by Hal W.
Lockheed built ships too! In 1959,
Lockheed bought Puget Sound Bridge and Dredging Company in Seattle and operated
the shipyard and construction company for almost 30 years as Lockheed
Shipbuilding and Construction Co. (LSCC). LSCC designed and built commercial
ships and ferries, as well as warships and performed overhauls and repairs on
various craft. I got the surprise of my professional life one day at LSCC when
I was called to a secret briefing and learned that our shipyard was going to
assist Lockheed's Redwood City facility in designing and building a ship that
would be invisible to radar! Sponsored by the United States Navy and a
government contract, a 162 foot, 560 ton version of the ship, named "Sea
Shadow" was built and tested but, as far as I know, the program was ended
and the Sea Shadow was recently sold by the Navy for scrap.
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