USS Monterey BM6 US Coastal Monitor 1893 Kit by Felix Bustelo 1/350 Scale Resin Model Ship Kit

All Iron Shipwrights 1/350 Scale Model Kits Come with a Full Resin Hull, Pieces, Instructions, and Photoetch Parts for Ultimate Historical Accuracy. If Product Photo is of Completed Model, Your Model Will Arrive Brand New and Uncompleted, Just Like All of the Other Iron Shipwright's Model Kits All Models Come With Complete Instructions and Excellent Customer Support With Free Replacement Parts - No Questions Asked In 1865 at the conclusion of the American Civil War, the United States Navy was of significant size and strength. However, the vast bulk of her ironclads were shallow draft monitors, suitable only for coastal work. At this point the USN went into hibernation and precipitous decline. The years that followed saw a greatly reduced establishment and minuscule budgets. The country was not interested in a navy. By the 1870s the USN had to disguise funding for new construction, by claiming that it was for repairs of the civil war warships. Five new monitors were the pr