WWII USN tench class submarine school instructor's model (3/40)
83W
A waterline model of a Tench class submarine
circa 1944
possibly an instructor's model built at the Groton submarine base, built up in wood, and well detailed with coning tower with periscopes, railings, deck guns, radio wires, and American flag.
47-1/2 in. (120.6 cm.) length.
Sold for US$ 2,125 inc. premium

Footnotes

  • Exhibited:
    The Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum, New York, 1995-2007

    Provenance:
    The War Museum

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