Scale: 1/96   (1/8 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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