USS Bunker Hill (CG-52)
is a Ticonderoga class guided missile cruiser of the United States
Navy. The Bunker Hill was the first Ticonderoga class cruiser to
be equipped with the Mk. 41 VLS (Vertical Launch System) in place of the previous
ships' Mk. 26 twin-arm missile launchers, greatly improving the flexibility and firepower of the
ships by allowing them to fire BGM-109 Tomahawk missiles. The primary mission of the USS Bunker Hill is
to operate with aircraft carrier battle groups in extreme threat
environments well into the 21st century. The purpose of the ship is
to detect, classify and track hundreds of potential targets
simultaneously in the air, on the surface, and under the sea. It can
destroy targets using a variety of weapons: ship and helicopter
launched torpedoes, deck guns, surface-to-air and surface-to-surface
missiles, rapid-fire close-in weapons, and electronic jammers and
decoys.
Eric Bertelsen of Homeport
Model Ships will be building this model.
No kit will be used
for the construction of this model. For the hull Eric will be
using a 1/96th scale fiberglass hull and fittings from
The Scale Shipyard.
For the superstructure, Eric will be using laser and metal etch I got from
HomePort Model
Ships.
HomePort Model Ships supplies fully
detailed lasers and etch for your next models. Their laser cuts are
professionally done with the care and have the same details that are
on the real ships. Fitting positions are clearly marked on each
part, and vents are scribed into the walls, and windows are cut out
as well.
The objective will be to not only
have this model in the water by Spring 2008, but also to document it's
construction.