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USS Yorktown (CV/CVA/CVS-10) USS Yorktown CV-10 (Order Today) One of the distinguished Essex-class aircraft carries the USS Yorktown was built during the II World War for the U.S. Navy. The USS Yorktown is the forth ship to carry the name for the United States Navy. While under construction her planned name was to be Bon Homme Richard. But it was agreed to re-name her Yorktown after the USS Yorktown (CV-5) that was lost during the battle of Midway. USS Yorktown CV-10 Commissioned April... Read Full Story

USS Enterprise (CVN 65) Order Today You Save: 49.06 (22%) The famous and historic name Enterprise dates back to the Revolutionary War. The 7 Naval predecessors have carried the famous name to date. To date the most decorated of the 7 is the aircraft carrier nick named “The Big E”. During all the battles and damage she received in World War II she never became inoperative during her 4 years in the Pacific. The Big E was the only ship in U.S. Naval history to ever receive both the Navy and... Read Full Story

Battleship BB-63 Missouri Order Today! USS Missouri an Iowa class battleship and the forth ship to be named in honor of the U.S. state of Missouri. BB-63 Missouri Iowa class battleship was the very last battleship built in this class. She also hosted the signing of surrender of the Empire of Japan that brought an end to World War II. Great nick names for this mighty battleship were “Might Mo” and “Big Mo”, she was ordered in 1940 and commissioned in 1944. The USS Missouri has a long and... Read Full Story

USS New Jersey Battleship Order Today! The Iowa class battleship was known as the Black Dragon or Big J BB-62 USS New Jersey earned the most battle stars for combat actions of all 4 warships in her class. She was also the only battleship to serve a tour of duty in Vietnam during the war providing excellent gunfire support. The New Jersey was born and launched from the Naval Shipyard in Philadelphia December of 1942. One year after the attack on Pearl Harbor brought America into WWII. She... Read Full Story

Italian Amerigo Vespucci Tall Ship Two training ships were ordered in 1925 by the Regia Marina and were to be designed by General Lieutenant Francesco Rotundi of the Italian Navy Engineering Corps. The ships were to be the same style used in the 18th century ships of the line that carried 74 cannons. The first to be launched went into service as The Cristoforo Colombo in 1928. She ended up being used by the Italian Navy until 1943. The ship was given to the USSR for war reparations but... Read Full Story

The Star of India , what a beautiful ship to still be sailing. As the story goes she almost did not make it. On her first cruise sailing for Calcutta from Liverpool in January of 1864 under Captain William John Storry a collision occurred at night. A Spanish brig running without lights pulled the hit and run causing considerable damage carrying off her jib-boom and rigging. The HMS Surprise was a 24-gun sixth rate ship of the Royal Navy. She was built to the 1741 revised specifications of... Read Full Story

USS Kearsarge Civil War Ship Order Today You Save: $100.00 (20%) The Ship from the American Civil War era was a Mohican class sloop-of-war.  Named USS Kearsarge better known for her defeat of the raider CSS Alabama during the Civil War. This ship was named after the mountain Mount Kearsarge in New Hampshire. There were four other ships that were named the USS Kearsarge but were named in honor of the original ship. In 1861 the American Civil War emergency shipbuilding program ordered... Read Full Story

1854 USS Constellation Order Today! Our USS Constellation of 1854 is actually the second U.S. Navy ship to carry the name. The original USS Constellation a 38-gun frigate, one of the six original frigates authorized for construction by the Naval Act of 1794. In June of 1853 she was disassembled as recorded in the U.S. Naval Registry. Our Naval sloop-of-war was built in Gosport Navy Yard of Norfolk, Virginia the same port the frigate was disassembled. The USS Constellation of 1854 was the... Read Full Story

Charles W Morgan Limited 32" Tall Model Ship Already Built Not a Kit! The Charles W. Morgan is on exhibit today in Mystic, Connecticut at the Mystic Seaport museum. She is the world’s oldest surviving merchant vessel. She served as a U.S. whaling ship in the 19th and early 20th century. As merchant vessel she harvested the blubber of whales for oil. Back in those days the oil was used for lamps. Charles W. Morgan was a Quaker whaling merchant that had the ship built and named after him... Read Full Story

The Star of India Home Nautical Beach Wall Décor or Gift Sold Fully Assembled The beautiful tall sailing ship The Star of India was indeed a real ship with a real history. She launched November 14th of 1863 as The Euterpe, the muse of music. She was built of iron with three masts with square sails. She was assigned British Registry No.47617 and signal VPJK. The Euterpe was constructed by Gibson, McDonald & Arnold, of Ramsey, Isle of Man for the purpose of Indian jute trade of the... Read Full Story