Walke, USS (DD-723)

by Bob Moritz
Member since 10-Jan-2009

Build Type: Kit→ TehnoArt

Country: United States

Era: 1914-1945

Length Range: 200-400 feet (61-122m)

Model Type: Static

Propulsion Type:

  • Fuel→ Diesel/Fuel Oil
  • Impeller→ Propeller
  • Engine→ Steam Turbine

Scale: 1:192

Subject Type: Vessel→ Naval and Privateer→ Steel Navy→ Destroyer

About the Vessel

This Sumner-class destroyer was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named fro Henry A. Walke. USS Walke survived vicious kamikaze attacks and continued to serve out the rest of the war. She was decommissioned in 1970.

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