USS Duncan DD485

    USS McCalla DD488

    USS Doyle DD494

    USS Frankford DD497

    USS Boyle DD600

    USS Murphy DD603

    USS Coghlan DD606

    USS Gillespie DD609

    USS Kendrick DD 612

    USS McLanahan DD615

    USS Davison DD618

    USS Jeffers DD621

    USS Baldwin DD624

    USS Thompson DD627

    USS Knight DD633

    USS Butler DD636

    USS Shubrick DD639

    USS Stevenson DD645

    USS Turner DD648

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