Product Description
- The Barnegut-class was developed as a small, inexpensive seaplane carrier for air operations over vast seas.
- 30 completed as seaplane tenders and 4 as torpedo boat tenders.
- Actual ship specifications: total length 95 m, displacement 2040 tons, 2 diesel engines, maximum 20 knots, 2 5-inch guns, 4 12.7 mm machine guns, 300,000 liters of aviation fuel
- The Upsecon entered service in 1943 and was converted into a catapult training ship during construction.
- During World War II, she was engaged in seaplane reconnaissance crew training and torpedo moving targets in Florida waters.
- Discharged from the military in 1947 and assigned to the Coast Guard, became USCGC Absecon (WAVP-374) and engaged in weather observation work, mainly coast guard operations.
- 1972 South Vietnamese frigate RVNS Pham Ngu Lao (HQ-15).
- Joined the North Vietnamese Army at the end of the Vietnam War.
- Operated as patrol vessel PRVSN Pha Munguran (HQ-01) until around 2000.
- It is one of the Barnegut-class ships, but since it was remodeled into a catapult training ship, it has an additional catapult, two additional cranes, and an OS2U Kingfisher.
( This is a machine translation. Please allow for possible misinterpretations in the text. )
Item Size/Weight : 23 x 8.3 x 3 cm / 70g
Product Specifications
- Item code
- PN07119
- JAN code
- 4544032835293
Purchase Information
This item is limited to 3 per household.