PC-553 – the American submarine hunter

The PC-class submarine hunters were a class of anti-submarine ships of the United States Navy, designed and built to combat enemy submarines. Their total displacement was 325 tons, length – 51.7 meters, width – 7 meters, and draft – 2.12 meters. They could reach a speed of 17 knots. Armament varied during production and usually consisted of one or two 76 mm MK-22 universal guns, 20 mm Oerlikon cannons and MK-20 or MK-6 depth charge launchers. The ships also had modern radar and sonar equipment for their time. During World War II (1941–1945), 343 ships of this class were built in the United States. The main mission of these ships was to fight enemy submarines in the 200-mile zone off the US coast.

PC-553 - an uncomplicated, but well-designed and excellently detailed model of an American submarine hunter that can be assembled by any experience modeler, only beginners and modelers with little experience should work under the supervision of a more experienced colleague, don’t rush and use all reserves of patience, diligence and attentiveness. Beautiful spotted camouflage, there are small reserves of colors. The text instructions are large and quite detailed, while the graphic instructions are quite large for a model of this size, detailed, informative, and easy to read.