Naval

HISTORIC SUBJECT: AMT’s 1/64 scale Patrol Boat presents the type of craft commanded by John F. Kennedy during his service in World War II. A run-in with a Japanese cruiser would result in a harrowing ordeal that gained Kennedy multiple medals of...

USS San Francisco SSN-711 - Los Angeles class was the fifth generation of the United States navy submarine and she had the largest quantity in the world Her design supports missions such as anti-submarine, anti-surface ship warfare and covert cruise...

USS Greeneville is a Los Angeles-class fast attack submarine, and the only vessel of the United States Navy to be named after Greeneville, Tennessee The contract to build the boat was awarded to Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company in Newport...

Victor III class - the Soviet model 671RTM "Esox lucius is a 25-generation nuclear submarines of the Soviet NavyThe whole boat with anechoic tiles cover the whole boat, floating raft shock absorption and other technology, quiet performance to the level...

French Submarine Surcouf - The Surcouf N N 3 was a French submarine ordered to be built in December 1927, launched 18 October 1929, and commissioned In May 1934 Surcouf, named after the French privateer Robert Surcouf, was the largest submarine ever...

HMS Astute is an operational nuclear-powered attack submarine in the Royal Navy, the lead ship of her classAstute is the second submarine of the Royal Navy to be named after the characteristic of shrewdness and discernment�the first was the World War...

Kilo class, Soviet designation Project 877 Paltus Russian: ???????, meaning "halibut", NATO reporting name Kilo, is a class of diesel-electric attack submarines designed and built in the Soviet Union for the Soviet Navy The class was built until the...

USS Boxer LHD-4 is a Wasp-class amphibious assault ship of the United States Navy[2] She is the sixth US ship to bear the name of the original HMS Boxer, which was captured from the British during the War of 1812 After minor repairs and system...

This is model kit of the Japanese Navy Destroyer Kagero. The lead ship of the Kagero class of destroyers included 19 in total. Laid down in September 1937, the Kagero was completed in just over 2 years and was commissioned in November 1939. While the...

The Flagship of the Japanese forces The Japanese battleship Yamato was laid down in November 1937 and commissioned in December 1941, giving notice to the world of the level of Japanese ship-building technology. A truly massive ship, it had a waterline...

January 20 1940 saw the completion of construction of the Japanese Kagero class destroyer. Along with her sister ships Hatsukaze, Amatukaze, and Tokitukaze, she became part of the 16th destroyer division under the command of the light cruiser Jintsu. At...

Created as part of a plan to attack major cities in the United States and the Panama Canal, the three I-400 class large aircraft carrier submarines were quite technologically advanced. Featuring an extremely long range and heavily armed with both...

The Lonely Queen of the North The sole sister ship of the Bismarck, the Tirpitz was a perpetual worry for the Royal Navy since its presence in Norway was a threat to Allied convoys. Considerable resources were spent countering her potential moves...

A Highly Decorated Destroyer USS Fletcher (DD-445) was the lead ship of her namesake class of destroyers, of which 175 were built during WWII, and she went on to a long and distinguished service career. Her balanced form as well as details such as her...

Signaling the End of the Battleship Era The HMS Prince of Wales took part in a number of important actions early in WWII such as the hunt for the German battleship Bismarck. She later had the misfortune to become one of the first capital ships to be...