This is a Revell Germany 1/72 scale assembly and painting required plastic model kit of the World War II era U.S. Navy motor torpedo boat PT-109. PT-109 belonged to the PT 103 class of motor torpedo boats (MTB) operated by the U.S. Navy, although MTBs were usually called by their hull classification symbol of "PT" ("Patrol, Torpedo") during World War II. Model kit features: Revell Historical Model Construction Kit. One-Piece Hull. Textured Deck. Detailed Superstructure and Bridge. Separate Drive Shafts and Propellers. 2 Twin Machine Guns. One Oerlikon Gun and Mount. Crew Figures. 4 Torpedoes. Display Stand. Painting Instructions for the Striped Design. Decal Set for PT167 and PT 109. 82 parts. Skill level 4. ABOUT THE PT109: PT-109 first entered service in 1942, and it was made famous by its last commander, the then-Lieutenant, junior grade (LTJG) and future President of the United States John F. Kennedy. On a on a night mission to intercept the "Tokyo Express" through Ferguson Passage to Blackett Strait in the Pacific, PT-109 collided with Japanese destroyer Amagiri and split in two. The collision left two crewmen dead and several badly injured, and the then LTJG Kennedy led the surviving member of his crew to safety.