Rhenania 1/1250 TF007 USS Norfolk DL1 Ocean Escort 1953

A new metal model in 1/1250 scale of the unique Destroyer Leader USS Norfolk designed to catch and sink fast Soviet submarines entering service in the early stages of the Cold War. Designed on a hull similar to the Atlanta-class light cruisers of WW2 but with washable decks and an enclosed bridge to minimise the effects of nuclear fall out, she was simply too expensive to repeat and spent most of her service in the Experimental Division. Stricken in 1973.