This is a Trumpeter 1/144 scale assembly and painting required plastic model kit of the famous World War II United States Navy Gato class submarine. Model kit features: Kit has full hull with open flooding holes, detailed deck and conning tower plus deck fittings, deck gun and display stand. Decals provided to represent the boat as she appeared when commissioned. Completed model is approximately 25" long. 121 parts total. *ABOUT THE GATO-CLASS SUBMARINE: The Gato class was one of the most successful submarines deployed in World War II, and by war"s end, 1,700,000 tons of Japanese ships were sent to the bottom of the Pacific by Gato class submarines. This 1/144 scale assembly kit by Trumpeter depicts the USS Gato (SS-212), the lead ship of her class of submarine in the U.S. Navy, as she appeared in 1941.