Revell 05165 Patrol Torpedo Boat PT-588/PT-579

PT-588 is an American torpedo boat from World War II. The length of the unit was 24.5 meters. The drive was provided by three Packard W-14 M2500 engines with 1500 HP each. The armaments included a single 40mm cannon, a 37mm cannon, and 2 to 4 533mm torpedoes. The PT-588 was built at the Electric Boat Company shipyard in Bayonne, NJ. The launch of the vessel took place in March 1945, and the unit entered service in April of the same year. Immediately after this event, she was assigned to the Motor Torpedo Boat Squadron 39, part of the Pacific Fleet. PT-588 operated in the area of Samar Island from July 1945 to the end of the war, without interacting with major Japanese forces at that time. The ship was removed from the fleet list in December 1945. Its exact post-war fate is unknown.