Set of Ship Ident Models - BB, CA, CLs, AGC, SSBN

Object/Artifact

National Museum of the Surface Navy at the Battleship IOWA

1400021 Model 2

Name/Title

Set of Ship Ident Models - BB, CA, CLs, AGC, SSBN

Entry/Object ID

1400021

Description

Set of 7 US Navy ship identification models in a 37" x 17" x 4.5" folding wooden case. Identification ship models were fabricated by Framburg, South Salem and Comet. Models are cast metal, painted dark grey. (Larger models may have some wooden component parts.) Outside of case is painted grey. Top is stenciled in black paint with "U.S. NAVY TEACHER MODELS / GERMAN NAVY". (Note: Title on box may not correspond to actual contents.) Has rope handles. Case is hinged and latches closed, opens to reveal ship models on shelves inside back half of case. Inside painted light blue. Ship models include: USS Atlanta - Light Cruiser - USN KM Prinz Eugen - Cruiser - KM HMS King George V - Battleship - RN USS Omaha - Light Cruiser - USN USS Mt McKinley - Command Ship - USN USS George Washington - Nuclear Fleet Ballistic Missile Submarine - USN IJN Natori - Light Cruiser - IJN Note: H A Framburg ceased production at the end of WW II. The SSBN is not a Framburg model.