Trumpeter Ship Model - U.S.Navy Baccra Class Destroyer England (Plastic model)

USS England DE-635 Buckley Class DestroyerThe kit has photo-etched parts & decal sheet. Markings are for 1945 measure 22 and 1943 measure 21. This model can be built either as a waterline version or full hull version. Includes display stand and name plate. This destroyer was named after John Charles England, a radio man who served on the USS Oklahoma, during the attack on Pearl Harbor, the Oklahoma was hit by a Japanese torpedo. He returned to the radio room and rescued three, he returned yet again to rescue a fourth and was never seen again. The new destroyer England was named in his honor. It served in WWII and sunk 6 enemy submarines. « less