USS Ticonderoga Carrier CV14 Essex Class Angled Deck

1/500 Scale. This historical Ship kit derives from
the Renwal tooling. Come molded in light gray with 140 parts, display
stand and updated instructions. Includeds Planes, Regulus missiles,
helicopter and tractor for the deck. Movable elevators, updated
enhanced decal sheet by Starfighter. Decal placement instructions in
color printed on the back of the box. Flag sheet also included. Skill
level 2.
 

The USS Ticonderoga was named in honor of the capture of
Fort Ticonderoga in the American
Revolutionary War. This Essex Class ship
was the 4th to bear the name. She received five battle stars
during WW II. In the early 1950s she was modernized with an
angled-deck. In the Vietnam War she earned three Navy Unit Commendations,
one Meritorious Unit Commendation, and 12 battle stars.
In 1972, the ship recovered 3 astronauts from the Apollo 17  space
mission. This kit includes Regulus I missiles and launchers, moving
elevators, full hull, flag sheet, updated full color decals and
an airwing with F9F-8 Cougars (wings folded and unfolded), A3D Skywarriors,
and Helicopters.

About the Fort

Constructed between October 1755 and 1757 during the
French and Indian War, Fort Ticonderoga is a large 18th-century star
fort built by the French near the south end of Lake Champlain, in
northern New York. The Capture of Fort Ticonderoga occurred during the
American Revolutionary  War on May 10, 1775, when a small
force of Green Mountain Boys led by Ethan Allen and Col Benedict Arnold
surprised and captured the Fort’s small British garrison. The cannons
were then transported to Boston by Col Henry Knox and used to fortify
Dorchester Heights and break the standoff at the Siege of Boston. The
capture of the Fort marked the beginning of offensive action taken by
the Americans against the British.