Scale: 1/192
Length: 23.5"

Beam: 2.5"

?Outstanding among the destroyers of the Pacific Fleet ?? said ComDesPac in 1944 of USS Nicholas, DD (later DDE) 449, ?? a noble ship? whose 27?-year record encompassed the history of Fletcher-class destroyers in the US Navy. Built at Maine?s Bath Iron Works, the second Nicholas was, in 1942, the first of the 175 2100-ton Fletchers launched and commissioned and, in 1970, one of the last retired from the Navy.
The ?Nick? was named for the senior officer of American Marines. In World War II, she served as flagship of Destroyer Squadron 21 and earned 16 battle stars including two for Submarines sunk. For action in the Solomon Islands in 1943 with Radford, she was awarded one of the first Presidential Unit Citations?a token, Admiral Nimitz told the crew, of ?the respect and esteem which this ship, her officers and men have well earned throughout the Navy.? For action in the Philippines in 1944 and ?45, she also received a Philippine Republic Presidential Unit Citation Badge.