Lightship LV-116 Fenwick 1930-1933
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Now known as the Chesapeake, Lightship LV-116 was stationed off Fenwick Island Shoal, DE from 1930 to 1933
This ship is now listed as a national historic Landmark and can be visited in Baltimore Harbor MD
The superstructure of this kit is scratchbuilt to depict the ship in a way that had meaning to the individuals it's been presented to.

USS Gambier Bay CVE-73
Casablanca-class escort carrier
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Launched in November 1943 and commissioned in December, Gambier Bay was first used to Ferry replacement planes to the Fleet Carriers.
Gambier Bay joined Carrier Support Group 2 (TG 52.11), staging in the Marshalls for operation Forager, The Mariana and Palau Islands campaign.
Gambier Bay was sunk on 25 October 1944 during the Philllipines Campaign in the Battle off Samar
Gambier Bay received four battle stars for service in World War II and shared in the award of the Presidential Unit Citation to "Taffy 3" for extraordinary heroism in the Battle off Samar.

USS Slater, DE-766
Cannon-class destroyer escort
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U.S.S. Slater was laid down on 9 March 1943, launched on 20 February 1944. The ship was commissioned on 1 May 1944.
She served as convoy escort between New York and the U.K. until May 1945 before engaging in support operations in the Pacific through the end of the war.
U.S.S. Slater was deactivated in 1947 before being transferred to the Hellenic Navy and renamed Aetos. She was decommisioned in 1991 and donated by Greece to the Destroyer Escort Sailors Association.

U.S.S. Slater is now a museum ship on the Hudson River in Albany, New York, the only one of its kind afloat in the United States
The superstructure of this kit is scratchbuilt to depict the ship in a way that had meaning to the individuals it's been presented to.

U.S.S. Maine, ACR-1
Armored Cruiser
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Launched in November 1889 and finally Commissioned In September 1895 She was the first U.S. Navy ship to be named after the state of Maine.
Out of date by the time she entered service, Maine spent her active career with the North Atlantic Squadron, operating from Norfolk, Virginia along the East Coast of the United States and the Caribbean.
In January 1898, Maine was sent from Key West to Havana to protect U.S. interests during the Cuban War of Independence.
The Maine Was sank on 15 February 1898 in Havana Harbor and became one of the catalysts for the Spanish American War

This is a straight out of box build