Barcode: 0 89195 87026 1
Packaging: 24 pieces per master carton
Box Size: 7.5"x13"x1.8"
1/700 U.S.S. Chandler (DDG-996)
Main Features
- completely new bridge tooling
- new superstructure includes molded details
- masts, radar antennas are of new tooling
- all new highly detailed parts for such items as lifeboats, guns
- photo-etched parts add an extra level of refinement
- new Cartograf decals
About the U.S.S. Chandler:
Derived from the Spruance class, USS Chandler (DDG-996) was the final ship in
a class of destroyers operated by the U.S. Navy. Kidd class vessels were designed
for air defense in hot weather. She was named after Rear Admiral Theodore E.
Chandler
Originally named Andushirvan, Chandler was originally ordered by the Shah of
Iran, but was undelivered when the 1979 Iranian Revolution occurred. Subsequent
to this, the U.S. Navy elected to commission her for service in the Persian
Gulf and Mediterranean Sea, as she was equipped with heavy-duty air conditioning
and were also well suited to filtering sand and the results from NBC warfare.
She was commissioned in 1982.
USS Chandler has observed or participated in combat in the Arabian Gulf at
the height of the Iraq-Iraq war, Operations Desert Storm and Southern Watch
against Iraq, as well as operations in Somalia in 1993.
Chandler was decommissioned in 1999. She was transferred to the Republic of
China and renamed Wu Teh (DDG-1805) in 2004.
