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NIKO Models sends us NEWS and images of their next 1/700 scale full resin offering, the USS Iowa, 1898
Poland based resin ship kit manufacturer NIKO Models never seems to disappoint the shipbuilder who is looking for the unique ship subject, and this next release follows suit!
Planned for an early spring release, battleship USS Iowa, 1898 looks like a definite winner, and one that will add a unique build subject to your collection.
Kit Name-USS Iowa, 1898
Kit #-7045
Full Resin Kit, 1/700 scale
MSRP-To be announced
NIKO Models are currently available from many distributors worldwide, check the official company website for a location near you!
Vessel History
"USS Iowa, a 11,410-ton battleship built at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was commissioned in June 1897. She operated along the Atlantic seaboard for the rest of that year and into 1898.
During the Spanish-American War Iowa served off Cuba and on 3 July 1898 played an important role in the Battle of Santiago, an action that destroyed Spain's naval power in the Western Hemisphere. In October of that year, a few months after the conflict's end, the battleship was sent around South America to join the Pacific Squadron.
She served along the West Coast until February 1902, when she began a year with the South Atlantic Squadron.
Iowa's return to the U.S. Atlantic Coast in early 1903 was followed by an overhaul and, from late 1903 until mid-1907, active service with the North Atlantic Fleet.
She was then placed in reserve, recommissioning in May 1910 after a modernization that gave her a new "cage" mainmast. The next four years were spent on training service, including taking Naval Academy Midshipmen to European waters . Again out of commission from May 1914 until April 1917, Iowa was employed during the First World War as Receiving Ship at the Philadelphia Navy Yard and as a training and guard ship in the Chesapeake Bay region.
Decommissioned at the end of March 1919, the now thoroughly-obsolete Iowa was renamed Coast Battleship No. 4 a month later in order to free her name for use on the new South Dakota class battleship BB-53.
In 1920 the old warrior was converted to the Navy's pioneer radio-controlled target ship. While serving in this role, she was sunk by the guns of USS Mississippi in March 1923."
Planned for an early spring release, battleship USS Iowa, 1898 looks like a definite winner, and one that will add a unique build subject to your collection.
Kit Name-USS Iowa, 1898
Kit #-7045
Full Resin Kit, 1/700 scale
MSRP-To be announced
NIKO Models are currently available from many distributors worldwide, check the official company website for a location near you!
Vessel History
"USS Iowa, a 11,410-ton battleship built at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was commissioned in June 1897. She operated along the Atlantic seaboard for the rest of that year and into 1898.
During the Spanish-American War Iowa served off Cuba and on 3 July 1898 played an important role in the Battle of Santiago, an action that destroyed Spain's naval power in the Western Hemisphere. In October of that year, a few months after the conflict's end, the battleship was sent around South America to join the Pacific Squadron.
She served along the West Coast until February 1902, when she began a year with the South Atlantic Squadron.
Iowa's return to the U.S. Atlantic Coast in early 1903 was followed by an overhaul and, from late 1903 until mid-1907, active service with the North Atlantic Fleet.
She was then placed in reserve, recommissioning in May 1910 after a modernization that gave her a new "cage" mainmast. The next four years were spent on training service, including taking Naval Academy Midshipmen to European waters . Again out of commission from May 1914 until April 1917, Iowa was employed during the First World War as Receiving Ship at the Philadelphia Navy Yard and as a training and guard ship in the Chesapeake Bay region.
Decommissioned at the end of March 1919, the now thoroughly-obsolete Iowa was renamed Coast Battleship No. 4 a month later in order to free her name for use on the new South Dakota class battleship BB-53.
In 1920 the old warrior was converted to the Navy's pioneer radio-controlled target ship. While serving in this role, she was sunk by the guns of USS Mississippi in March 1923."
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