TomDougherty Posted November 8, 2025 Report Posted November 8, 2025 This is the Iron Shipwrights 1/350 scale Richard B. Russell. It was the last numbered Sturgeon class submarine built prior to the Los Angeles class. In August 1977, the Russell was fitted with a large housing ("bustle") attached to her hull just aft of her sail, containing a tethered antenna buoy. Russell was one of the later "long hull" Sturgeon submarines, stretched from 292 feet to 302 feet in length. Russell was equipped as a Special Projects submarine and operated with other Projects submarines (Seawolf SSN 575 and Parche SSN 683) out of Mare Island.
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