ONE OF A KIND US NAVY SPY SUBMARINE!  USS HALIBUT (SSGN-587) (BLUE RIDGE MODELS) WAS COMMISSIONED 4 JANUARY 1960 AS A MISSILE LAUNCHING SUBMARINE UTILIZING A SPECIAL "BAT CAVE" THAT STORED REGULUS II MISSILES.  THE COMPARTMENT WOULD OPEN AND THE MISSILE WOULD BE ROLLED OUT AND PREPARED FOR LAUNCH, THEN LAUNCHED.  SHE WAS RECLASSIFED AS AN SSN IN 1965 AND BECAME THE US NAVY'S FIRST DEDICATED SPY SUBMARINE.  SHE SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED MANY SPY MISSIONS.  SHE WAS DECOMMISSIONED ON 30 JUNE 1976.  AS THE PHOTOS SHOW A COUPLE OF SCOPES ARE LOSE (I LAID THEM ON THE BOW SO YOU COULD SEE).  WINNER'S CHOICE AS TO WHETHER I RE-ATTACHED THEM PRIOR TO SHIPPING OR INCLUDE THEM IN A SMALL SEALED BAG FOR YOU TO ATTACH.  THIS MODEL DOES A GOOD JOB OF DEPICTING HER.  THE ORIGINAL KIT WAS THE COMBAT MODELS KIT.  I WILL PACK IT IN A SEALED BAG BUT PLEASE UNDERSTAND THAT IN THE SHIPPING PROCESS SMALL PARTS MAY COME LOOSE SO IF YOU'RE NOT WILLING TO GLUE PARTS BACK ON (IF NEEDED) THEN PLEASE DO NOT BID.  I WILL PACK IT WITH ALOT OF CUSHIONING BUT ONCE IT LEAVES MY HAND I HAVE NO CONTROL.  SHIPPING IS USPS GROUND TO SHAE YOU SHIPPING COSTS.  SHIPPING TO CANADA IS USPS PRIORITY MAIL INTERNATIONAL AND YOU MAY INCURE CANADIAN IMPORT FEES.  PAYMENT IS REQUIRED WITHIN 48 HOURS OF AUCTION END.