Original U.S. WWII Navy Large Scale Identification Model of USS Iowa (BB-61) in Original Shipping Box
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Original Item. Only One Available. The basic principle of Surface Vessel recognition as with aircraft is familiarity with the total form of the object observed. The true character of a ship is not determined by a single feature or features but by the familiarity we may have with the total mass of the hull and superstructure, when viewed from great distances.
As in aircraft recognition, the salient recognition characteristics are shown in their simplest form by silhouettes. If this silhouette is further simplified into its basic masses, we obtain a silhouette where the minor details have disappeared, leaving only the real recognition features. It should be noted, however, that in one important respect ship silhouettes differ from those of aircraft. With planes, all three views are of nearly equal importance for correct identification, but in ship recognition, the use of the beam, or side view silhouette, is by far the most important. If the beam silhouette is thoroughly known, the ship can be recognized from either the surface or the air. This can be proven by examining any group of aerial views of ships.
This is a great example of a WWII Navy Identification model, used to train soldiers and sailors in both friendly & enemy ship identification. This example is of the U.S. Battleship USS Iowa (BB-61), one of the more well-known WWII Battleships. During World War II, she carried President Franklin D. Roosevelt across the Atlantic to Mers El Kébir, Algeria, en route to a conference of vital importance in 1943 in Tehran with Prime Minister Winston Churchill of the United Kingdom and Joseph Stalin, leader of the Soviet Union. When transferred to the Pacific Fleet in 1944, Iowa shelled beachheads at Kwajalein and Eniwetok in advance of Allied amphibious landings and screened aircraft carriers operating in the Marshall Islands. She also served as the Third Fleet flagship, flying Admiral William F. Halsey's flag at the Japanese surrender in Tokyo Bay.
The ship comes in its original shipping box, the first time we have seen one like this. The ship is in great condition overall with a tag reading U.S.S. IOWA (BB-61) taped to the top of the base. The box with lid measures 28½ x 4 x 5½”. A great example, ready for further research and display.
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