Model boat kit

USS Cairo

Kit by Bluejacket

USS Cairo was a Civil War ironclad river gunboat built by James Eads and Co. at Mound City, Illinois and commissioned in January 1862. She sank in the Yazoo River on 12 December 1862 after striking two torpedoes, was raised in the 1960s and is displayed at Vicksburg National Military Park.

The kit (K1111) is a 1/16 inch scale model with a solid basswood hull.

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