Barcode: 0 89195 87045 2
Packaging: 24 pieces per master carton
Box Size: 7.5"x13"x1.8"
1/700 U.S.S. Philippine Sea CG-58 ~ Premium Edition
Main Features:
- New Photo-etched Railings
- Photo-etched Mast Elements and Radar
- Model can be displayed in either waterline or full hull option
- New set of Cartograf Decals
About the U.S.S. Philippine:
The USS Philippine Sea (CG-58) is a Flight II Ticonderoga class guided missile
cruiser. The name commemorates the WWII Battle of the Philippine Sea in June
1944, in which more than 400 Japanese planes and three Japanese aircraft carriers
were destroyed. The USS Philippine Sea was launched in March 1989 and its first
deployment was in the Mediterranean and Red Seas in 1990 during the Gulf War.
In fact it was the first vessel to fire missiles during this conflict with Iraq.
The USS Philippine Sea again saw action in October 2001 when it launched Tomahawk
missiles against al Qaeda terrorist training camps in Afghanistan at the commencement
of Operation Enduring Freedom.
