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705715 1/700 Blue Ridge LCC-19 1997
705715 1/700 Blue Ridge LCC-19 1997
 
Retail Price: $41.50
Scale: 1/700
Brand: TRUMPETER

Stock Status: In Stock

Product Code: 705715
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USS Blue Ridge LCC-19 Displacement 18000 t Length 196m Beam 33m Speed 23kts. USS Blue Ridge LCC-19 was commission ed on November 14, 1970, at the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard as the most sophisticated command and control platform in the Navy. From 1971 until 1979, Blue Ridge operated from San Diego, Califor nia, where she deployed to the Western Pacific, earning the Meritorious Unit and Navy Unit Commendation s for the evacuation of Saigon, Vietnam in 1975.Since October 1979, Blue Ridge has been forward deployed from Japan as the flagship of commander Seventh Fleet. She perfor med brilliantly during a nine-and -on e-half mon th deployment as flagship for commander United States Naval Forces Central Command during Operation s Desert Shield and Desert Storm from August 1990 through May 1991.USS Blue Ridge made her historic port visit to Shanghai, People Republic of China in May 1989.