Description

Our 1/192 scale (12.5" long) USS Passaic, represents the first of a ten-ship class of 1335-ton ironclad monitors, was built at Greenpoint, New York. Passaic's combat service began on 23 February 1863, in Wausau Sound, Georgia, where she took part in the capture of a blockade-running schooner. Passaic was one of nine ironclads that attacked Fort Sumter, off Charleston, South Carolina, on 7 April 1863. She received serious damage at that time and had to go to New York for repairs. Returning to the war zone in late July, Passaic kept busy over the next two months bombarding Confederate fortifications at the harbor entrance. Among other contributions, her gunfire helped to reduce Fort Wagner, on Morris Island, facilitating its capture in early September. Passaic spent the remainder of the Civil War operating in South Carolina and Georgia waters. After more than a decade in reserve, USS Passaic was sold in October 1899. An independent review of this kit can be found here: www.modelwarships.com/reviews/ships/misc/ironclads/192-passaic-fs/flagship-review.html