US Navy Ship Wood Embedded object Blanks 27/64" blanks are for Sierra Clones All blanks will come with one COA per blank. COAs are 4" x 6" card stock with silver foil embossed COA seal. All blanks are cut as they are ordered. ------------------------------------------------------------ The USS Des Moines (CA-134), the second ship of that name in the United States Navy, was the lead ship of a class of heavy cruisers. She was the first ship in the United States Navy to feature the auto loading Mark 16 8-inch/55 caliber gun, which was the first of its type in the world. History United States Name: Des Moines Namesake: Des Moines, Iowa Ordered: 25 September 1943 Builder: Bethlehem Steel Company Laid down: 28 May 1945 Launched: 27 September 1946 Commissioned: 16 November 1948 Decommissioned: 6 July 1961 Struck: 9 July 1991 Identification: Hull symbol: CA-134 Fate: Scrapping completed by ESCO Marine, Inc., Brownsville, TX on 16 August 2007. General characteristics Class and type: Des Moines-class heavy cruiser Displacement: 17,000 tons Length: 716 ft 6 in (218.39 m) Beam: 76 ft 6 in (23.32 m) Draft: 22 ft (6.7 m) Propulsion: 4 shaft; General Electric turbines; 4 boiler; 120,000 shp (89,000 kW) Speed: 33 knots (38 mph; 61 km/h) Range: 10,500 nmi (19,450 km) at 15 knots (17 mph; 28 km/h) Complement: 1,799 officers and enlisted Armament: 9 × 8-inch/55 caliber guns 12 × 5-inch/38 caliber guns 24 × 3-inch/50 caliber guns 24 × 20 mm AA guns
