¹⁄700

Battlefleet Models is proud to announce their upcoming release of the USS Beaufort AK-6 in 1/700 scale. Once available, the kit will retail for $60.00 USD. The kit includes PE and brass rod and 1/700 Flags by Cartograf Italy.

Built in 1909 as SS Rheingraf by H. Koch A. G., Lubeek, Germany
Renamed SS Rudolph Blumberg
Seize at Pensacola FL, and acquired by the Navy in April 1917
Commissioned USS Beaufort at New Orleans, LA. September 20, 1917
Reclassified Cargo Ship AK-6 July 17, 1920
Decommissioned December 23, 1925 at Norfolk Navy Yard
Struck from the Naval Register December 23, 1925
Sold October 1926 to Norwegian Shipping Co., renamed SS Fjorden
Final Disposition, reportedly lost, April 12, 1933
Specifications:
Length 288' 10"
Beam 40'
Draft 18' 4"
Speed 8 kts.
Armament four 3" guns


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