{"product_id":"cruel-seas-us-navy-fleet","title":"Cruel Seas: Us Navy Fleet","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eBy 1941 there were 29 total PT’s total in the US Navy, by December ’43 there were 29 squadrons. Indeed, by the end of the war the small ships, PT’s LCI etc. numbered 7,000 craft of 80 types. Many Early PT boats had up to 4 torpedoes and 2 twin .50 Cal guns in powered mounting, a heavy load for the day. As with most American hardware, this was only the start! Soon a 20mm was added at the stern as standard, useful for surface or air action. Then, enterprising crews frustrated by strafing the tough Japanese barges to negligible effect mounted a USAAF 37mm automatic gun (acquired from an Air Cobra) and found it most effective!\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIndeed, America had not been blind to the possibilities of the coming war and took great pains to watch and learn from her allies and foes so that when war came, America was ready to put into place a building program that dwarfed all the other navies combined and led to the naval dominance that she still enjoys today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe US Navy Fleet Contains:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2 x Plastic Elco PT boat\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e2 x Plastic Higgins PT boat\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1 x Coastal Cutter sub chaser (resin and metal)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1 x LCI-(L) landing craft (resin and metal)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e4 x LCM-3 landing craft (metal)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e1 x F4U Corsair (metal)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eShip Cards\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003ePlastic Torpedo markers\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNote: All Cruel Seas items manufactured by Warlord Games are 1\/300th (6mm) scale.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cem data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eModels supplied unassembled and unpainted\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MCG","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44201625911535,"sku":"","price":123.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0620\/9001\/9055\/files\/Cruel-Seas-US-Navy-Fleet.webp?v=1699230127","url":"https:\/\/motorcitygaming.net\/products\/cruel-seas-us-navy-fleet","provider":"motorcitygaming","version":"1.0","type":"link"}