Scale: 1/192 (1/16 inch = 1 foot)
Set includes 2 directors.
These accurately sized, shaped and highly detailed models represent the Mark 19 Gun Fire Directors found on many US Navy battleships and cruisers from 1941-1942. They are famously featured on all of the battleships present at Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941 such as USS Arizona BB-39.
Overall dimensions match scaled drawings by the late Alan B. Chesley. Details are specific to USS Arizona BB-39 and were confirmed from careful study of photographs of Mk.19 directors from the National Archives, wreck photos of USS Arizona BB-39 and 1942 refit photos of USS Pennsylvania BB-38.
Information about these directors is available from Researcher@Large (click here).
Ships known to have carried Mark 19 directors include:
- USS Nevada BB-36
- USS Oklahoma BB-37
- USS Pennsylvania BB-38
- USS Arizona BB-39
- USS Tennessee BB-43
- USS California BB-44
- USS Colorado BB-45
- USS Maryland BB-46
- USS West Virginia BB-48
- USS Pensacola CA-24
- USS Salt Lake City CA-25
- USS Augusta CA-31
- USS Chester CA-27
- USS Chicago CA-29
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