US Navy Elco 80 Motor Torpedo Boat, Early Type is the production type based on their PT-103 design, made famous by Presidents Kennedys PT-109 incident. The PT Boats were widely used during the early part of WWII, often used to disrupt the Tokyo Express causing havoc to the deployment of the Imperial Japanese.

The Boat length measures at 80ft (24.2M) with a beam 20ft. 8in. (7M) and a displacement of 56 tons. Her 3 sets of 1,350 horse power Packard 4M-2500 V12 gasoline engines enable top seed of 43 knots. Armaments included 533mm torpedo tubes x 4, twin .50 cal turrets x 2 and a single 20mm Oerikon gun. The PT boats often received customization from their crews with additional weapons that they can obtain.

Item No 64802 Item Name U.S. Navy Elco 80′ Motor Patrol Torpedo Boat, Early Type Bar Code 890781648023 Scale 1:48 Item Type Plastic Model Warship Kit Model Brief Length: 508.3mm Beam:145.8 mm Total Parts 450+ Metal Parts n/a Photo Etched Parts 1 piece Film Parts 1 piece Resin Parts n/a Total Sprues 15 sprues , hull and deck Released Date 2014-09