USS BALAO SS-285 SUBMARINE PLASTIC MODEL KIT 1/700 HOBBY BOSS

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The Balao (SS-285) class was conceived as an improved Gato (SS-212) class submarine. Balao introduced several new concepts to the submarine force when she was commissioned in 1943. The most important of these being the thicker pressure hull, using 7/8' high tensile steel plates rather than the 5/8' plate used in the earlier Gato class. Improvements in hull construction increased the test depth of this class to 400-feet as opposed to 350-feet in the Gato class and fuel capacity was significantly