USS GATO SS-212 1944 Length overall: 95.0 m Beam: 8.3 m Displacement: 1825 t The first GATO was laid down on October 5, 1940, by the Electric Boat Co. and commissioned on December 31, 1941. GATO departed on 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. During her fourth war patrol, GATO torpedoed and sank three cargo ships off New Georgia, Solomon Islands. On November 30, she made a coordinated attack with Ray, sinking the cargo ship COLUMBIA MARU. GATO departed Milne Bay on February 2, 1944, to conduct her eighth war patrol in the Bismarck-New Guinea-Truk area. She sank a trawler, a transport, and a cargo ship. Two other trawlers were destroyed by her gunfire before she returned to Pear Harbor. She sank a coast defense ship on February 14, 1944 and a cargo ship on February 21, 1944, and then returned to Guam. GATO decommissioned on March 16, 1946. GATO received the Presidential Unit Citation in recognition of daring exploits during war patrols four through eight and 13 battle stars for service in World War II.
- Scale: 1/144
- Item Type: Static Kit
- Model Brief:
- L: 659.9mm
- W: 57.7mm
- Total Parts: 127pcs
- Total Sprues: 7pcs
- Paint Schemes: 1944