Hasegawa 345(49345) 1/700 IJN Heavy Cruiser Furutaka 古鷹 (First Battle of the Solomon Sea, August 1942)

日本海軍重巡洋艦古鷹

World War Two
Imperial Japanese Navy (IJN)
the lead ship of two Furutaka-class heavy cruisers (Furutaka 古鷹 & Kako 加古)
Commissioned: 31 March 1926
Battle of Guam [8~10 Dec 1941]
Battle of the Coral Sea [4~8 May 1942]
Battle of Savo Island (First Battle of the Solomon Sea) [8~9 Aug 1942]
Battle of Cape Esperance (Second Battle of Savo Island) [11~12 Oct 1942] - Furutaka was sunk on 12 Oct 1942 by heavy cruiser USS Salt Lake City & destroyer USS Duncan.