New Vendor ~ Ships & Co.

Tuesday, November 06, 2007 - 02:07 AM UTC

Please join me in welcoming Ships & Co. to the Model Shipwrights family. This Italian based company produces 1/700 waterline resin ship kits. These very interesting modern era vessels are not you mainstream naval vessels. Two of these fine kits are modern fleet replenishment ships, the USS Charleston and the USS Kilauea. Both of these kits compliment the host of modern combatants available in 1/700 scale. Speaking of modern combatants, Ships & Co. also offer the missile cruiser USS Providence. This World War II light cruiser was reborn in the cold war era with the ability to strike with guns and missiles.

1/700 USS Charleston AKA CLASS. Coming soon...price TBA
USS Charleston (AKA-113/LKA-113) was an amphibious cargo ship, and was the lead ship of her class in the United States Navy. She was the fifth ship to be named Charleston for Charleston, South Carolina and Charleston, West Virginia. She served as a commissioned ship for 23 years and 4 months.
She was laid down as AKA-113 at Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Newport News, VA, and was launched on 2 December 1967. She was commissioned on 14 December 1968, and was redesignated as LKA-113 on 1 January 1969.
Charleston was involved in the Vietnam War, and earned eight awards and campaign ribbons for her service.
Decommissioned 1992, she was mothballed at Portsmouth, Virginia. As of 30 July 2001, she was berthed at the Naval Inactive Ship Maintenance Facility in Philadelphia.
1/700 USS Kilauea class ammunition ship ~ Retail Price - $123.03
The Kilauea class of ammunition ship's mission is transport and deliver of bombs, bullets, missiles, mines, projectiles, powder, torpedoes, and various other explosive devices and incendiaries, as well as associated ordnance cargo to the various ships in United States Navy, while underway.
This type of support is necessary in order to achieve and maintain the United States Navy's requirement for a high degree of logistical independence. These efforts enable the Navy to more effectively perform its functions of sea control and projection of power ashore. Their Secondary Mission involves providing limited quantities of fuel, water, and combat store products, in addition limited ship repair and maintenance services, as well as special project services. To get their Job done they utilize CH-46 Sea Knight Helicopters for vertical replenishment (VERTREP), as well as the conventional connected replenishment (CONREP) abilities using seven CONREP Stations.
The lead ship, Kilauea, was commissioned 10 August 1968, and the last, Kiska, on 16 December 1972. As is tradition in the US Navy, the ammunition ships were named for volcanoes.
1/700 USS Providence class missile cruiser ~ Retail Price - $123.03
USS Providence (CL–82), a Cleveland-class light cruiser was the fourth ship of the United States Navy to be named after the city of Providence, Rhode Island.
Reclassified CLG–6 on 23 May 1957, she commenced conversion to a Providence-class guided missile light cruiser at Boston in June 1957. Provided with modern missiles, command ship facilities, and a nuclear weapons capability, she was re-commissioned 17 September 1959. As a missile cruiser, she retained the #1 6" gun turret. The #2 turret was replaced with a dual 5"/38 cal mount; the aft armament was wholly replaced by missiles and the after side of the superstructure completely rebuilt.

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