Pit Road 1/700 US Navy Destroyer DD-605 Caldwell with Etching Parts Plastic Model Kit

The USS Caldwell (DD-605) was commissioned in 1942 as the 18th Benson-class ship, and was immediately deployed to the Pacific front. Like the Benson, she had a chimney with a square cross-section, but her rear torpedo tubes and third turret have been removed to strengthen her anti-aircraft armament. The Caldwell was damaged by an attack off Leyte Gulf in December of 1944, and in June of the following year she was struck by a lightning strike in Brunei Bay.

This model kit from Pit-Road can be built as a waterline or full-hull version; parts for the bridge structure, gun mount, life raft rack and more are included. Photo-etched parts are included for the Mk.12, Mk.22, SC-4, SA, SG various radars, 20mm single machine gun, 5-inch single gun semi-enclosed cover, depth charge drop rack, depth charge projector, mast generator rack, torpedo director, torpedo loading cranes, searchlight mounts, life raft racks, bridge lower handrails, vertical radars, mastyards, etc.