Sea Shadow (IX-529)
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This article is about the American experimental stealth ship. For the 2011 Emirati film, see Sea Shadow (film).
Sea Shadow (IX-529) was an experimental stealth ship built by Lockheed for the United States Navy to determine how a low radar profile might be achieved and to test high stability hull configurations that have been used in oceanographic ships.
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Sea Shadow sailing through Californian waters near San Francisco in March 1999 | |
History | |
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United States | |
Name | Sea Shadow |
Awarded | 22 October 1982 |
Builder | Lockheed Shipbuilding and Construction Company |
Completed | 1984 |
Acquired | 1 March 1985 |
Out of service | September 2006 |
Stricken | September 2006 |
Fate | Scrapped in 2012 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Stealth ship |
Displacement | 563 long tons (572 t) |
Length | 164 ft (50 m) |
Beam | 68 ft (21 m) |
Draft | 15 ft (4.6 m) |
Propulsion | Diesel-electric |
Speed | 14.2 knots (26.3 km/h; 16.3 mph) |
Complement | 4 |
Armament | None |
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