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Category Name: Amphibious Ship Category heading title: Philcrafter, Inc. - Ampibios Ship Category Title Meta Tag : Philcrafter Mahogany Boat & Ship Model - Amphibious Ship Category Description Meta Tag : A collection of Landing Helicopter Assault (LHA),Landing Helicopter Dock (LHD), Landing Platform Dock (LPD), Landing Platform Helicopter (LPH), Landing Ship Dock (LSD), Landing Ship Dock (Auxiliary) LSD, Landing Ship Logistics (LSL), Landing Ship Tank (LST) Category Key Word Meta Tag: Landing Landing Landing Landing Helicopter Assault (LHA),Landing Helicopter Dock (LHD), Platform Dock (LPD), Landing Platform Helicopter (LPH), Ship Dock (LSD), Landing Ship Dock (Auxiliary) LSD, Ship Logistics (LSL), Landing Ship Tank (LST) USS LST-24 Length: 24” Landing Ship, Tank (LST) was the military designation for naval vessels created during World War II to support amphibious operations by carrying significant quantities of vehicles, cargo, and landing troops directly onto an unimproved shore. The majority, a thousand, were laid down in the United States during WWII for use by the Allies. Eighty more were built in the United Kingdom and Canada. Price: 595 USS Arizona (BB-39) Length: 26” The USS Arizona (BB-39) was a Pennsylvania-class battleship of the United States Navy. The vessel was the third to be named in honor of the 48th state, though the first since its statehood was actually achieved. She was commissioned in 1916 and saw action in World War I. The USS Arizona is best known for her cataclysmic and dramatic sinking, with the loss of 1,177 lives, during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941, the event that brought about U.S. involvement in World War II. The wreck was not salvaged, and continues to lie at the floor of the harbor. It is the site of a memorial to those who perished on that day. Price: 1,000 USS Essex (LHD-2) Length: 26” USS Essex (LHD-2) is a Wasp-class amphibious assault ship built at what is now the Northrop Grumman Shipyard in Pascagoula, Mississippi, and commissioned on 17 October 1992 while moored at North Island NAS beside the Kitty Hawk (CV-63). Dick Cheney, then the Secretary of Defense in the first Bush Administration, spoke at the commissioning ceremony. Price: 1,000 USS Nassau (LHA-4) Length: 26” The second USS Nassau (LHA-4) is a Tarawa-class amphibious assault ship. She is capable of transporting over 3,000 Navy and Marine Corps personnel. She has 1,400 compartments—about the same number as a large hotel, has nine elevators and two horizontal conveyors—more than most department stores. She has 2 boilers—the largest ever manufactured for the United States Navy. They can generate a total of 400 tons of steam per hour and develop 140,000 horsepower (104 MW)— equivalent to the power of more than 700 average automobiles. Nassau's electrical power subsystem creates 14 MW to provide electrical power for the ship—adequate electrical power to light 11,500 homes for 50,000 people. She has air conditioning equipment rated at a total of 1500 tons (5.3 MW)—sufficient to environmentally control a 32-storey office building or 500 average homes and can ballast 12,000 tons of seawater for trimming the ship to receive and discharge landing craft from the well deck. Price: 1,000 USS Saipan (LHA-2) Length: 26” USS Saipan (LHA-2) is a Tarawa-class amphibious assault ship, the second United States Navy ship named in honor of the World War II Battle of Saipan. Saipan was laid down on July 21, 1972 by the Ingalls Shipbuilding Division, Litton Industries, Pascagoula, Mississippi; launched on July 20, 1974; sponsored by Mrs. J. William Middendorf II, wife of Secretary of the Navy Middendorf. Saipan’s operational career began in July 1979 when she was diverted from Fleet Refresher Training to Special Contingency Operations for possible non-combatant evacuation of American personnel from Nicaragua during that country’s civil war. Price: 1,000 Category Name: BATTLESHIP Category heading title: Philcrafter, Inc. - Battleship Category Title Meta Tag : Philcrafter Mahogany Boat & Ship Model - Battleship Category Description Meta Tag : Category Key Word Meta Tag: HMS King George V Scale: 1/350 Length 25.5” The first HMS King George V was a King George V-class of 1911 dreadnought, with a displacement of 23,400 tonnes and an armament of ten 13.5 inch guns in twin gun turrets and a secondary armament of sixteen 4 inch guns and had a crew complement of 870, though this increased substantially by 1916 to 1,110, and had a length of 597 feet. She took part in the Battle of Jutland, being the lead ship of the 1st Division of the 2nd Battle Squadron. Her sister-ships were HMS Centurion, HMS Audacious and HMS Ajax. HMS Audacious was sunk by a mine off the northern coast of Ireland, the rest survived World War I and were all decommissioned by 1924. King George V herself was decommissioned in 1919, used as a training ship between 1923-26 and scrapped in 1926. Price: 599 KM BISMARCK Scale: 1/350 Length:29: The German battleship Bismarck is one of the most famous warships of the Second World War. The lead ship of her class and named after the 19th century German chancellor Otto von Bismarck, Bismarck displaced more than 50,000 tons fully loaded and was the largest warship then commissioned. Her chief claim to fame came from the Battle of the Denmark Strait in May 1941 during which the battlecruiser HMS Hood, flagship of the Home Fleet and pride of the Royal Navy, was sunk within several minutes. In response, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill issued the order to "Sink the Bismarck",[2] spurring a relentless pursuit by the Royal Navy. Two days later, with safer waters almost in reach, Fleet Air Arm aircraft torpedoed Bismarck and jammed her rudder, allowing heavy British units to catch up with her. In the ensuing battle on the morning of 27 May 1941, Bismarck took heavy punishment for nearly three hours before sinking. Price: 750/1,249 Montana class battleship Scale: 1/350 Length:31” The Montana class battleships of the United States Navy were the proposed successors to the Iowa class, being slower, but larger, better armored, and carrying more guns. Five ships of the Montana class were approved for construction during World War II; however, changes in building priority during the War resulted in cancellation of the new battleship class in favor of the Essex-class aircraft carriers before any of the keels for the Montana class were laid. With an intended armament of twelve 16-inch guns and more anti-aircraft capability than the preceding Iowa-class battleships, the Montana class would have been the largest and the most heavily armed battleship class ever put to sea by the United States. The Montana class would have been the only battleship class commissioned by the U.S. to have come close to equaling the Empire of Japan's Yamato-class battleships on the basis of armor, armament, and tonnage.[7] Price: 699 USS Arizona (BB-39) Scale: 1/350 Length:21” The USS Arizona (BB-39) was a Pennsylvania-class battleship of the United States Navy. The vessel was the third to be named in honor of the 48th state, though the first since its statehood was actually achieved. She was commissioned in 1916 and saw action in World War I. The USS Arizona is best known for her cataclysmic and dramatic sinking, with the loss of 1,177 lives, during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941, the event that brought about U.S. involvement in World War II. The wreck was not salvaged, and continues to lie at the floor of the harbor. It is the site of a memorial to those who perished on that day. Price: 599/597/1,495 USS Missouri (BB-63) Scale: 1/350 Length:31” USS Missouri (BB-63) ("Mighty Mo" or "Big Mo") is a U.S. Navy battleship, and was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named in honor of the U.S. state of Missouri. Missouri is the final battleship to be built by the United States, and among the Iowa-class battleships is notable for being the site of the surrender of the Empire of Japan at the end of World War II. Missouri was ordered on 12 June 1940 and her keel was laid at the New York Navy Yard in the New York City borough of Brooklyn on 6 January 1941. During her career Missouri saw action in World War II during the Battle of Iwo Jima and the Battle of Okinawa, and shelled the Japanese home islands of Hokkaidō and Honshū. After World War II she returned to the United States before being called up and dispatched to fight in the Korean War. Upon her return to the United States she was decommissioned into the United States Navy reserve fleets, better known as the "Mothball Fleet" in 1955. She was reactivated and modernized in 1984 as part of the 600-ship Navy plan, and participated in the 1991 Gulf War. Price: 599/1,079/1,499 USS New Jersey (BB-62) Span: Length: 3.75" 30.5" USS New Jersey (BB-62), ("Big J" or "Black Dragon") is an Iowa-class battleship, and was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named in honor of the U.S. state of New Jersey. Among the four completed Iowa-class battleships New Jersey is notable for having earned the most battle stars for her combat actions, and for being the only battleship of the class to have served a tour of duty in Vietnam during the Vietnam War. During World War II the New Jersey shelled targets on Guam and Okinawa, and screened aircraft carriers conducting raids in the Marshall islands. During the Korean War she was involved in raids up and down the North Korean coast, after which she was decommissioned in to the United States Navy reserve fleets, better known as the "mothball fleet". She was briefly reactivated in 1968 and sent to Vietnam to support U.S. troops before returning to the mothball fleet in 1969. Reactivated once more in the 1980s as part of the 600-ship Navy program, New Jersey was modernized to carry missiles and recommissioned for service. In 1983, she participated in U.S. operations during the Lebanese Civil War. Price: 597/999 Japanese battleship Yamato Scale: 1/350. Length 30 inches Yamato (大和), named after the ancient Japanese Yamato Province, was a battleship of the Imperial Japanese Navy. She was lead ship of her class. She and her sister Musashi were the largest, heaviest, and most powerful battleships ever constructed, displacing 72,800 tonnes at full load, and armed with nine 46 cm (18.1 inch) main guns. The ship held special significance for the Empire of Japan as a symbol of the nation's naval power ('Yamato' was sometimes used to refer to Japan itself), and its sinking by US aircraft in the final days of the war during the suicide Operation Ten-Go is sometimes considered symbolic of Japan's defeat itself. BOAT Fast Patrol Craft (PCF) Scale: 1/30 Length:20” Fast Patrol Craft (PCF), also known as Swift Boats, were all aluminum, 50-foot (15 m) long, shallow-draft vessels operated by the United States Navy for counterinsurgency (COIN) operations during the Vietnam War. Price: 425 USNS Bob Hope (T-AKR-300) Length: 31” USNS Bob Hope (T-AKR-300), the lead ship of her class of vehicle cargo ships for Army vehicle prepositioning, was the only naval ship of the United States to be named for the entertainer. Very few ships of the United States Navy have been named for a person who was alive at the time of the christening. The contract to build her was awarded to Avondale Industries on 2 September 1993 and her keel was laid down on 29 May 1995. She was launched on 27 March 1997, and delivered on 18 November 1998. Price: 999 USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72) Length: 31” USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN-72), nicknamed "Abe", is the fifth Nimitz-class supercarrier in the United States Navy. She is the second Navy ship named after former president Abraham Lincoln. Her home port is Everett, Washington. Price: 897/1,499 USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63) Length: 35” The supercarrier USS Kitty Hawk (CV-63), formerly CVA-63, is the second naval ship named after Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, the site of the Wright brothers' first powered airplane flight. With the decommissioning of USS John F. Kennedy (CV-67) in 2007, the Kitty Hawk became the first and last active ship of her class. Kitty Hawk was laid down by the New York Shipbuilding Corporation, Camden, New Jersey, 27 December 1956; and launched 21 May 1960, sponsored by Mr. Neil H. McElroy; and commissioned 21 April 1961 at Philadelphia Naval Shipyard, Captain William F. Bringle in command. Price: 1,199 USS Nimitz (CVN-68) Length: 37” USS Nimitz (CVN-68) is a supercarrier in the United States Navy, the lead ship of its class. She is one of the largest warships in the world. She was laid down, launched and commissioned as CVAN-68, but was redesignated CVN-68 (nuclear-powered multimission aircraft carrier) on 30 June 1975 as part of the fleet realignment of that year. Price: 1,199/1,499 USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76) Length: 38” USS Ronald Reagan (CVN-76) is a Nimitz-class nuclear-powered supercarrier in the service of the United States Navy. The ninth ship of her class, she was named in honor of former President Ronald Reagan. Price: 999/1,199/1,499 USS America (CV-66) Length: 30” The third USS America (CV-66), formerly CVA-66, was a Kitty Hawk class supercarrier of the United States Navy that served from 1965 to 1996. Originally ordered as an Enterprise-class nuclear carrier, the ballooning costs of Enterprise during construction caused the cancellation of the nuclear CVAN-66 and her reordering as a conventionally-powered Kitty Hawk-class carrier.[citation needed] She was laid down on 1 January 1961 at Newport News, Virginia, by the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Corp.; launched on 1 February 1964, sponsored by Mrs. David L. McDonald, wife of Admiral David L. McDonald, the Chief of Naval Operations; and commissioned at the Norfolk Naval Shipyard on 23 January 1965, Captain Lawrence Heyworth, Jr., in command.[1] Price: 999 USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) Scale: 1/350 The USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70) is a United States Navy Nimitz class supercarrier named after Carl Vinson, a Congressman from Georgia. She was commissioned in 1982 and carries F/A-18 Hornets and F/A-18E/F Super Hornets as well as surveillance and other aircraft. Carl Vinson can carry 85 planes and 5,500 personnel. Traditionally, few ships of the United States Navy were named after a person who was alive at the time of the christening, but recently the number has increased; the list includes Carl Vinson, Hyman G. Rickover, Arleigh Burke, John C. Stennis, Bob Hope, Ronald Reagan, Nitze, Jimmy Carter, and George H. W. Bush. A member of the United States House of Representatives for fifty years, Carl Vinson was, for twenty-nine years, the Chairman of the House Naval Affairs and Armed Services Committee. Price: 897/1,499 USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69) Scale: 1/350 USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN-69), nicknamed "Ike", is the second of 10 Nimitzclass supercarriers in the United States Navy, named after the thirty-fourth President of the United States, Dwight D. Eisenhower. Originally, she was named Eisenhower, much like her sister, Nimitz. On May 25, 1970, the name was lengthened to Dwight D. Eisenhower. On commissioning, Ike replaced the aged World War II-era carrier USS Franklin D. Roosevelt in the fleet. Price: 897/1,499 USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75) USS Harry S Truman (CVN-75) is the eighth Nimitz-class supercarrier of the United States Navy, named after the 33rd President of the United States, Harry S. Truman. The keel was laid by Newport News Shipbuilding on 29 November 1993 and the ship was christened on 7 September 1996. The official launching of the ship was on 13 September 1996. The crew moved aboard ship from contract housing in Newport News in January 1998. The ship successfully completed builder's trials on 11 June 1998 and acceptance sea trials on 25 June 1998 before being commissioned on 25 July 1998. The builder's trials and sea trials were delayed from the initial scheduling dates in May 1998 due to noise issues in one of the reactor closure heads during hydrostatic testing. HST was authorized as USS United States but her name was changed before the keel laying. USS Hornet (CV-8) Length: 37” The seventh USS Hornet (CV-8) of the United States Navy was a Yorktown class aircraft carrier of World War II, notable for launching the Doolittle Raid, as a participant in the Battle of Midway, and for action in the Solomons before being sunk in the Battle of the Santa Cruz Islands. She was launched 14 December 1940 by Newport News Shipbuilding of Newport News, Virginia, sponsored by Annie Reid Knox (wife of Secretary of the Navy Frank M. Knox), and commissioned at Norfolk 20 October 1941, Captain Marc A. Mitscher in command. Price: 1,079/1,499 USS Yorktown (CV-10) Length: 37” USS Yorktown (CV/CVS-10) is an Essex-class aircraft carrier of the United States Navy that served in the Pacific during World War II, and is now a museum ship at Patriot's Point , Mount Pleasant, South Carolina. Launched in 1943, Yorktown is the oldest surviving aircraft carrier still intact.[citation needed] She was laid down on 1 December 1941 at Newport News, Virginia, by the Newport News Shipbuilding & Drydock Co. as Bon Homme Richard, renamed Yorktown on 26 September 1942 to commemorate Yorktown (CV-5), lost at the Battle of Midway. The new Yorktown was launched on 21 January 1943, sponsored by Eleanor Roosevelt, and commissioned on 15 April 1943 at the Norfolk Navy Yard, Captain Joseph J. Clark in command, ready to avenge the death of her older namesake sister Price: 1,097/1,499 USS Gearing (DD-710) Scale: 1/192. Length 24 inches USS Gearing (DD-710) was the lead ship of her class of destroyers in the United States Navy. She was named for three generations of the Gearing family, Commander Henry Chalfant Gearing, Sr., Captain Henry Chalfant Gearing, Jr. and Lieutenant Henry Chalfant Gearing, III. Gearing was launched 18 February 1945 by the Federal Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., Kearny, New Jersey; sponsored by Mrs. Thomas M. Foley, daughter of Commander Gearing; and commissioned 3 May 1945, Commander T. H. Copeman in command. Price: 6/75/597/999 USS Chancellorsville (CG-62) USS Chancellorsville (CG-62) is a Ticonderoga-class guided-missile cruiser in service in the United States Navy. She is named for the remarkable Confederate victory over Union forces under Robert E. Lee at the Battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia. United States Navy ships are rarely named for Confederate victories in the American Civil War. USS Lake Champlain (CG-57) USS Lake Champlain (CG-57) is a Ticonderoga class cruiser in the United States Navy. It is the third ship to be named Lake Champlain, in honor of Battle of Lake Champlain, which took place during the War of 1812. USS Chicago (CA-136) The USS Chicago (CA-136) was a heavy cruiser laid down on 28 July 1943 at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, by the Philadelphia Navy Yard. Launched on 20 August 1944 she was sponsored by Mrs. Edward J. Kelly, wife of the Mayor of Chicago, Illinois, and commissioned at the Philadelphia Navy Yard on 10 January 1945, Captain Richard R. Hartung, USN, in command. USS Indianapolis (CA-35) Length: 28” USS Indianapolis (CA-35) was a Portland-class heavy cruiser of the United States Navy. She holds a place in history due to the notorious circumstances of her demise, which was the worst single at-sea loss of life in the history of the U.S. Navy. After delivering critical parts for the first atomic bomb to be used in combat to the United States air base at Tinian Island on July 26, 1945, she was in the Philippine Sea when attacked at 00:14 on July 30, 1945 by a Japanese submarine. Most of the crew was lost to a combination of exposure, dehydration, and shark attacks as they waited for assistance while floating helplessly for several days. Indianapolis was the last major U.S. Navy ship sunk by enemy action in World War II (the submarine USS Bullhead was attacked by Japanese aircraft with depth charges and sunk on August 6, 1945). Price: 999 USS Arleigh Burke (DDG-51) Length: 27.5” USS Arleigh Burke (DDG-51), named for Admiral Arleigh Albert Burke, USN (1901-1996), is the lead ship of her class of guided missile destroyers. She was laid down by Bath Iron Works at Bath, Maine on 6 December 1988, launched on 16 September 1989 by Mrs. Arleigh Burke. The Admiral himself was present at her commissioning ceremony on 4 July 1991, held on the waterfront in downtown Norfolk. Price: 1,250 USS Howard (DDG-83) USS Howard (DDG-83) is an Arleigh Burke-class destroyer in the United States Navy. The ship is named in honor of Gunnery Sgt. Jimmie E. Howard, USMC, (1929–1993), recipient of the Medal of Honor for his leadership of a platoon against repeated attacks by a battalion-sized Viet Cong force. After receiving severe wounds from an enemy grenade, he distributed ammunition to his men and directed air strikes on the enemy. By dawn, his beleaguered platoon still held their position. Howard also received the Silver Star Medal for service in Korea. A previous USS Howard (DD179) (1920–1945), named for Charles W. Howard, a U.S. Navy hero from the Civil War, earned six battle stars in World War II. USS Gridley (DDG-101) The fourth USS Gridley (DDG-101) is the fifty-first Arleigh Burke-class destroyer in the United States Navy. Gridley is named after Captain Charles Gridley, Commander of Admiral George Dewey's flagship Olympia, (Flag Captain) and recipient of Admiral Dewey's famous command, "You may fire when you are ready, Gridley" in the Battle of Manila Bay during the Spanish-American War. In May 2004, the Secretary of the Navy announced the names of five new Arleigh Burke class destroyers, including Gridley. Her keel was laid on 30 July 2004 at the Bath Iron Works in Bath, Maine. She was christened 11 February 2006. The Gridley was commissioned at the Port of Miami on Saturday, February 10, 2007. She has joined the Pacific Fleet and is homeported at Naval Base San Diego. USS Halsey (DDG-97) USS Halsey (DDG-97) is an Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer in the United States Navy. Halsey is named in honor of Fleet Admiral William Frederick "Bull" Halsey Jr. Halsey was commissioned July 30, 2005 at Naval Air Station North Island, Coronado, California, under commanding officer Commander James L. Autrey.[1][2] USS Kidd (DDG-993) USS Kidd (DDG-993) was the lead ship in her class of destroyers operated by the U.S. Navy. Derived from the Spruance class, these vessels were designed for air defense in hot weather. The vessel was named after Medal of Honor recipient Rear Admiral Isaac C. Kidd, who was aboard the USS Arizona during the attack on Pearl Harbor, and was the first American flag officer to die in World War II. Oliver Hazard Perry FFG-7 Length: 28” The Oliver Hazard Perry class (sometimes referred to as the Perry class or FFG-7 class), is a class of frigates named after Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry. The class was designed in the United States in the mid-1970s as general-purpose escort vessels, capable of most naval operations, yet cheap enough to be bought in large quantities to replace World War II-era destroyers. 55 ships were built in the United States: 51 for the United States Navy and four for the Royal Australian Navy. Additionally, 8 were built in Taiwan, 6 in Spain and 2 in Australia for their respective navies, and ex-USN ships have been acquired by the navies of Bahrain, Egypt, Poland and Turkey, with Pakistan requesting six ships in 2007. Price: 999 USS Thach (FFG-43) USS Thach (FFG-43), an Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate, is a ship of the United States Navy named for Admiral John Thach (1905–1981), a naval aviator during World War II, who invented the Thach Weave dog fighting tactic. Thach was laid down on 6 March 1981 by the Todd Pacific Shipyards Co., Los Angeles Division, San Pedro, Ca.; launched on 18 December 1982; and commissioned on 17 March 1983. USS_Cole_DDG-67 Length: 28” The second USS Cole (DDG-67) is an Arleigh Burke-class Aegis-equipped guided missile destroyer homeported in NS Norfolk, Virginia. The Cole is named in honor of Marine Sergeant Darrell S. Cole, a machine-gunner killed in action on Iwo Jima on 19 February 1945. The ship was built by Ingalls Shipbuilding and delivered to the Navy on 11 March 1996. On October 12, 2000, the Cole was damaged by a suicide attack while harbored in the Yemeni port of Aden. Price: 1,249 USS Liberty (AGTR-5) Length: 27” USS Liberty (AGTR-5) was a Belmont-class technical research ship. Her keel was laid down on February 23, 1945, as Simmons Victory, a Maritime Commission-type (VC2-S-AP3) hull, under a Maritime Commission contract at Oregon Shipbuilding Corporation of Portland, Oregon. She was delivered to the Maritime Commission on May 4, 1945, and chartered to the Pacific Far East Line of San Francisco, California. She operated in commercial trade until 1958, Simmons Victory was returned to the Maritime Administration for layup in the National Defense Reserve Fleet at Olympia, Washington. Price: 995 Akula Project 971 Scale: 1/240. Length 29 inches Project 971 Щука-Б (Shchuka-B, 'Shchuka' meaning pike, NATO reporting name "Akula"), is a nuclear-powered attack submarine (SSN) first deployed by the Soviet Navy in 1986. The class is sometimes erroneously called the "Bars" class, after one of its members. Note that Akula ("shark") is the Soviet designation of the ballistic missile submarine class designated by NATO as the Typhoon class submarine. They are sometimes bitterly called "the Walker class," referring to John Anthony Walker, whose espionage data related to sonar detection was used to improve this submarine. Price: 599.95 Alfa Russian Project 705 Scale: 1/30. Length 24 1/2 inches. The Soviet Union/Russian Navy Project 705 (Лира/Lyra) was a submarine class of hunter/killer nuclear powered vessels (abbreviated PLA = Podvodnaya lodka atomnaya, i.e. nuclear /hunter killer/ submarine). The class is also known by the NATO reporting name of Alfa. They were the fastest and one of the deepest diving military submarines built, with only the K-278 Komsomolets competing in crush depth. Price: 399 Gato class submarine Scale: 1/160 Length: 24” The United States Navy Gato class submarine design was rushed into production in 1940 and was the forerunner of all US World War II submarine designs. The class was 77 strong and sunk more than 1,700,000 tons of Japanese shipping. New construction of the class began in 1941 as the war in Europe escalated. More than half the class was built at Electric Boat at Groton, Connecticut; 3 new slipways were added to the north yard to accommodate their production. Price: 399 Los Angeles class Scale: 1/165 The Los Angeles class, sometimes called the LA-class or the 688-class, is a class of nuclear-powered fast attack submarines (SSN) that forms the backbone of the United States submarine fleet. Comprised of 62 submarines, this class has more boats than any other nuclear powered submarine class in the world. The class was preceded by the Sturgeon class and followed by the Seawolf class and Virginia classes. Submarines of this class are usually named after U.S. cities, breaking a long-standing Navy tradition of naming attack submarines after sea creatures. Price: 450 USS Ohio (SSGN-726) Scale: 1/240 USS Ohio (SSGN-726), the lead ship of her class of nuclear-powered fleet ballistic missile submarines, was the fifth ship of the United States Navy to be named for the 17th state. She was commissioned with the hull designation of SSBN-726, and with her conversion to a conventional missile submarine she was re-designated SSGN-726. Price: 450 Resolution class Scale: 1/192. Length 26 1/2 inches During the 1950s and early 1960s, Great Britain's only nuclear deterrent was through the RAF's V-bombers. But developments in radar and surface-to-air weaponry made it clear that bombers were becoming vulnerable. In January 1963, the Defence Committee decided that the nation's nuclear deterrent should be carried by submarines. In February of the same year, the government announced that it was to order four Resolution-class submarines with nuclear power plants and be armed with the polaris missile. The SSBNs would then take over the nuclear deterrent role from the RAF's V-bombers from 1968 onwards. Price: 425 I-400 class submarine Scale: 1/192 Length: 25” The Sen Toku I-400-class (伊四〇〇型潜水艦) submarines of the Imperial Japanese Navy were the largest submarines of World War II, and the largest ever built prior to the development of nuclear ballistic missile submarines in the 1960s. These were submarine aircraft carriers and each of them was able to carry 3 Aichi M6A Seiran aircraft underwater to their destinations. They also carried torpedoes for close range combat and were designed to surface, launch the planes then dive again quickly before they were discovered. The I-400 was originally designed so that it could travel round-trip to anywhere in the world, and it was specifically intended to destroy the U.S.-controlled Panama Canal. A fleet of 18 boats was planned in 1942, and work on the first one was started in January 1943 at the Kure, Hiroshima arsenal. Within a year the plan was scaled back to five, and only three (I-400 at Kure, and the I-401 and I-402 at Sasebo) were completed. Price: 399 Typhoon class submarine Scale: 1/124 Length: 28” The Typhoon class submarine is a type of nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarine deployed by the Soviet Navy in the 1980s. With a maximum displacement of 26,000 tonnes, Typhoons are the largest class of submarine ever built. The NATO reporting name stems from the use of the word "typhoon" (тайфун) by Leonid Brezhnev in a 1974 speech while describing a new type of nuclear ballistic missile submarine. Price: 399 USS Rhode Island (SSBN-740) USS Rhode Island (SSBN-740), an Ohio-class ballistic missile submarine, was the third ship of the United States Navy to be named for the 13th state. The contract to build her was awarded to the Electric Boat Division of General Dynamics Corporation in Groton, Connecticut on 5 January 1988 and her keel was laid down on 15 September 1988. She was launched on 17 July 1993 sponsored by Mrs. Kati Machthley, and commissioned on 9 July 1994, with Captain John K. Eldridge commanding the Blue Crew and Commander Michael Maxfield commanding the Gold Crew. USNS Rainier (T-AOE-7) The third US Navy vessel named after Mt. Rainier, USNS Rainier is the second ship in the Supply class of fast combat support ships. After service in the United States Navy from 1995 through 2003 as USS Rainier, her weapons systems were removed and she was transferred on August 29, 2003 to the Military Sealift Command, which designated her USNS Rainier (T-AOE-7). Rainier has the speed to keep up with the carrier strike groups. She rapidly replenishes Navy task forces. She receives petroleum products, ammunition and stores from shuttle ships and redistributes these items simultaneously to carrier strike group ships. This reduces the vulnerability of serviced ships by reducing alongside time.