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February 24th, 2009 at 9:14 pm

Naval Ships Up For Sale

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 Those high end speed boats cant even compare to what you can buy from the Navy

Mcleland lets us in on a Wall Street Journal story about two cold-war era, formerly top-secret vessels the US Navy is trying to give away. At issue are the Sea Shadow (the ancestor of all modern naval radar-evading technology) and the Hughes Mining Barge (a floating dry-dock and more-or-less base for the Sea Shadow). While the ships are being ‘given away,’ there are multiple regulations involved, making the gift a very costly one. “A Naval Museum is ‘a bloodthirsty, paper-work ridden, permit-infested, money-sucking hole,’ warns the Historic Naval Ships Association. Because the Navy won’t pay for anything – not rust-scraping or curating – to keep museums afloat, survival depends on big crowds.”

Via:slashdot

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