Tri-ang Minic Ships 1/1200 USS Winston Churchill DDG 81 (P840)

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Tri-ang Minic's latest models of modern Royal Navy ships and harbour accessories complement and enhance the original models and layouts produced some years ago. Manufactured in diecast metal they provide sturdy display or war gaming models.

The 2007 United States Navy items are in stock and provide a good basis for adding more detail or ship identities.

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Tri-ang Minic Ships 1/1200 USS Winston Churchill DDG 81 (P840)
Waterline metal model of this Arleigh Burke Class Destroyer, measuring 5'' in length.

Arleigh Burke guided missile destroyers are built around the Aegis combat system and the SPY-1D multi-function phased array rardar, while the first ship commissioned on 4^th July 1991. After the decommissioning of the last Spruance class vessel, USS Cushing, in 2005 the Arleigh Burke class ships became the U.S. Navy's only active destroyers.

The class is named for Admiral Arleigh '31 Knot' Burke, the most famous American destroyer officer of WWII.. Admiral Burke was alive when the class leader was commissioned, and his words echo: "This ship is built to fight; you had better know how."

The Arleigh Burke class are among the largest and most powerful destroyers ever built, both larger and more heavily armed than many previous cruisers and built entirely from steel, rather than having a steel hull and aluminum superstructure. (An aluminum mast is used to reduce topweight). A 1975 fire aboard USS Belknap that gutted her aluminum superstructure and observation of battle damage to British ships during the Falklands War prompted the decision to employ a steel superstructure.

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