Trumpeter 1/144 Submarine - USS GATO SS-212 1941 Plastic Model Kit [05905]

USS GATO SS-212 1941 Length overall: 95.0m Beam: 8.3m Displacement: 1825 t The first GATO was laid down 5 Oct 1940 by the Electric Boat Co., and commissioned 31 December 1941. GATO departed 16 February 1942 for Pearl Harbor via the Panama Canal and San Francisco. On her first war patrol from Pearl Harbor, she was ordered to patrol the western approaches to Midway, taking station 280 miles westward during that historic victory. During her fourth war patrol, GATO torpedoed and sank 3 cargo ships off New Georgia, Solomon Islands. On 30 November she made a coordinated attack with RAY, sinking the cargo ship COLUMBIA MARU. GATO departed Milne Bay 2 February 1944 to conduct her eighth war patrol in the Bismarck-New Guinea-Truk area. She sank a trawler, a transport, and a cargo ship. Two other trawlers were destroyed by her gunfire before she returned to Pear Harbor. She sank a coast defense ship on 14 February 1944 and cargo ship on 21 February, and then returned to Guam. GATO decommissioned 16 March 1946. GATO received the Presidential Unit Citation in recognition of daring exploits during war patrols four through eight and 13 battle stars for service in World War II
Item No : 05905
Item Name : USS GATO SS-212 1941
Bar Code : 6922803659053
Scale : 1:144
Item Type : Static Kit
Model Brief : L: 659.9mm W: 57.7mm
Total Parts : 121pcs
Metal Parts : n/a
Photo Etched Parts : n/a
Film Parts : n/a
Resin Parts : n/a
Total Sprues : 7pcs
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Description This is an injection-plastic ship model kit. Gato-class submarines were the state of the art in American sub design at the start of World War II. Based on the previous Tambor-class submarines, the Gato class incorporated improvements that increased their overall patrolling and combat abilities. Modifications to the diesel engines and batteries increased patrol duration over that of the Tambors, and internal alterations provided more comfort for the crew. The class is named after its lead ship, the USS Gato (SS-212), as depicted in this new kit from Trumpeter. Trumpeter's second 1/144-scale Gato release is again a large kit, measuring 66cm long (about 26 inches) from stem to stern. Sharp molding and fine detail highlight this kit, molded in light gray styrene. Construction is broken down into the internal pressure hulls, outer hull, conning tower, and outer hull and deck details, of which there are plenty! This release depicts the Gato as it appeared in 1941, featuring a different conning tower arrangement than the 1944 version depicted in the previous release. A fine kit of an iconic submarine.