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USS Ticonderoga  Aircraft Carrier CVA-14 Model Kit
USS Ticonderoga  Aircraft Carrier CVA-14 Model Kit
Ticonderoga 1/350 scale CV-14 assembled
Ticonderoga 1/350 scale CV-14 top view
Ticonderoga 1/350 scale CV-14 side view
Post WWII Angled Deck USS Randall with add on Photo Etched Set
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USS Ticonderoga Aircraft Carrier CVA-14 Model Kit

$26.95 
A601B
This historical Ticonderoga Ship kit derives from the Renwal tooling and is 1/500 Scale and 21 inches long when completed. Comes molded in light gray with over 140 parts, display stand and updated instructions. Includes planes, Regulus missiles, helicopter and tractor for the deck. Movable elevators and an updated enhanced decal sheet by Starfighter enhance the beauty of the ship. Decal placement instructions in color printed on the back of the box. Flag sheet also included. Skill level 2 and made in the USA.

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SpecificationsDimensions: 1/500 Scale and 21 inches long
Parts: over 140 light gray plastic pieces

Attention all Essex Aircraft Carrier veterans you can now build
a replica of the ship you served on in a detailed plastic Model.

CV-9 Essex
CV-12 Hornet
CV-15 Randolph
CV-18 Wasp
CV-21 Boxer
CV-33 Kearsarge
CV-37 Princeton
CV-40 Tarawa
CV-10 Yorktown
CV-13 Franklin
CV-16 Lexington
CV-19 Hancock
CV- 31 Bon Homme Richard
CV-34 Oriskany
CV-38 Shangri-La
CV-45 Valley Forge
CV-11 Intrepid
CV-14 Ticonderoga
CV-17 Bunker Hill
CV-20 Bennington
CV-32 Leyte
CV-36 Antietam
CV-39 Lake Champlain
CV-47 Philippine Sea

Essex Class Carriers

The Essex class of carriers was, though you may argue that point, in my opinion the best weapon in the world when commissioned, and stayed the best carrier class until the Midway class became available in October of 1945.  

The Essex class was the successor of Hornet. Just as Hornet, it was designed after the limitations of the Washington Treaty were lifted in1936, and it was thus not necessary to obey to any rules other than those dictated by common sense. As a result, a class was devised which was to follow five main rules:  

  1. They were to be able to carry four squadrons of 18 planes, plus another squadron in reserve.
  2. They were to be able to launch and recover planes faster than usual.
  3. The were to carry 25% spares for her planes, as it was thought that US carriers would stay longer at sea than her counterparts.
  4. They were to be survivable in combat and able to serve a long time.
  5. They were to be upgradeable.

Each of these rules was followed. When USS Essex was commissioned into the Navy in early January, 1943, the US Navy had received all it had wanted. The carrier was able to carry up to a hundred planes, and, due to a aircraft lift to the port side of the flight deck, she was able to recover her planes while storing them in the hangar, and likewise for launching.  

The ships were also highly survivable. During the two years the Essex class saw service in the Pacific, none of them was sunk, not even under the worst circumstances. This includes the devastation of USS Franklin, hit by two bombs off Okinawa in March 1945, during the preparations for the landing there. She suffered horrible fires aft, destroying planes and exploding "friendly" bombs. With 724 dead and 265 wounded, the carrier's captain was given permission to abandon the ship, but refused and saved Franklin. Bunker Hill, Admiral Marc Mitscher's flagship, was hit by two Kamikazes in May, 1945, and survived as well, with 389 dead or missing, and 264 wounded.
This may be to a great part attributed to the reluctance of the crews to let their ships die, but also to the rugged construction inherent in this class.  

The Essex class saw heavy service in the Pacific, beginning with the occupation of the Gilbert Islands in Mid-1943, and the second carrier raid on Rabaul, with Essex, Bunker Hill and the light carrier Independence. Throughout the war, the Essex class was the spearhead of all Central Pacific operations, and temporarily supported the South Pacific thrust of General Mac Arthur. Planes from these carriers were responsible for the decimation of Japanese air units in the Marianas, the Philippines, Formosa, and eventually Japan itself. With these carriers, the US Navy build up what was called the "Air Navy", and with these carriers, the US Navy became the most powerful navy in the world.  

The Essex class was also highly adaptable to modern technologies, and although not important in the World War 2 context, the Essex class was to receive steel and angled flight decks to permit operation of jet fighters. The service of these great ships was a welcome addition to the US Forces in Korea and in Vietnam.

The last Essex was scrapped in 1989.  

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