Sunday, July 15, 2007 - 03:39 AM UTC
Battlefleet Models sends us news of a very interesting release with a long, storied history, the 1/700 U.S.C.G. Cutter Tamaroa (WHEC-166).
Originally commissioned in 1943, U.S.C.G. Cutter Tamaroa (WHEC-166) served proudly until 1994. Battlefleet Models brings us the Cutter Tamaroa in her 1991 fit when she rescued three persons from the sailboat Satori 75-miles off Nantucket Island during the "No Name Storm of Halloween”, more popularly know as “The Perfect Storm”.

Kit includes:

  • Turned brass barrel
  • PE and Brass Rod
  • 3 rigid hull inflatable rescue boats (RHIB)


Tamaroa, 1943

  • ex-Zuni; ATF-95; WAT / WATF / WMEC-166
  • Call Sign: NNGR
  • Builder: Commercial Iron Works, Portland Oregon
  • Commissioned: 9 October 1943 (USN); 29 June 1946 (USCG)
  • Decommissioned: 1 February 1994 (USCG)
  • Length: 205' 6"
  • Beam: 39' 3-1/4"
  • Draft: 18' (navigational draft, 1994)
  • Displacement: 1,641 tons (full load, 1966); 1,731 tons (full load, 1994)
  • Propulsion: Diesel-electric: 4 General Motors model 12-278 diesels driving 4 Allis
  • Chalmers generators driving 4 electric motors; 3,010 SHP; single 4-bladed propeller
  • Performance:
  • Max: 16.1 knots; 4,055 mile range
  • Economic: 10.1 knots; 13,097 mile range (1966)
  • Fuel Oil: 66,363 (1994)
  • Complement: 64 (1961); 84 (1994)
  • Armament: 1 x 3"/50 (1966)
  • Electronics:
  • Radar: SPN-25 (1966)

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Gunny
Looks like another winner added to the fleet, for sure! Thanks for the update, Mr. Loup......
JUL 15, 2007 - 09:01 PM
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