USS Holland
Submarine Tender, USS Holland (AS-3)(ARG-18)
Stock Number: YKM-35104 Price: $235.00
The USS Holland was designed as a portable Submarine base to be used when the USN Sub fleet is to be deployed in areas where port facilities are limited or not available. A Sub Tender contained machine shops, spare parts, food, fuel and ammunition and just about anything else a USN sub would require. These floating bases were deployed all over the world and provided the USN with a considerable reach for its Submarine fleet.
The Yankee Modelworks USS Holland kit depicts the ship in her mid-war 1943 configuration. Early in the war, the ship was upgraded with a considerable amount of AA guns. With a little work, the kit can be easily backdated to her 1930s configuration. The model is a full-hull resin kit with metal and Photo-etch detail parts. Decals are not provided with this kit since the hull was not ever numbered during her wartime career. Yankee Modelworks also makes both Pre-war and WWII Submarine kits to go with this model. We highly recommend that you buy a few sub kits to go with this model.