Scale: 1/700
Height: 7.5"
Model length: 18 3/4"
Base length: 20"
Code: SP700CVN65
NOW AVAILABLE FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER: a precise 1/700 scale model ship of the USS Enterprise (CVN-65) in HANDCARVED MAHOGANY WOOD, with handcast resin and photoetched brass parts. This highly collectible full-hull (not waterline) display model ship has an approximate retail value of $800, but we are making it available FACTORY DIRECT for a whole lot less! 20-inch base makes it very handy and easy to display model. Amazing details include several handcast 1/700 scale US Navy modern aircraft miniatures such as the F-14 Tomcat and the F-18 Hornet for you to position according to your pleasure.
TESTIMONIAL:
"Beautiful Item/Outstanding Sellers. Looking forward to their next line of ships" - Juan, NJ
From Wikipedia:
The supercarrier, USS Enterprise (CVN-65) is the world's first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier and the eighth U.S. Naval vessel to bear the name. As of 2006, the ship is homeported at Norfolk, Virginia, and scheduled for retirement in 2014-2015. Her intended replacement is the as-yet-to-be-named CVN-21 class supercarrier CVN-78.
Enterprise was originally designated as CVA(N)-65 - the 'N' standing for nuclear, but later was changed to its current designation.
Like her predecessor of World War II fame, she is nicknamed “Big E” (although some call her “the starship”, in reference to the famous Star Trek ship) and her name is well known throughout the world. At 1,123 feet (342.3 m), she remains the longest naval vessel in the world, though her 93,500 tons are surpassed by the Nimitz-class. She is also the only aircraft carrier to house more than two nuclear reactors. Enterprise’s eight-reactor propulsion design was rather conservative, with each A2W reactor taking the place of one boiler.
Enterprise was intended to be the first of a class of six, but construction costs ballooned and the remaining vessels were never laid down resulting in her being the only ship of her class. CV-66 was ordered as a conventional Kitty Hawk-class aircraft carrier. CVN-67, with a new reactor design, was reordered during construction as the conventionally-powered USS John F. Kennedy. Series production of nuclear carriers finally commenced with USS Nimitz (CVN-68), the first of 10 Nimitz-class supercarriers. Because of her expense, Enterprise was launched without weapon systems (she was originally intended to receive two twin Terrier missile launchers); a later retrofit added three Phalanx mounts and two NATO Sea Sparrow missile launchers. In the 2000s her armament was refitted again, gaining two RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile launchers.