Arcadia-Craft 1/192 USS Cairo Federal Gunboat 1962 - (City Class), 12

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Arcadia-Craft 1/192 USS Cairo Federal Gunboat 1962 - (City Class), 12 plastic model kit

1/192 12 Arcadia-Craft USS Cairo Federal Gunboat 1962 - (City Class)

Wood and Metal Model Kit,   Box Condition: VG++

Rare scale kit measuring just over 10 inches long. Scale is given as 1/4"-4', which I believe is 1/192. Excellent model with a factory cut hardwood hull and superstructure, metal fittings, other pre-cut hardwood and stock wood as required, full size plans and instructions. The kit has never been started. The parts are still in the internal factory sealed bags and includes instructions. The USS Cairo has a fascinating history. She was built as one of the City Class Ironclad Gunboats and was among the first in the Federal Navy. She was commissioned on January 16, 1862 and was torpedoed and sunk on December 12, 1862. She was 7 miles south of Vicksburg at the time and was headed for a bombardment. The damaged was done by an electrically-fired torpedo. The Cairo sank in shallow water and was forgotten. But the silt did a remarkable preservation on her. Amazingly she was found and subsequently raised in 1964. You can see this ship at a park near the Vicksburg National Cemetery and there is an excellent museum as well.

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