MSW Exclusive. Harry Abbott from Battlefleet Models sends us news of his latest release, 1/700 Capella Class AK Cargo Ship. Packed full of extras, this is another fine kit from Battlefleet Models.

KIT # BFM-711 $65.00 Dollars US
Kit includes:
PE and Brass Rod
18 Paletted supplies

USS Capella - AK -13
Hog Island Standard Fabricated Type A freighter Emergency Fleet Corporation Design 1022:

• Laid down as Comerant under a USSB contract at American International Shipbuilding Corp., Hog Island, PA
  
• Completed in 1920, the 77th in the series, and was given the ID number 4215-W
  
• Acquired by the Navy, 20 November 1921
  
• Commissioned USS Capella (AK-13), 8 December 1921
  
• Length 401'
  
• Beam 54' 1"
  
• Draft 24' 5"
  
• Speed 11 kts.
  
• Complement 271
  
• Armament two 5"/51 and four 3"/50 guns at the end of 1940, replaced by one 5"/38 gun, four 3"/50 guns and 8 20mm guns in 1942
  
• Decommissioned, 1 September 1924, at Norfolk, VA.
  
• Laid up in reserve at Norfolk, VA.
  
• Recommissioned, 10 November 1938
  
• Decommissioned, 30 November 1945, at Norfork, VA.
  
• Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)
  
• Transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal
  
• Final Disposition, fate unknown