USS St. Lo (CVE-63) Faded MS — 1-1800 Scale Flight Deck Decal

USS St. Lo (CVE-63) Faded MS 1-1800 Scale Flight Deck Decal This 1-1800 scale flight deck decal is designed for WWII United States Navy miniature warship collections and naval wargaming.

Detailed 1-1800 scale waterslide deck decal representing USS St. Lo (CVE-63) Faded MS. Apply over a properly prepared and gloss-coated model surface using normal waterslide-decal techniques.

Historical Information

USS St. Lo (CVE-63), originally commissioned as Midway before being renamed, served as a Casablanca-class escort carrier in the Pacific. She was part of Taffy 3 during the Battle off Samar on 25 October 1944, where the escort-carrier force fought a much more powerful Japanese surface fleet. Later that morning St. Lo was struck by a kamikaze and sank.

Key Historical Details:

• Commissioned: 23 October 1943

• Class: Casablanca class

• Number in Class: 50

• Primary Theater: Pacific

• Major Operation: Leyte Gulf; Battle off Samar

• Aircraft Complement: Approximately 28 aircraft

• Final Disposition: Sunk by a Japanese kamikaze on 25 October 1944 during the Battle of Leyte Gulf

• Unique Detail: First major U.S. warship sunk by a kamikaze attack.

Model Compatibility

This decal is specifically sized for Ghukek miniature 3D-printed ships.

Miniatures from different manufacturers may vary in flight-deck dimensions, elevator placement, weapons positions, island location, and other structural details, so decals are not automatically interchangeable between manufacturers.