USS BALTIMORE (CA-68)
                                          1943                           1944

Caratteristiche tecniche
CLASS - BALTIMORE
Displacement 13,600 Tons, Dimensions, 673' 5" (oa) x 70' 10" x 26' 10" (Max)
Armament 9 x 8"/55, 12 x 5"/38AA, 48 x 40mm, 24 x 20mm, 4 Aircraft
Armor, 6" Belt, 8" Turrets, 2 1/2" Deck, 6 1/2" Conning Tower.
Machinery, 120,000 SHP; G. E. Geared Turbines, 4 screws
Speed, 33 Knots, Crew 2000.
Operational and Building Data
Keel Laid on 26 MAY 1941 by Bethlehem Steel Co., Fore River, MA
Launched 28 JUL 1942
Commissioned 15 APR 1943
Decommissioned 8 JUL 1946
Commissioned 28 NOV 1951
Decommissioned 31 MAY 1956
Stricken FEB 1971.

Il Kit
Foto Trumpeter
Art by Mark Churms

Le foto storiche dal sito web
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Naval History
Photographic History Of The U.S. Navy

Boston Harbor, 15 April 1943

USS Baltimore at Mare Island
on 16 July 44

USS Baltimore (CA-68) Off the Mare Island Navy Yard, California, 18 October 1944
USS Baltimore anchored in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
22 September 1954
40mm Quad
Navy Modeling