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| Product code: | 31616 |
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| Number: | V545304 |
| Country: | Yhdysvallat |
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| Brand: | Tamiya |
America's Last King of the Sea
Commissioned in
February 1943, the USS Iowa served briefly in the Atlantic before
departing for the Pacific Theater in January 1944. She served mainly to
support carrier based air strikes against Japanese-held islands,
protecting said carriers and shelling enemy shore and naval positions.
She took part in the Marianas campaign and the Battle of Leyte Gulf,
although she missed a chance for a showdown with the Japanese battleship
Yamato. After assisting the assault on the Philippines, Iowa took part
in the Okinawa invasion as well as supporting air strikes on Kyushu.
Together with sister ships USS Missouri and USS Wisconsin, Iowa bombarded industrial cities on the Japanese homeland towards the end of the war.
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