The Haskell-class of transport ships were designed and built during the second world war by the US. Their design was based on the Victory-class of merchant ships which were constructed to combat the high losses of merchants in both threatres. Their main task was to carry landing ships and their troops to islands where they would then be unloaded. 117 units were built, with some of them serving in Korea and even Vietnam. The last few units were scrapped in the early 2000s.

Due to the high amount of troops oboard and the high number, these ships proved to be highly effective in capturing the many islands which Imperial Japan held. Since they could be anchored offshore and support the troops from far away, there was little the ground forces could do against them. However, several ships were hit by kamikazes, resulting in sometimes great damage. Once the war was over, most units were used in operation Magic Carpet, where the soldiers were transported back to the US. Most units were then mothballed in 1946.

Note: This model is recommended to be used in the 1/2000 scale. The model itself isnt scaled, the scale table is down below.

1/4000: 3,4cm or 1.34in

1/3000: 4,6cm or 1.81in

1/2000: 6,9cm or 2.72in (recommended)

1/1000: 13,9cm or 5.47in

For self calculation: The Victory-class was 139 metres or 455ft long

The model is intended to be used with little supports as possible, yet some are recommended around the landing ships. I recommend using a resin printer for this, with supports placed under fragile parts like the ships and the supports of them. Up and downscaling might be possible, yet I dont know to what extend.

If you have ideas for more ships to model, feel free to message me.