Uss gato class7/8/2023 The only difference in this kit versus the 1941 Gato is the last parts tree that contains the conning tower. What still puzzles me is why anyone would even install this internal structure into the pressure vessel when NONE of it will be visible after the vessel halves are glued together? Inside the pressure vessel, the designers have added nine internal bulkheads, complete with passageway door openings and an internal deck. In the kit, this is two halves of that long tube. Not only is the external hull nicely represented, they've also included the internal pressure vessel that housed the crew and most of the machinery. The kit designers did an interesting job of recreating the Gato. According to the specifications, there are 121 parts in the box, but many of these parts aren't really needed. The kit is molded in light gray styrene and presented on five parts trees, plus a separate main deck. I built up the 1941-configuration boat (kit review here and build-up review here) and was quite impressed with how well the kit goes together. Trumpeter has released the 1944-configuration USS Gato in 1/144 scale and once again, they've done a nice job with the subject. She was decommissioned in March 1946 and scrapped in March 1960. The USS Gato was awarded a Presidential Citation and thirteen battle stars during her wartime service. After her shakedown cruise, the Gato was transferred into the Pacific where she conducted 13 wartime patrols before the end of the war. The USS Gato was commissioned, several weeks after the attack upon Pearl Harbor. The Gato-class had improved engines, batteries, and crew facilities to facilitate longer durations at sea. She was the first of 73 examples in the class, which was an incremental improvement over the earlier Tambor-class submarines. The USS Gato was first-in-class diesel attack submarine laid down in Groton CT in October 1940.
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