Trumpeter 1/350 USS San Francisco CA-38 1944 05310 nat_Japan ●Faithful reproduction of engine and

●Faithful reproduction of engine and chassis

publication date n/a

Washes away with water to clean surface

expressed the specific need to have available a heavy tank

V6 cylinder

Trumpeter 1/350 USS San Francisco CA-38 1944 05310 nat_Japan ●Faithful reproduction of engine andSAN FRANCISCO, the second ship of NEW ORLEANS class, was launched in 1933 and commissioned in February 1934. In October 1941 she was taken in for a refit at Pearl Harbor Navy Yard. When the Japanese surprise attack came on December 7, 1941, she was still under repair, immobile and without air defense. A hastily repaired SAN FRANCISCO joined a task force to relieve Wake Island, but failed to arrive before the island fell to the enemy. In August, 1942,