USS St. Louis

This is a model of the USS St. Louis in 1/2400, 1/1800, and 1/1250 scale with versions for .2 and .4mm nozzles. The .2 Nozzle Profile has a plate for 1/2400 and 1/1800 scalesThe .4 Nozzle Profile has a plate for 1/2400, 1/1800, and 1/1250 scales (the .4 nozzle version of the 1/2400 scale model sacrifices some detail, but is almost identical as you can see from the pictures) Check out my other ships in this scale:USS TexasUSS NevadaHMS Carnarvon In the early 1900s, the United States Navy was transforming from a regional force focused on the waters around North/South America to a global force able to face peer or near-peer adversaries around the world. War with Spain had swollen American overseas assets, the rise of Japan as a major power and potential threat to those assets, and the arms race in Europe prior to the First World War, meant American ships needed to travel far, for long periods, and pack a punch when they arrived. The problem with major transformational change, however, is