350Thresher

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USS Thresher SSN-593 (Permit) Class
These submarines can also be built from this kit.
Kit# S115 resin $59.95

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"Basics of Ship Building" by Mike Ashey
The bible today for the Model Shipbuilder. This book will give step by
step pictures on building plastic kits, resin kits plus photoetching. This is
the best book for the beginner to experienced builder on the newer
special high price kits resin kits and customizing parts.
1. Building Plastic Kits 2. Building Resin Kits
3. Scratchbuilding & Detailing Superstructure Shapes
4. Working with Brass & Stainless Steel Photoetching
5. Painting, Masking, & Decal Application
There is also an 18-page section of color photographs
of finished models by Mike and others. Of the hundreds
of black and white how - to photos. I recognized very
few from his first book. Most highly recommended.
Published by Kalmbach. #BK02 19.95

Permit Class Attack Submarine: Laid down, 28 May 1958, at Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kettery, ME; Launched, 9 July 1960; Commissioned, USS Thresher (SSN-593), 3 August 1961; Final Disposition, sunk. 10 April 1963, as a result of a casualty during diving tests, in 1,400 fathoms of water, approximately 220 miles east of Boston, MA; Struck from the Naval Register, 10 April 1963..

Specifications: Displacement, Surfaced: 3,700 t., Submerged: 4,300 t.; Length 278' 6"; Beam 31' 8"; Speed, Surfaced 15 kts, Submerged 28 kts; Depth Limit 700'; Complement 100; Armament, four 21" torpedo tubes amidships aft of the bow; Propulsion System, nuclear reactor one propeller.

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