Anybody want a huge free boat?

[Uncle Duke]

The Navy is giving it away. You have to take the sumbersible dry-dock with it, though....:D
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/02/26/article-1156524-03AE345A000005DC-248_468x318.jpg
The story is here (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1156524/Yours-free-The-James-Bond-Stealth-ship-U-S-Navy-away.html?ITO=1490).

[goodbasil]

I sent an email to Paul Watson/Sea Shephard. (He wanted to buy a submarine at one time.)

[Spin_Drift]

The Navy is giving it away. You have to take the sumbersible dry-dock with it, though....:D
http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/02/26/article-1156524-03AE345A000005DC-248_468x318.jpg
The story is here (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1156524/Yours-free-The-James-Bond-Stealth-ship-U-S-Navy-away.html?ITO=1490).

Boy that's nice. We'd take it...Do they deliver?...LOL...
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[JimD]

How does the dock stay dry if you submerse it?

[Captain Intrepid]

Needs sails.

[BarnacleGrim]

I wonder how much it would cost to maintain it as a yacht. Though unpractical, it would make an interesting liveaboard.

[Michael Beckman]

You could add some nice waterslides to the sides.

[TimmS]

Anyone know what the underbody looks like? With some mahogany trim, teak deck, and a brass rub rail, she'd be indistinguishable from a classic Yacht :)

[Daniel Noyes]

I thought the Navy already had a stealth boat, aka. submarine.
I think it has two torpedo like hulls under the water.
look at the big wave it is generating at speed.
speaking of adding stuff howabout some 8" cannons a couple rifles and a smoke stack for confederate war reenactors to use. Interesting that a shape good for deflecting cannon balls is also good at deflecting radar.
Dan
http://dansdories.googlepages.com

[The549]

Needs a nice boottop! Wonder where I can buy invisible paint for upkeep.

[Paul Pless]

I wonder how much it would cost to maintain it as a yacht. Though unpractical...well from a practical standpoint... there's no brightwork to maintain.

[Philip Maynard]

That thing look's like it would have minimal roll stability.

[Woxbox]

Didn't they make one of those in the Civil War?