Scale: 1/530
 
Recommended to help build USS Yorktown CVS-10 from:
Revell 1/530 USS Essex CVA-9 and CVS-9 Angle-deck carrier  
Revell 1/530 USS Hornet (CVS-12) "Hornet +3" Apollo 11 Moon Mission Recovery Vessel   
Revell 1/530 USS Lexington (CVT-16) Sea Power Issue 
Revell 1/530 USS Wasp CVA-18 and CVS-18 Gemini Recovery Vessel 
Revell 1/530 USS Bon Homme Richard CVA-31 Picture Fleet Issue 
Revell 1/530 USS Oriskany CVA-34  
Revell 1/530 USS Shangri-La CVA-38  (not the 1/500 Renwal kit)
Revell/Lodella 1/530 USS Ticonderoga CVA-14  (not the Renwal 1/500 kit)

This multi-part kit represents the modernized SCB-125 island of Essex-class aircraft carrier USS Yorktown CVS-10 as it appeared circa 1968-1970 during the Vietnam War.  It is intended as a more accurate, direct replacement for the kit parts found in any classic Revell Essex-class carrier model. 
 
During these years, Carrier Anti-Submarine Air Group 55 (CVSG-55), tail code "NU", and then Carrier Anti-Submarine Air Group 56 (CVSG-56), tail code "AU", were embarked aboard ship.

CVSG-55, December 1967 - July 1968 (Pacific Ocean, Vietnam War):
Carrier Air Anti-Submarine Squadron 23 (VS-23) 'Black Cats' - Grumman S-2E Tracker
Carrier Air Anti-Submarine Squadron 25 (VS-25) 'Golden Eagles' - Grumman S-2E Tracker
Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron 111 (VAW-111) 'Hunters', detachment - Grumman E-1B Tracer
Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron 4 (HS-4) 'Black Knights' - Sikorsky SH-3D Sea King
 
CVSG-56, March 1969 - July 1969 (Atlantic Ocean):
Carrier Air Anti-Submarine Squadron 24 (VS-24) 'Duty Cats' - Grumman S-2E Tracker
Carrier Air Anti-Submarine Squadron 27 (VS-27) 'Pelicans' - Grumman S-2E Tracker
Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron 121 (VAW-121) 'Griffins', detachment - Grumman E-1B Tracer
Anti-Submarine Fighter Squadron 1 (VSF-1) 'War Eagles', detachment - Douglas A-4C Skyhawk
Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron 3 (HS-3) 'Tridents' - Sikorsky SH-3D Sea King
 
CVSG-56, September 1969 - December 1969 (Atlantic Ocean):
Carrier Air Anti-Submarine Squadron 24 (VS-24) 'Duty Cats' - Grumman S-2E Tracker
Carrier Air Anti-Submarine Squadron 27 (VS-27) 'Pelicans' - Grumman S-2E Tracker
Carrier Airborne Early Warning Squadron 121 (VAW-121) 'Griffins', detachment - Grumman E-1B Tracer
Anti-Submarine Fighter Squadron 1 (VSF-1) 'War Eagles', detachment - Douglas A-4C Skyhawk
Helicopter Anti-Submarine Squadron 3 (HS-3) 'Tridents' - Sikorsky SH-3D Sea King
Fleet Tactical Support Squadron 40 (VRC-40) 'Rawhides', detachment - Grumman C-1A Trader
 
USS Yorktown is preserved as a museum ship at Patriots Point, South Carolina, near Charleston.

This 1/530 scale design is too small for the 1/500 scale Renwal model kit and will not fit it properly.  A island precisely scaled for the Renwal kit is available separately.

Features:
open bridge and PriFly windows with delicate framing
properly positioned deck features
accurately shaped decks, catwalks and splinter shields for Yorktown
accurate, wedge-shaped SPS-30 radar platform, unique to Yorktown
deck supporting structure details accurately positioned as confirmed by photos of the real ship
delicate exterior piping detail correct for Yorktown
porthole rigols ("eyebrows")
correct style doors for Yorktown, most in the open position
door overhead rain deflectors
correct number and position of PriFly splinter shield ribs
open funnel cap and grille
 
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