USS Gato Class Submarine 1941 1-350 AFV Club;

Highly detailed 1/350 scale assembly model kit of the World War II era United States Navy Gato-class submarine. This AFV Club 1/350 scale assembly kit features: PRECISELY REPLICATES DETAILS OF THE VESSEL. CHOOSE TO CONSTRUCT IN WATERLINE OR FULL HULL DISPLAY MODEL. PRESSURE HULL IS INCLUDED. DIVING PLANES CAN BE BUILT IN EXTENDED OR RETRACTED POSITION. PRECISION PHOTO-ETCHED PARTS ARE INCLUDED. About the Gato Class Submarine: The Gato class was one of the most successful submarines deployed in World War II, and the type formed the core of the submarine service of the United States Navy during the war. By war's end, some 1,700,000 tons of Japanese shipping were sent to the bottom of the Pacific by Gato class submarines, and Gato-class subs were largely responsible for the destruction of the Japanese merchant navy and a large portion of the Imperial Japanese Navy during the Second World War.