Hobby Boss Model Ships 1/350 CB-1 Cruiser USS Alaska Kit

USS Alaska CB-1, was the first of the Alaska class large cruisers…the 27,500-ton Alaska class large cruisers, built at Camden, New Jersey, and was commissioned in June 1944.  After shakedown training in Chesapeake Bay and in the Caribbean with USS Missouri (BB-63), she sailed for the Pacific in December 1944 and joined the fast carrier task forces at Ulithi two months later. Between February and July 1945, Alaska provided anti-aircraft protection for the carriers during raids on the Japanese home islands and during the Okinawa campaign. She also fired two shore bombardment missions with her 12″ guns. In July and August 1945, in company with her sister Guam and four light cruisers, she conducted anti-shipping raiding operations in the East China Sea.