Micro-Trains is proud to announce the release of our all-new U.S. Navy Series in N scale, which showcase prominent Navy vessels from the past and present. Each features a unique rendering of the vessel’s class silhouette, official identification hull number, years in service, vessel emblem and U.S. Navy emblem.

USS Astoria was one of three heavy cruisers guarding the northern approach to Guadalcanel and Tulagi, and was the only one afloat after a blistering night action against a Japanese cruiser force. However, she was gravely damaged in the Battle of Savo Island. Though her crew struggled all through the morning of 9 August to save their ship, USS Astoria succumbed to her wounds shortly after noon, sinking into the depths of a body of water that would soon be called the "Iron Bottom Sound," in recognition of all the ships that were lost there.