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USS BALAO SUBMARINE

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Specifications

Packing Volume
BT0008P 100L x 13W x 28H (cm)

39L x 5.11W x  11 (inch)

0.062 m³ = 2.18950 ft³

This battle ship model is hand-crafted from hard wood with planks on frame construction and painted as the real boat. This model is not a kit and ready for display.

BRIEF HISTORY

USS Balao (SS/AGSS-285), a Balao-class submarine, was a ship of the United States Navy; Balao is the name of any of several halfbeaks.

Balao (SS-285) was launched 27 October 1942 by Portsmouth Navy Yard in Kittery, Maine, sponsored by Mrs. Theodore C. Aylward, wife of Lieutenant Commander Aylward, commissioned 4 February 1943, Lieutenant Commander Richard H. Crane in command; and reported to the Pacific Fleet.

 

 Suggest: Display case to preserve the model from dust

Display case for submarine ship model

This assembly display case comes with plexiglass.

Picture of the ship in the display case is just for illustration purpose.

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