 This is the
USS San
Francisco
CA-38
built in
1:350 scale
by Keith
Bender from
a Classic
Warships
kit. This
was built on
a commission
from Jack
Wallace, son
of the
former
crewmember
LTJG John
Wallace.
LTJG Wallace
was aboard
the
San
Francisco
during the
famous
barroom
brawl that
was the
Naval Battle
of
Guadacanal
on the night
of November
13, 1942,
where he
earned the
Purple Heart
for the
wounds he
sustained in
the action.
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