Price shown before tax, Shipping fee: US 14.36. Made by Atlantis, scale 1/240 plastic kitset. Twenty ships of the class were lost during World War II. AFV Club SE73510 1:350 scale USS Gato Class Submarine 1942 model kit. Seventy-seven of these boats were commissioned from November 1941 (Drum) through April 1944 (Croaker). General Motors Diesel engines and electric motors provided 6,500 brake horsepower, resulting in a speed of 21 knots. Measuring 307 feet by 27 feet by 14 feet, Gato-class submarines had a typical displacement of 1,525 tons. They were also armed with one 3 inch deck gun and a variety of smaller anti-aircraft weapons. USS Jack (SS-259): Gato Class Submarine, United States Navy, Jack, General Dynamics Electric Boat, Connecticut, Pacific War, New England, Pearl Harbor. Electric Boat Company, San Francisco Naval Sh. Gato-class submarine USS Catfish SS-339, GUPPY II US Navy Booklet of General Plans.
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The Gato-class could hold a maximum of twenty-four torpedoes which could be launched from ten torpedo tubes. L743 1:240 Facts Brand: Atlantis Title: USS Gato Fleet Submarine Number: L743 Scale: 1:240 Type: Full kit Released: 2021 New box. The Gatos and their successors formed the core of the submarine service that was largely responsible for the destruction of the Japanese merchant marine and a large portion of the Imperial Japanese Navy in World War II. She was the first Navy ship named for the Gato, a species of small Catshark. USS Gato (SS-212) was the lead ship of her class of submarine in the US Navy. They were to scout out ahead of the fleet and report on the enemy fleet's composition, speed, and course, then they were to attack and whittle down the enemy in preparation for the main fleet action. The Gato-class boats were considered to be "Fleet Submarines". The United States Navy Gato class submarine was the forerunner of all US World War II submarine designs. Features detailed propellers and diving planes, deck cannons and updated decals for the entire class of GATO Ships. Perhaps the first plastic model kit made in the USA! Goes back to the late 1940's.
Made in the USA! This kit comes from the original and updated Varney tooling.
Made by Atlantis, scale 1/240 plastic kitset.ġ/240 Scale.
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