resin kit 1/700 American Civil War CSS Armed Tug Teaser (1862) CRM79002

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Resin kit 1/700 American Civil War CSS Armed Tug Teaser  (1862)
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the first US Aircraft Carrier
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The model kit about 3.5cm(1.4inch) long when it is built
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During the American Civil War, ballooning was an experimental effort to evaluate the effectiveness of balloons as an observation platform. While both sides of the conflict used balloons for this purpose, it was the Confederate Navy that was the first to transport balloons on makeshift vessels up and down river to achieve more mobile observation ability. CSS Teaser, a 64-ton armed tug, was originally a civilian tugboat that was purchased by the State of Virginia in April 1861 and was later transferred to the Confederate States Navy. She participated in the 8-9 March 1862 actions at Hampton Roads in which CSS Virginia engaged the Monitor. Afterwards, Teaser was used to serve as an observation balloon carrier on the James River. While considered a mundane task at the time, this "task" made the CSS Teaser the first US Aircraft Carrier. While a reasonably easy kit to build, experience is required to construct the vacuum formed balloon and its rigging. The rigging is made from delicate brass wire, so this model is not recommended for younger builders.
In March 1863 USS Teaser and USS Primrose boat expeditions in Pope's Creek and Monroe's Creek seized smugglers boats used for smuggling and collected information from Union sympathizers
Reassigned to the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron at Hampton Roads in April 1863 were she ran aground up the Namsemond River damaging her machinery
Reassigned to the Potomac Flotilla in July 1863 to anti-smuggling patrols
Supported an Army expedition to Mochodoc Creek, VA. 13 April 1864
Decommissioned, 2 June 1865, at Washington Navy Yard
Sold at public auction at Washington to Mr. J. Bigler, 25 June 1865, re-documented as York River, 2 July 1865, and she served commercially until 1878.
Final Disposition, fate unknown