Description

Edsall class Destroyer Escort, 85 ships of the class were built during WWII, they differed only from the preceding Cannon class by their engines, the GM Mod. 16-278A diesel engines with electric drive were replaced by Fairbanks-Morse geared diesel engines of the same power. Black Cat Models kit represent the ship as in service with the U.S.Coast Guard in the mid-fifties. Twelve Edsall DEs were transfered from 1951 to 1954 from the Navy to the Coast Guard, and were converted for ocean station search and rescue duty. Contains main resin parts, 3D printed parts, photoetch fret, brass parts and decals.