Navis Neptun 1/1250 1320 USS Commencement Bay, Escort Carrier (1945)
USS Commencement Bay is a second-hand, 1/1250 scale, waterline, metal model of the American Escort Carrier in 1945 by Navis Neptun 1320. This model is in very good original condition for a model that was made 25 years ago (see photograph).
This model has a monogram "HF" and "2000" on the underside at the bow. It seems that Neptun, in the year 2000 decided to acknowledge that the master model had been built by Helge Fischer.
The Commencement Bays were a development of the Sangamons having the tanker hulls, uprated power plants and the island similar to the Saipans. The longer flight deck enabled them to be used with aircraft introduced after WW2 and Commencement Bay herself remained in the US Navy until 1971.