USS HALIBUT (ssng 587 / SSN 587) 1/350 scale REF : BRM-35032
Before starting the build of the model, please choose which of the SSNG or the SSN you want to mount. This is important, you will have to follow the right steps during the instructions !
Please also choose if you want your model to be shown as the submarine is on the surface of the sea or inside the sea.
To help you, the SSNG parts will be and the SSN parts will be , the parts which need to be removed for the inside sea version are .
BLUE RIDGE MODELS
www.blueridgemodel.com RESIN PARTS
01 x1 10 x1 09 x1 11 x1
03 x1 02 x1 12 x1 13 x1
08 x1 each 14 x1 17 x1 16 x1 04 x1 each
05 x1 each 06 15 x1 18 x1
19 x1
07 x2 A B C D E F G H I photoetch PARTS x1 x1 each
decals 1 2 3
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2 step 01 rear hull
04 04
Brass rods diameter : 0.5mm Length : 10mm 01
05 05
07 07
06 06
3 step 02 front hull
Please notice the PE part 2/2’ and 4/4’ are designed for the SSNG version.
The PE parts 3/3’ and 5/5’ are desi- gned for the SSN version.
Remove this part for the SSNG version.
02 02’ / / 03 03’
01 08
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4 step 03 hangar : regulus ramp
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5 step 04 hangar : open
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Brass rods diameter : 0.3mm Length : 9mm
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6 step 05 hangar : close
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7 step 06 hangar : open
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step 07 ssn : DSRV system
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04’ / 05’
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8 step 08 SSN : TOWer
E I A B D F H C G
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9 step 09 SSNG : tower
Same mounting instruction as Step 08
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10 step 10 stanchions placement
11 12 painting / ssng 587
9 8 3
7 2 6 2
5 4 5 painting / ssn 587
3 1 7 2 6 2 13 14 ship history
Begun as a diesel-electric submarine but completed with nuclear power, Halibut was the first submarine initially designed to launch guided missiles. Intended to carry the Regulus I and Regulus II nuclear cruise missiles, her main deck was high above the waterline to provide a dry "flight deck." Her missile system was completely automated, with hydraulic machinery controlled from a central control station.
Halibut departed on her shakedown cruise 11 March 1960. On 25 March, unde- rway to Australia, she became the first nuclear-powered submarine to success- fully launch a guided missile. She returned to Mare Island Naval Shipyard on 18 June 1960, and after short training cruises sailed 7 November for Pearl Harbor to join the Pacific Fleet. During her first deployment she successfully launched her seventh consecutive Regulus I missile during a major Southeast Asia Treaty Organization weapons demonstration. Returning to Pearl Harbor on 9 April 1961, Halibut began her second deployment 1 May. During subsequent cruises, she participated in several missile firing exercises and underwent training.
Halibut deployed for the third time to the Western Pacific in late 1961, establishing a pattern of training and readiness operations followed through 1964. On 4 May 1964 Halibut departed Pearl Harbor for the last Regulus missile patrol to be made by a submarine in the Pacific. In total, between February 1961 and July 1964, Halibut undertook a total of seven deterrent patrols before being replaced in the Pacific by Polaris equipped submarines of the George Washington class. From September through December 1964, Halibut joined eight other submarines in tes- ting and evaluating the attack capabilities of the Permit-class submarine.
In February 1965 Halibut entered Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard for a major ove- rhaul, and on 15 August was re-designated as an attack submarine and given the hull classification symbol SSN-587. She sailed from Pearl Harbor on 6 September for the West Coast, arriving at Keyport, Washington, on 20 September. On 5 Oc- tober she departed Keyport for Pearl Harbor and, after an eight-day stop over at Mare Island, California, arrived 21 October. Halibut then began ASW operations in the area, continuing until August 1968 when she transferred to Mare Island for overhaul and installation of: side thrusters; hangar section sea lock; anchoring winches with fore and aft mushroom anchors; saturation diving (mixed gas) ha- bitat; long and short range side-look sonar; video and photographic equipment; mainframe computer; induction tapping and recording equipment; port and star- board, fore and aft seabed skids ("sneakers"); towed underwater search vehicle ("fish") and winch; and other specialized oceanographic equipment. She returned to Pearl Harbor in 1970 and operated with the Pacific Fleet and Submarine Deve- lopment Group One (SubDevGruOne) out of San Diego with attachment offices at Mare Island until decommissioning in 1976.
- From Wikipedia
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