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Scale: 1/150
Model length: 19.5"
Span: 1.75"
Code: MBBSGCT

New construction of the class began in 1941 as the war in Europe escalated. More than half the class was built at Electric Boat at Groton, Connecticut; 3 new slipways were added to the north yard to accommodate their production. The class was 77 strong and sunk more than 1,700,000 tons of Japanese shipping.

Gato class submarines served mainly in the Pacific, but did operate from the Caribbean and the Atlantic for short periods, perhaps most notably in support of Operation Torch, the allied landings in North Africa in 1942. The Gato class boats Flasher, Rasher, and Barb obtained the first three places in the league table of confirmed sinkings by US submarines in World War II. Gato class boats sank three Japanese submarines: I-29, I-168 and 1-351.

The Gato class was initially plagued by the problems with the Mark 14 torpedo in the early war years. These tended to run too deep, explode prematurely, run erratically or circularly, or fail to detonate. These problems were identified and were largely solved by late 1943, allowing the Gato class to sink enormous tonnage.