G-333 GUIDED MISSILE SHIP SET

"THREE IN ONE" IS THE MOTTO OF THIS SET WHICH INCLUDES THREE OF THE MOST ATTRACTIVE SHIP MODELS OF THOSE DAYS - NAMELY THE U.S.S. BOSTON, THE U.S.S. NAUTILUS AND THE U.S.S. CURRITUCK.

ALSO THESE MODELS HAVE FIRST BEEN LAUNCHED BY REVELL END OF THE 50IES.

THE U. S. S. BOSTON WAS THE WORLD'S FIRST MISSILE-CARRYING COMBAT SHIP THAT JOINED THE UNITED STATES FLEET. IT HERALDED A NEW ERA IN THE HISTORY OF NAVAL WARFARE. THIS KIND OF SHIPS BECAME AN IMPORTANT PART OF THE U. S. NAVAL FORCES.
WHEN THE U. S. S. NAUTILUS HAD BEEN LAUNCHED ON JANUARY 21, 1954 IN GROTEN, CONNECTICUT, A NEW ERA IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF SUBMARINES STARTED. THE FIRST ATOMIC SUBMARINE SET NEW STANDARDS AND ENABLED TO MOVE FROM CONTINENT TO CONTINENT WITHOUT SURFACING.
THE U. S. S. CURRITUCK, A U. S. NAVY SUPPLY SHIP FOR SEAPLANES, HAD BEEN BUILT ON THE U. S. NAVY YARD IN PHILADELPHIA AND HAD BEEN LAUNCHED ON SEPTEMBER 3, 1943. HER GENERAL DIMENSIONS ARE 560 FEET, 6 INCHES IN OVERALL LENGTH WITH A BEAM OF 69 FEET, 3 INCH. THE TURBINES FURNISH 12,000 SHAFT HORSEPOWER.

SKILL LEVEL 3

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