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USS Truxtun Ship Models

This is a hi-detail resin kit #DC048 if you have never built a resin kit
you'll need the model book shown below to build this fine ship model.
$259.95 This is not a weekend building project!

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"Basics of Ship Building" by Mike Ashey
The bible today for the Model Shipbuilder. This book will give step by
step pictures on building plastic kits, resin kits plus photoetching. This is
the best book for the beginner to experienced builder on the newer
special high price kits resin kits and customizing parts.
 1. Building Plastic Kits 2. Building Resin Kits
3. Scratchbuilding & Detailing Superstructure Shapes
4. Working with Brass & Stainless Steel Photoetching
5. Painting, Masking, & Decal Application
There is also an 18-page section of color photographs
of finished models by Mike and others. Of the hundreds
of black and white how - to photos. I recognized very
few from his first book. Most highly recommended.
Published by Kalmbach.     #BK02 19.95

Truxtun Class Ships

Builder:

New York Shipbuilding Co.

Keel Laid:

June 17, 1963

Launched:

December 19, 1964

Commissioned:

May 27, 1967

Decommissioned:

September 11, 1995

Length/Beam/Draft (in feet):

564 / 58 / 31

Displacement:

8,800 tons (full load), 8,200 tons (standard load)

Crew:

591

Propulsion:

2-D2G pressurized, water-cooled reactors (PWR) @135 MW each

2-geared steam turbines @ 37,500 shp each

2-shafts @ 60,000shp each

30+ knots

Armament:

1-MK10 launcher (52 SM-2(MR) anti-air missiles)
(8 ASROC anti-submarine rockets)

2-MK141 launchers (8 HARPOON anti-ship missiles)

1-MK42 5/54 DP gun mount

2-MK15 20mm PHALANX close-in weapons system

4-MK32 Torpedo Tubes (21 Mk 46 mod 5 acoustic homing torpedos)

Homeport:

Bremerton, WA (inactive ships division)