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USS GILBERT ISLANDS



038 00 406 --- Rd # CVE 107 --- Click picture to see USS Gilbert Islands


$16.95



Quantity:

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16.95


  MODEL  INFORMATION
   
MTL ITEM #: 038  00  406
ROAD #: CVE  107
BODY STYLE: 50' Standard Box Car, Plug Door, No Roofwalk
ROAD NAME:  USS  Navy  Car Series  -  Car # 6 
  "USS GILBERT ISLANDS"
RELEASED:  2007   -   May          New Release
   
CONDITION:    COLLECTOR QUALITY -  New In Case 
SCC PRICE:    $ 16.95   
MTL PRICE:   $ 18.95   
AVAILABILITY:  MTL  Status -  Out Of Production    (OOP) 
  SCC  Status -  Limited Stock  -  1 Only
   
COLLECTION:  N Scale  -  U S Navy Car Series
   
COUPLERS:  Micro Trains Delayed Action Magne-Matic 
   
INFORMATION:

U.S. Navy Series Car # 6 bears the silhouette of the Commencement Bay Class Escort Carrier. The USS Gilbert Islands was built by Todd-Pacific Shipyards in Tacoma, Washington, and served the US Navy from February 5, 1945 to June, 1961.  She served in WWII, Korea as an Escort Carrier and then later in Vietnam after being reclassified AGMR1 in 1963 and renamed USS Annapolis.  For much of that time she served around the Pacific, joined the Atlantic Fleet briefly, then finally assigned to Long Beach, California as home port then as the USS Annapolis. She was decommissioned at Long Beach and then put into reserve.  Final disposition was on November 1st, 1979 when she was sold for scrap.

   
HISTORICAL PICS:  Compliments of Wikipedia Encyclopedia. 
   


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Categories you will find this product in:

Navy Cars


Model Number:
038 00 406