Scale Plastic Model Kits
The battle of Guadalcanal was not a single skirmish, but a three-day encounter
that was the culmination of three months’ fighting in the waters surrounding
the island. A very powerful Japanese force was moving at night toward our positions in the Solomon Islands. The spearhead of the force that we sent to intercept the enemy was under the command of Rear Admiral Daniel J. Callaghan. He was aboard the leading ship, the cruiser SAN FRANCISCO. The San Francisco sailed right into the enemy fleet. Right through the whole enemy fleet with her guns blazing. She engaged and hit three enemy vessels, sinking one of them. At point blank range she engaged an enemy battleship, heavily her superior in size and firepower. She silenced this battleship’s big guns and so disabled her that she could be sunk by torpedoes from our destroyers and aircraft. The SAN FRANCISCO herself was hit many times. Admiral Callaghan and many of the gallant officers and men gave their lives in this battle. The outcome of the battle shaped both Allied and Japanese actions for the rest of the Second World War.
This kit contains resin, white metal, photo-etch brass, decals, plan and profile drawings and a instruction booklet.
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This page was last updated August 29th 2008.
