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Monday, July 09, 2012

Original Stealth Ship Sold for Scrap

Sea ShadowOnce-classified Navy stealth ship 'Sea Shadow' has been sold to an Alameda shipyard for scrapping.

The $2.5 million bid from Bay Ship & Yacht Co. won the federal government auction. The firm was interested not so much in the space-age stealth ship but the barge that houses it, which will be converted into a drydock, reports 'The Sacramento Bee'.

Sea Shadow was built in 1985 by Lockheed Martin in Redwood City, under contract with the U.S. Navy, for a price of $50 million.

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