Collection of seven WWII wartime shipyard-made aluminum launching models of famous USN aricraft carriers together with an ashtray of the USN Aircraft Carrier: USS Ranger and a model deck gun of the USN Aircraft Carrier USS Lexington (2/6)
53W
A collection of nine Essex Class aircraft carrier shipyard launching ashtrays
1943 and later
in aluminum, and including the ships: U.S.S. Ticonderoga, U.S.S. Philippine Sea, U.S.S. Tarawa, U.S.S. Randolf, U.S.S. Bennington, U.S.S. Leyete, U.S.S. Valley Forge, together with a circular ashtray for the U.S.S. Ranger and a model deck gun for U.S.S. Lexington.
[NOT ILLUSTRATED]
13 in. (33 cm.) the length of the largest. (9)
Sold for US$ 1,062 inc. premium

Footnotes

  • Exhibited:
    The Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum, New York, 1995-2007

    Provenance:
    The War Museum

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