Trumpeter 05734 1/700 USS North Carolina (BB-55) 1944

the lead ship of the North Carolina class of fast battleships
Commissioned: 9 Apr 1941
Decommissioned: 27 Jun 1947
Guadalcanal Campaign (Battle of the Eastern Solomons on 24~25 Aug 1942)
was torpedoed by a Japanese submarine but repaired
Campaigns in Gilberts, Marshall Islands, the Mariana and Palau Islands in 1943 & 1944
Battle of the Philippine Sea (19~20 Jun 1944)
Philippines campaign (1944~1945)
Battles of Iwo Jima and Okinawa in 1945
In 1962, USS North Carolina museum ship was opened in Wilmington, North Carolina

Armament:

9 × 16 in (406 mm)/45 caliber Mark 6 guns

20 × 5 in (127 mm)/38 caliber dual-purpose guns

16 × 1.1 in (28 mm) anti-aircraft guns

18 × .50-cal machine guns