Tamiya 31435 - 1/700 JAPANESE SUBMARINE I-58 LATE VERSION [31435]

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USD$8.70

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Tamiya

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31435

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The JAPANESE SUBMARINE I-58 LATE VERSION produced by Tamiya in 1/700 scale assembly kit, is classified in Scale Models - Military Series - Navy - Submarine

About the Japanese Submarine I-58 Belated Version The I-58 ended up being laid down in Yokosuka Navy Yard in September 1944. The vessel carried a Type 0 small reconnaissance seaplane E-14 (Glen) and a catapult to launch it. The main weaponry for the I-58 contained six torpedo pipes, three on each side of the bow. It also served whilst the mother ship the Kaiten human being torpedoes. Regarding the night of July 30th 1945, it attacked the U.S. Navy heavy cruiser Indianapolis with a salvo of six regular torpedoes. Two of those struck the cruiser and she sunk about quarter-hour later on.