The battleship that missed Pearl Harbor — and spent the next four years making up for it.

On the morning of December 7, 1941, the USS Colorado was in Puget Sound for an overhaul. She wasn't at Pearl Harbor. She wasn't hit. She wasn't sunk. And for the rest of the war, she carried that fact like a debt.

The Colorado was a treaty-era battleship — commissioned in 1923, part of the "Big Seven" capital ships allowed by the Washington Naval Treaty, and one of only three Colorado-class battleships built. She carried eight 16-inch guns in four twin turrets at a time when most battleships in the world were still armed with 14-inch weapons. For nearly two decades, the Colorado and her sisters were the most powerful battleships in the United States Navy.

By 1941, she was old. The fast carriers and the new Iowa-class were the future. But the war didn't wait for the future. The Navy needed every gun it could float, and the Colorado had eight big ones.

She bombarded Tarawa in 1943, one of the bloodiest amphibious assaults of the Pacific war. She shelled Kwajalein, Eniwetok, Saipan, Guam, Tinian. At Leyte Gulf in October 1944, she was part of the battle line at Surigao Strait — the last battleship-versus-battleship engagement in naval history. She took 22 hits from Japanese guns and kamikaze aircraft across the war and kept fighting.

The Colorado wasn't fast enough to run with the carriers. She wasn't new enough to make headlines. She was a 20-year-old battlewagon that showed up to every island, took her hits, put her 16-inch shells on target, and stayed in the fight from 1942 to 1945. That's not glamour. That's service.

What you're building:

• 2,326 pieces in 1:300 scale
• 25.5 inches long. 4 inches wide. 8.5 inches tall. Over two feet of American battleship.
• The updated Colorado-class silhouette — four twin 16-inch gun turrets, the updated profile that bridged American naval power until the start of WWII
• Specially molded pieces throughout
• Display stand included
• No crew figures included

⚠️ HEADS UP — STICKER APPLICATION:
This kit uses 3 stickers for the battleship crest markings. All other detail is clean. We want you to know up front before you order. No surprises when the box arrives.