Trumpeter Scale Models 5906 1/144 USS Gato SS-212 Submarine 1944

Model Kit

The first GATO was laid down Oct. 5, 1940 by the Electric Boat Co., and commissioned 31 December 1941. GATO departed February 16, 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.

FEATURES:

• Scale: 1:144
• Length: 659mm
• Width: 57mm
• Total Parts: 120+
• Total Sprues: 7 sprues