Trumpeter 1/200 Yorktown CV-5 Plastic Model Kit [03711]

Item No.: TR03711

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Lead ship of theYorktown:class of purpose-built US Navy aircraft carriers, three battle stars, lost in the Battle of Midway in June 1942.

YORKTOWN(CV-5) was laid down in 1934, launched in 1936 and commissioned in 1937. Following its shakedown cruise in 1938,YORKTOWNengaged in exercises simulating attacks on theUSEast Coast. Joining the Pacific Fleet in 1939, tactical exercises continued in 1940, centered on the defence of theHawaiian islandsin the North Pacific.

Following the attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941, YORKTOWN became the flagship of aircraft carrier Task Force 17, targeting Imperial Japanese Navy garrisons in theMarshalland Gilbert Islands in February 1942, and engaging IJN shipping in theCoral Seain May 1942.

Returning to Pearl Harbor with severe bomb damage that would take 3 months to repair,YORKTOWNwas back at sea after only 3 days, to mount an attack on the Japanese Navy in the Battle of Midway in June 1942.

YORKTOWNsuffered direct hits from Japanese torpedo aircraft but did not sink. Attempts at salvage were interrupted when a final assault by IJN submarine causedYORKTOWNto eventually capsize and sink on June 7th 1942.


Item No: 03711
Item Name: USS Yorktown CV-5
Bar Code: 9580208037110
Scale: 1:200
Item Type: Plastic Model Warship Kit
Model Brief: 1245.5mm: beam: 179.8mm:
Total Parts: 1120+
Metal Parts: anchor chain
Photo Etched Parts: 8 pcs
Film Parts: n/a
Resin Parts: n/a
Total Sprues: 44 sprues , hull and decks
Released Date: 2018-12
More Features: - One-piece hull made from two-directional slide molds
-: Deck pattern finely rendered.
-: Accurately detailed gun
-: 8 pieces of photo etched frets for handrais?ladders , radar parts etc.
-: Aircraft
: F4F-4*5 SBD-3*5 TBD-1*5



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(TR03711)

SKU TR03711
Barcode # 9580208037110
Brand Trumpeter

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