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Radar-evading Navy ship for sale in public auction
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-stealth-warship-20120503,0,1991419.storyFor sale: An exotic, once top-secret radar-evading ship, dubbed the Sea Shadow, that was built by one of the world's largest defense contractors during the height of the Cold War.
Specifications: about 68 feet wide, 164 feet long and around 563 tons.
Price: $139,200 or best offer.
If interested, please contact the General Services Administration at its website: gsaauctions.gov.
That's the sales pitch from theU.S. Navy, which — after five years of trying and failing to donate the stealthy Sea Shadow to a museum — is now selling the ship for scrap metal in an online auction. All bids must be in at 3 p.m. Pacific time Friday.