Most steps contain simple images with notes scattered here and there to assist when needed. The instructions include a handy, four-page parts list with the proper nautical names to help those of us not used to terms like ‘Breech Caps’ ‘Sight Trim Boxes’.
1 good-sized decal sheet, perfectly registered, with optional flags and national markings.1 28-page black and white instruction booklet in three languages (English, French and Spanish).1 bag of single ply black nylon thread used for antenna wire and rigging.9 main plastic sprues in hard, grey plastic.The contents in the enormous box are compact just enough to keep these large parts from damaging the smaller parts on individual sprues.Īnd speaking of sprues, a model of this size requires some structure, and many of the sprue connections are massive, yet Revell made sure that the smaller, delicate parts have tiny connection points that are easily snipped and cleaned. The two halves of the hull (split down the middle) are sandwiched around a thick piece of cardboard, while the single piece bow and stern sections are packaged separately, as are the three deck sections that cover the seam down the middle of the hull. The first thing you notice opening the box is the great job Revell has done in packaging everything, and designing the model to minimize exposed seams. She is the oldest of her class still in existence. Rice in command.ĭrum was the twelfth of the Gato class but was the first completed and the first to enter combat in World War II. She was laid down on 11 September 1940 at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery, Maine, launched on, and commissioned on 1 November 1941, with Commander Robert H. Drum is on display as a museum ship in Mobile, Alabama, at Battleship Memorial Park. The subject of this review is the U.S.S Drum (SS-228), named after the Drum fish, known for their ability to make a drumming sound. Together with the Balao and Tench classes, their design formed the majority of the United States Navy's World War II submarine fleet. The United States Navy Gato-class was the first mass-produced US submarine class of World War II. Overshadowing everything, however, is simply the sheer size of the hull – an ambitious project for any modeler. Also included are three sets of pre-bent, steel wire steps as well as a variety of pre-drilled stanchions for stringing safety cabling. Some ships of this type, after modernization, remained in service with the US Navy until the end of the 1960s.Revell has re-released their vintage WWII Gato Class Submarine in enormous 1/72 scale – topping off at just over 52 inches in length! Surface detail of the deck and fittings is excellent, as well as their renderings of the 20mm, 40mm, and 4inch deck armament. It is worth adding that it was a ship of this class (USS Archerfish) that sank the Japanese carrier Shinano in November 1944. The Gato-class ships played a gigantic role in World War II, inflicting huge losses on the Japanese merchant navy in 1942-1945. They also had radio and electronic equipment as rich as those times. Units of this type also offered - as for the submarines of that time - a good working comfort for the crew. They also had new, highly reliable and proven diesel engines, which increased the possible patrol time of a single ship. Compared to their predecessors, they had a much longer swimming range and significantly improved combat capabilities. The Gato-class ships were developed and put into production as a far-reaching extension of the Tambor-class structure. The ship's armament also included single 76 mm, 40 mm and 20 mm cannons. The ships of this type had ten 533 mm torpedo tubes - including six bow and four stern. The Gato-class ship was 95 m long, 8.3 m wide, and had a displacement of about 2,400 tons. In total, 77 units of this type were created. The first unit of this type was launched in 1940. Gato is the name of a class of American diesel-electric fighter submarines (SS) of the Second World War.
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