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Subject:   Skunk Works Digest V3 #26
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Skunk Works Digest         Sunday, 25 April 1993       Volume 03 : Number 026

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	Re: Sea Shadow

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From: dnadams@nyx.cs.du.edu (Dean Adams)
Date: Sat, 24 Apr 93 22:43:50 MDT
Subject: Re: Sea Shadow

planey@ecn.purdue.edu (Michael C Planey) writes:
 >Does anyone have any further info on the reported AP photo of the Navy`s
 >Stealth Ship -- i.e.  size, mission, capabilities, etc...

Hmmm...  I thought sent something to the list on this last week,
but maybe my mailer ate it!  Here is another copy...

- ->I didn't see that AP photo, but the current issue 
- ->of Defense News does have two pics of this strange beast!
- ->
- ->From certain angles, it really looks like someone took
- ->an F-117A and said "turn this thing into a boat!" :-)
- ->
- ->It is called the "Sea Shadow", and has apparently been in development 
- ->since the mid-80s and has cost $245 million.  Just like the 117, the 
- ->photos were released because they are now testing it during daylight.
- ->
- ->Unfortunately it is not possible to make out any sort of weapons bays
- ->or even crew hatches from the photos.  Based on markings on the side,
- ->it looks like it might be about 150 feet in length.  I'm sure it must
- ->make for one hell of a strange sight for anyone seeing this thing out
- ->on the water!   Hopefully someone will have a camera along...

I wonder how much involvement LADC may have had with this project?


Mary writes:
 >A coworker who's more courant in these things tells me that it looks 
 >like the Sea View in Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea.

Hmmm... i've seen that show again recently on the Sci-Fi Channel, but to me
at least there isn't much of a comparison.  Mainly because the Seaview is 
all rounded (and white :), while Sea Shadow is all flat/faceted and black,
just like the F-117.  But viewed from head-on, I suppose the "wings" on the
bow of the Seaview could look a little like the support pylons on Sea Shadow.


- -dean


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