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The Big J was the second of the 45,000-ton Iowa class, the largest and last battleships built by the U.S. Navy. She saw service in WWII from early 1944, was withdrawn after the war in 1948, and was reactivated for the Korean and Vietnam wars before returning to reserve in 1969. Under a modernization program proposed in 1981, she became the first ship of her class to be upgraded, with Tomahawk and Harpoon missiles, Phalanx CIWS, and new radars and electronic systems. She served as a missile carrying battleship until decommissioning in 1991, was struck from the register in 1995, and was restored as a floating museum in Philadelphia. This 1/350 scale plastic assembly kit depicts the ship as she appeared in 19... SUITED TO GENERAL HOBBY: Plastic models
