Ideal Aeroplane & Supply US Sub Chaser (Subchaser / Submarine Chaser) 1916 WWI - 20 Inch Wooden Ship Model
Wood and Metal Model Kit, Box Condition: Good-
1930s issue kit from the famous Ideal Aeroplane & Supply Company which was founded in 1911. Nicely done kit features a fully precarved solid hardwood hull (not balsa), three sheets of nicely done printed parts, numerous wood stock and metal stock as needed, a factory-sealed paper bag of metal and wood fittings (still sealed but just barely), sandpaper and very well drawn full size plans that include instructions and numerous detail & section views. The kit has not been started. The fittings are still factory sealed and all other parts have been inventoried present. The US Navy WWI Submarine chaser was a 110 foot wooden vessel. The ships carried a crew of 25 and were armed with a 3 lb deck gun and a "Y" gun for discharging depth charges. The ships proved valuable in combating the German U-boats in the Atlantic and Mediterranean. Some were updated and saw service in WWII.
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