USS Baltimore Protected Cruiser 1/2400 Scale
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1/2400 scale model of the USS Baltimore, veteran of the Battle of Manila Bay, for naval wargaming. Laid down in 1887, she was the fifth protected cruiser to be built for the US Navy. She was designed by the British shipyard Armstrong and built in Philadelphia. She was launched in 1888 and commissioned into the fleet in January 1890. She protected US citizens during the Chilean Civil War of 1891, and then served with the Asiatic squadron, giving exemplary service in Dewey's battle line at the Battle of Manila Bay on May 1st, 1898. She was converted to a minelayer prior to WWI and was decommissioned in 1922. From Wikipedia: Baltimore was armed with four 8-inch (203 mm)/35 caliber Mark 4 guns in sponsons on either side of the bow and stern, and six 6-inch (152 mm)/30 caliber Mark 3 guns in sponsons along the sides. Secondary armament was four 6-pounder (57 mm (2.2 in)) guns, two 3-pounder (47 mm (1.85 in)) Hotchkiss revolving cannon, two 1-pounder (37 mm (1.5 in)) Hotchkiss revolving cannon, and two .45 caliber (11.4 mm) Gatling guns. Four 14-inch (356 mm) torpedo tubes were included in the design but never mounted. Baltimore had 4.5 in (110 mm) gun shields and a 3 in (76 mm) thick armored conning tower. The armored deck was up to 4 in (100 mm) on its sloped sides and 2.5 in (64 mm) elsewhere. The as-built engineering plant included four coal-fired cylindrical boilers producing steam for two horizontal triple expansion engines totaling 10,750 ihp (8,020 kW) for a designed speed of 19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph), although 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) was achieved on trials. Baltimore was among the first US Navy ships with the more powerful and efficient triple expansion engines. Unlike some contemporary designs, no sails were fitted. Baltimore carried 400 tons of coal for a range of 3,838 nmi (7,108 km; 4,417 mi) at 10 kn (19 km/h; 12 mph); this could be increased to 850 tons for 8,155 nmi (15,103 km; 9,385 mi). This model is not exactly true to scale, some details had to be enlarged to be printable at this size. Resized to 1/3000 scale, some details are lost. Printing at larger scales is of course possible, though the lack of detail suited for 1/2400 will become more apparent.
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