Sea Shadow (IX-529)
Sea Shadow sailing through Californian waters near San Francisco in March 1999  | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| 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 | 
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.