{"product_id":"uss-colorado","title":"USS Colorado - Colorado Class Battleship | 1:300 Scale","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe battleship that missed Pearl Harbor — and spent the next four years making up for it.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eOn 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe \u003cstrong\u003eColorado\u003c\/strong\u003e 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 \u003cstrong\u003eeight 16-inch guns\u003c\/strong\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eBy 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eShe bombarded \u003cstrong\u003eTarawa\u003c\/strong\u003e in 1943, one of the bloodiest amphibious assaults of the Pacific war. She shelled \u003cstrong\u003eKwajalein, Eniwetok, Saipan, Guam, Tinian.\u003c\/strong\u003e At \u003cstrong\u003eLeyte Gulf\u003c\/strong\u003e in October 1944, she was part of the battle line at Surigao Strait — the last battleship-versus-battleship engagement in naval history. She took \u003cstrong\u003e22 hits\u003c\/strong\u003e from Japanese guns and kamikaze aircraft across the war and kept fighting.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat you're building:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e2,326 pieces\u003c\/strong\u003e in 1:300 scale\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e25.5 inches long. 4 inches wide. 8.5 inches tall.\u003c\/strong\u003e Over two feet of American battleship.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe updated Colorado-class silhouette — four twin 16-inch gun turrets, the updated profile that bridged American naval power until the start of WWII\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSpecially molded pieces throughout\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDisplay stand included\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNo crew figures included\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e⚠️ HEADS UP — STICKER APPLICATION:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis kit uses \u003cstrong\u003e3 stickers\u003c\/strong\u003e 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.\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BrixKrieg","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54089982181675,"sku":"BB_45","price":199.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0948\/0155\/9851\/files\/USSCOLORADO.png?v=1789683025","url":"https:\/\/brixkrieg.com\/products\/uss-colorado","provider":"BrixKrieg","version":"1.0","type":"link"}