Navy Days - LA, Stealth Ship "Sea Shadow"

[@Emophiliac2]

I would have gone to LA to see that. I kept wanting to see it in San Francisco back in the 90s, when it first came out.

[@deathcar]

My brother and I used to see this thing out off the coast of San Diego quite a bit back in the 90's when we were out fishing offshore. We always wanted to put our antenna and outriggers down and try to drive underneath it (head on). It probably would have been close, and we probably would have got in a lot of trouble (if not killed), but it would have been a great story to tell.

[@richardateh]

Great video; from about 2001 i believe. that is why you see CRT's. But, it was under computer control when built in 1985; ahead of its time back then

[@clubsport911]

Music gets right up my snout on this video

[@pimpinaintdeadho]

Love how the computer monitors are from the 90's!!!!!

[@KatyHoopCoach]

I saw it docked and covered in camo netting in San Diego when I went on a tour of the SSN 724 Louisville in March of 1993.

[@gymover]

I read about this somewhere, I think it has a new form of electromagnetic propulsion, that is why they call it a test ship.

[@justmyopinion3500]

I can see a stealth ship.... a miracle

[@Freesoler01]

This is the one Lockheed design that didn't make it into production that I would have most like to see. I can't understand why they didn't add communication and survallance gear to the Sea Shadow and make it into a floating command center. I think this was the most magnifican of many great achievement in the Skunk Works since the A-12 and SR-71 Blackbirds!

[@richardpaquette8352]

Ughnot designed or built by Skunk Works

[@PIONEERaudioLOVER]

I love how at 0:11 the boat is watering the ocean.

[@0bigantney0]

1:59 is the stealth helicopter for the NAVY Seals and the Air Force 24th STS.

[@TankNutJohn89]

@Freesoler01: That would be a great Idea, a AWACS on Sea. It's way smaller than a Carrier, and... it's Stealth.

[@RuddSoftwareLtd]

• Catamaran design, it’s likely not to be very maneuverable. It seams quite a small boat looking at the frigate fore of it. Are there guns? Weapons? It looks like it will catch the waves a bit in heavy weather and may be unstable laterally. Looks like a catamaran version of the CSS Virginia. The hull surfaces look like they may have some drag. What is it role? Pretty old equipment in the Bridge. Is this a mock up, its got a civil yacht radar?

[@tbsdrummer87]

Looks like a floating cinderblock, probably sinks like one too

[@evilferet2]

you read my mind man

[@EMDSD14R]

you know in this old ps1 video game called nuclear strike theres a stealth ship in it ans its very simular to the one in this vid..awsome just cool!!!

[@WizzleThump]

The chinese and russians thank you for this video.

[@xxActionBastardxx]

@Bubo25 Haven't you ever heard of a proof of concept? It wasn't made to be a warship. It was made as a test bed to prove the feasibility of stealth technology on the water.

[@FireRupee]

@future2060 Well they weren't exactly racing. Besides that, it's intended for stealth primarily. But a quick run at Wikipedia says it goes up to 28 knots/52kmph/32mph. And it's kindof hard to believe it was built in 1985, too.

[@nashwin80]

Did anyone notice the CRT monitors in the flight deck 2:29? Were there CRT monitors in Star Trek as well. :)

[@ruku871]

i know its only a test ship but it has definite applications as a mobile missile platform

[@necrowarrior]

yay we're back to the civil war style boats!

[@ehlejandro]

rest in peace, old girl

[@Arturas1244]

@jericoparazo i think that if world war 3 begins usa will use everything that they have. and Those museums i think could come to active duty if needed. Let say to build new ship it takes ages, but to run it also is not very cheap :D so they build and docked. Well 1 Iowa class ship is still on active duty with all new tech guns, so if it costs too much to be on active duty it could be museum for some time :)

[@SuperAncientmariner]

Very pretty on a mill pond, how would it be in a force 7?

[@libidomosquito]

@jeffcwj stealth and secret don't necessarily mean the same thing. Its definitely not a secret, but it can still be "stealthy", revealing it to the general public doesn't take away its stealth capability.

[@QuallityGaming]

saw this on Yahoo news :D

[@Jus275]

@games1004 Thats the one! Lol when i was little i used to love the pierce brosnan bond movies and that was an awesome one XD

[@commandosolo2009]

Hey, isnt that Bonds Tomorrow Never Dies Carver boat. The one who popped can of tuna British HMS Devonshire??

[@Greater98er]

Please correct me if I am wrong, but wasn't this clearing the path (the path is not near paved) for The Navy's new Littoral Combat Ships in the Independence Class?

[@Robotic_Rampage]

It was scrapped last year. And now no one is ever going to see it again.

[@juncags1]

I think it is the same ship used in the James Bond movie "The World Is Not Enough"...

[@HipposHateWater]

I flew under that gap beneath it in Ace Combat 5. :D (Mission 27: "Aces")

[@skimmilkshadey]

LOL, I was on the USS Coronado during this.

[@WALTERBROADDUS]

Ever seen a pontoon boat? Below the surface are large onesthat give floatation & propulsion runs on. Due to be scraped sadly.

[@walmartian555]

@games1004 nope the stealth boat in tomorrow never dies is a mockup its probably based on this but its not the same design

[@TY_01_]

@latino1samurai Oh that makes since, don't remember seeing anything like that when I was in the service.

[@kapitalisttas]

ye the dash board definitely needs an upgrade

[@TheEldoradoKid]

What kind of toys are on board? Is it a surviellence craft or is it full of missiles?

[@tediochannel]

As arcas do filme 2012 aí!!!

[@TehTezMan]

0:40 it's om nom noming on the ocean

[@Arathae]

um computer screens still using vacuum tubes? lol oooo high tech. also forgive me for asking but what is the point of this ship? What happened to using a submarine?

[@kirbyroxy]

@davidrodgersNJ IT WAS A TEST BOAT AROUND 1990S FOR STEALTH BOATS

[@PatrickJGamboa]

that ship reminds me of that ship in the movie Sahara

[@Tomsouthrock]

GOOD FOR U.S.A YOU HAVE MY SUPPORT

[@jasmar23]

this ship is from that james bond movie tha was shoot in hong kong..that pierce something is his name..

[@Tclans]

@USAYTRB That would be excellent, it would at least see more action in a couple of weeks than it did in its whole career. :-P

[@bingofioul]

what are the advantage of being "stealth" when it's technicaly easier to make a submarine ?

[@Fallout3Tec]

FALLOUT 3 ENCLAVE MUSIC RAWR!!!!!!

[@Rickmyster6st]

wut does it do? it has a cool design

[@2co0l4you]

i saw this in a movie once some james bond movie in like the 1996

[@smilingmaskedturtle1]

the ship the Navy was looking for. the one where it can spend $365million to build it for a purpose known to us all as nothing at all (literly, it was built with no purpose, thye didnt want it to do anything), and then throw it away at the flick of a dime. and a monsterous budget cut.

[@Fortroro]

hello america, this is your president John Henry Eden.

[@Davidjcoll1]

Looks like the one used in a James Bond Movie.

[@Davidjcoll1]

The Sea Shadow was made in 1984.

[@cardellbarkhorn]

That's what I thought! THat one with the torpedo-like thing that goes trough ships cutting them... Do you remember which one was that (the movie?)?

[@cardellbarkhorn]

David Coll just found out! Tomorrow Never Dies! I can't remember a single thing of that movie... I can just remember that first part when they send the "torpedo" on a ship, then (SPOILER!) they kill the crew and I can remember the main villain (that old man that I think has glasses). Nothing more.. I can't even remind myself of the actor that did Bond or of the Bondgirl...

[@SargeRho]

David Coll The ship they used in Tomorrow Never Dies was not the Sea Shadow, but based on it I think: farm3.static.flickr.com/2026/2138288541_af9a29b564_b.jpg

[@Davidjcoll1]

Thanks

[@spartans114s]

@MrTeetec ya, it's not like we won any wars with our weapons... wait-we-did....

[@sgtdanny69148]

man i would've bought that as a fishing boat

[@davidrodgersNJ]

besides being hard to see with radar, what does it do? Does it shoot missiles?

[@mrKoncpom]

0:58 You can see Hulk Hogan at the helm!

[@MrBasilGanglia]

I saw CRT monitors...how old is this thing?

[@gxbmb]

wonder where the new stealth sub is?

[@allwayzangrynyc]

at 1:58 what kind of helicopter is that in the back there? looks like the stealth blackhawk

[@Carkysunt]

Well it isn't very stealthy is it? I can here the Ship Stereo system blasting out Military band music

[@ZL4D]

Lockheed is the greatest company in the world

[@007TruthSeeker]

It was a research vessel, and very appropriately fabricated for that role.

[@HotForgeChaos]

Looks like Darth Vader's helmet? Looks more like a black barn to me

[@coyoteshark]

Up for auction on GSA $100,420 5 CA 05/04 05:00 PM CT * Includes Hughes barge

[@zoroastrianmindset]

they invented sea shadow in 1983 was public in 1995 by then, Dr. Martin Cooper already had a smart phone ( public on 2000") calculate how much technology is there that we dont know about it.

[@3Deity]

Can you sharpen razor blazes under it?

[@visu052]

many people said that the future power in world is china but i thing no one beet America, well i m an indian but really love america technolgy

[@geirmyklebust]

I stare at similar ship hiding in sea-skerries springtime Norway 1997.

[@dominicevanina1351]

0:10 looks like a sinking C-5 Galaxy

[@TY_01_]

Haha, new stealth ship and the inside still looks like ship from the 70's, they will never get it right.

[@koc988]

You ask for budget cuts but leer and jibe when they do with the basic necessities people really are always stupider than you think. It's a stealth test bed it doesn't need anything inside as far as where concerned it's ram and shape is really all they are testing.

[@Akinyamok]

we need side mirror for this!!

[@ThatAdelaideGuy]

They are actually giving this ship away for free to any country that wants it

[@Stokjockey]

Does it come with an IPAD ??

[@matagalacio]

A boat with a R.I.S.

[@djil8]

how does it only have a draft of 15 feet, damn

[@MrTeetec]

@spartans114s since ww2 how much did you won ?

[@kalx007]

@visu052 america isnt in such a bad situation as europe or russia are. china is doing pretty OK, but is totally dependable on US and europe markets. so, if US or europe will suffer major downfall then china (+ other III world asian countries) will follow them. that is the main reason china is desperatley purchasing american and european bonds right now.

[@FilippoCosentino]

Video made with Potato HD 0,99 Mpx???

[@stephenluvsu]

it looks like a floating box from side view

[@MoNinetyFour]

Is that the ship from James Bond??

[@tattyan]

After making this ship, they realized that there are already much better stealth vessels called "submarines"...

[@smilingmaskedturtle1]

@falconexarct so basicly your just saying, "screw you guys, im goin home", right? LOLOLOLOL then a biblical fight with a chicken insues. perfect ending XD

[@unairadm]

isn´t that the ship in one james bond movie?can´t remember it

[@spartans114s]

@MrTeetec FREEDOM!

[@Direwolf56]

people always compare everything oddly shaped to darth vader's helmet

[@SRDN99]

the music is anchor veight?

[@ironmonnkey15]

lol, "Looks like Darth Vader's helmet"

[@TyreeMitchell]

@khalid6591 By providing a ship that can sneak around the enemy?

[@MrLoneWolf009]

@HudsonRand I for one think that our country should stop helping other countries for ONCE and help US, the American public! We are suffering because of our government and they are like "WHOOPS, GOTTA go help some desert country halfway around the world because they REALLY need it, and sure we can afford it! Just tax the citizens more!"

[@TransCu]

The Norsk Skjold Ships aren't so Boring

[@ruku871]

@Direwolf56 reminds me more of a confederate aromored ship from the U.S. civil war

[@360Nomad]

It was a test ship. Never was supposed to be a warship.

[@TankNutJohn89]

@pyromensch: Yeah, in tomorrow never dies.

[@Mapanda]

The real stealth should be you don't know if it had come to the event.

[@KGB95140]

thx james bond :p

[@jansean9]

IS THAT A TOBLERON??

[@poolmotorrepairguyFL]

looks like side wins could be a issue

[@hzj79]

what are its weapon systems?