NEW OOP TAKARA 1/700 USS GRAYBACK SSG-574 Guided Missile Submarine
USS Grayback (SS/SSG/APSS/LPSS-574), the lead ship of her class of submarine, was the second ship of the United States Navy to be named for the grayback. Grayback was initially designated as an attack submarine but was converted in 1958 into a guided-missile submarine (SSG-574) armed with the Regulus nuclear cruise missile. According to the documentary "Regulus: The First Nuclear Missile Submarines" the primary target for Grayback in the event of a nuclear exchange would be to eliminate the Soviet naval base at Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky. The patrols made by Grayback and its sister Regulus-firing submarines represented the first ever deterrent patrols in the history of the submarine Navy, preceding those made by the Polaris missile firing submarines. With the onset of purpose-built SSBNs (Nuclear Powered Ballistic Missile Submarines), She decommissioned at Mare Island Naval Shipyard, California, on 25 May 1964.
Features of this kit include:
· Model length: 5.44 inches (138mm)
· This is a plastic molded, painted and preassembled model
· Forward hangar and REGULUS surface to surface missile are displayed
· Submarine conning tower displays pericopes and antennae
· Display stand provided
· Hull painted to represent the as-completed version
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