USS Vincennes (Ticonderoga class)

The Vincennes was deployed in August 1986 to the Western Pacific and Indian Oceans, a first for a Tico cruiser. The ship served as anti-air warfare commander with the Carl Vinson and New Jersey battle groups, operated with the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force and the Royal Australian Navy, and steamed more than 46,000 miles (74,000 km) in waters from the Bering Sea to the Indian Ocean. On 14 April 1988, the guided missile frigate USS Samuel B. Roberts (FFG-58) hit a mine in the Persian Gulf during Operation Earnest Will. Six days later, Vincennes was yanked from Fleet Exercise 88-1, sent back to San Diego, California and told to prepare for a six-month deployment.

The reason for the haste: Navy leaders decided that they needed an Aegis ship to protect the exit of the damaged Roberts through the Strait of Hormuz. One month later, the cruiser entered the Gulf, and in early July, stood guard in the Strait as the damaged frigate was borne out on the Mighty Servant 2 heavy-lift ship. The ship made 14 Hormuz transits during its Earnest Will operations. Vincennes returns to San Diego in October, 1988.On 3 July 1988, Vincennes, under the command of Captain William C. Rogers III, shot down an Iran Air Airbus A300B2 over the Strait of Hormuz, killing all 290 aboard.

Scale: 1:144
Size of Model: 1200 x 120 x 430
Material: Fiberglass Hull, Wood deck, resin & metal parts
Drive System: 2 x 540 Engines, 2 x shaft & brass propellers
R/C system: 2 channel Radio Controller with one Servo, ESC (80A)