Overview

Iron Shipwrights 1/350 scale model kit of U.S.S. Jenkins (DDE-447). This premium kit provides everything required to build a highly detailed, historically informed representation of a Fletcher-class destroyer following her FRAM (Fleet Rehabilitation and Modernization) upgrade in the 1950s.

What’s included

• Full resin hull
• Resin detail parts
• Photoetched parts for fine detail
• Complete printed instructions
• Decals for all the ships in its class are included
• Excellent customer support with free replacement parts — no questions asked

Important Notes

• If the product photo shows a completed model, your kit will arrive brand new and unassembled.
• Model kit does not include a display stand.

Specifications

• Scale: 1/350
• Kit number: 4-228
• Subject: U.S.S. Jenkins (DDE-447)
• Class: Fletcher-class Destroyer — FRAM upgrade (1950s)

History & Service Summary — U.S.S. Jenkins (DDE-447)

This kit represents a Fletcher-class destroyer after a 1950s FRAM conversion. Typical service history for a FRAM-converted Fletcher like Jenkins:

• Built and commissioned during World War II as a fast, multi-role escort used for screening, anti-submarine warfare (ASW), shore bombardment, and fleet operations—Fletcher-class destroyers saw extensive service in the Pacific.
• Retained or reactivated for Cold War service and redesignated DDE as emphasis shifted to ASW and escort duties.
• Underwent FRAM modernization in the late 1950s to extend service life and improve ASW capability: updated sonar and radar, added modern ASW weapons (ASROC or similar), DASH/helipad capability or equivalent small-helicopter support, revised superstructure and armament layout, and updated engineering systems.
• Served through the 1950s–1960s on ASW patrols, NATO/allied exercises and potential Vietnam-era deployments, before eventual decommissioning, disposal, or transfer to a foreign navy.

Approximate model length (1/350 scale)

Fletcher-class overall length ≈ 376.5 ft. At 1/350 scale this equals roughly 12.9 inches (≈32.8 cm). Actual resin kit length may vary slightly depending on how bow/stern details and FRAM additions are modeled.

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