USN South-Dakota Class Battleship BB-59 US S Massachussetts, 1941

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USS Massachusetts (BB-59), known as "Big Mamie" to her crewmembers during World War II, was a battleship of the second South Dakota class. She was the seventh ship of the United States Navy to be named in honor of the sixth state, and one of two ships of her class (along with her sister Alabama) to be donated for use as a museum ship. Among the ships armed with 16-in (406 mm) guns during World War II, Massachusetts stands out because it is believed that she fired the US Navy's first and last 16-in (406 mm) shells of the war. After the war, Massachusetts returned to the United States and was decommissioned and assigned to the Atlantic Reserve Fleet in 1947. In 1965 she was transferred to the Massachusetts Memorial Committee and preserved as a museum ship at Battleship Cove in Fall River, Massachusetts.

South Dakota-class Battleship

USS Massachusetts (BB-59) is the third of four South Dakota-class fast battleships built for the United States Navy in the late 1930s. The first American battleships designed after the Washington treaty system began to break down in the mid-1930s, they took advantage of an escalator clause that allowed increasing the main battery to 16-inch (406 mm) guns, but refusal to authorize larger battleships kept their displacement close to the Washington limit of 35,000 long tons (36,000 t).

Motor City Classics Legendary Battleships

The Motor City Classics "Legendary Battleships" range presents affordable, ready-made diecast models of Warships in 1:1250 scale.

Motor City Classics "Legendary Battleships"Warships" diecast models feature:

• Diecast metal construction with some plastic components.
• Pad printed markings and placards that won't fade or peel like decals.
• Clear acrylic display case to protect model.