First entering service in the 1980s, Japan's 2,730-ton displacement Yushio class of modern Japanese attack submarines is propelled by diesel/electric power and can launch a variety of missiles and torpedoes from six torpedo tubes. Ten Yushio-class submarines are in service with the JMSDF.This is a fully assembled, fully painted polystone resin model of the Yushio-class submarine Akishio from Pit-Road. Model comes mounted on a nice stand with nameplate in Japanese.