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USS Boxer LPH-4
also can be built USS Princeton LPH-5
and Valley Forge LPH-8
Marine Amphibious Assault Naval Ship
Models
AX121- Retail
Price $76.95 our price $69.95
Features:
- New UH-34J Sea Horse x 8
- New Antenna is finely reproduced
- Flight-deck elevator can be raised or lowered
- Deck-edge elevator can be positioned up or down
- Plastic and photo-etched options available for safety net
- Radar with photo-etched parts
- Radar assembly on island superstructure
- Option of either waterline or full-hull version with display stand
- Finely detailed one-piece superstructure
- Slide-molded 5-inch twin-gun turrets
- Superbly detailed guns including 5-inch 38-caliber Single Open Mount &
Anti-Quadruple 40mm bofors
- New Cartograf decal
About the U.S.S. Boxer,
Commissioned too late to see action in WWII, USS Boxer (CV-21) was an
Essex-class aircraft carrier. She enjoyed a few milestones in her life,
including the first ever jet aircraft carrier landing, and a record crossing off
the Pacific in 8½ days upon the outbreak of the Korean War when transporting
aircraft and troops to Korea. The carrier had three tours of duty in Korea
before she was transformed into an interim amphibious assault ship (LPH-4) on
January 30 1959.
About this kit,
It’s this helicopter carrier guise as LPH-4 that Dragon’s new 1/700 scale kit
represents. The magnificently detailed kit can be presented as a full-hull or
waterline hull kit as both options are offered. Many of the parts provide
flexibility - for instance, the flight deck elevator and deck-edge elevator can
be displayed in any position. There are also 8 new UH-34J sea horse available to
populate the flight deck. Wide use is made of photo-etched parts for items like
antennas, safety nets and radar masts to ensure greater accuracy and scale
authenticity. USS Boxer participated in the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis, 1965
Dominican Republic intervention, and made a couple of trips to Vietnam to
deliver troops and helicopters. It also helped recover the module from the first
Apollo mission in 1966. With such a rich history behind it, modelers will have
no shortage of ideas on how to present this fine model ship from Dragon!