Hughes Mining Barge Sea Shadow!

PHOTOS! Here are pictures of the Hughes Mining Barge Sea Shadow. The Hughes Mining Barge Sea Shadow HMB-1 is available for donation to museum or organization.

Hughes Mining Barge Sea Shadow Picture 2
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Federal Register:

“Ex-SEA SHADOW is contained inside HMB-1…. The donee may display the two vessels as currently configured as a single unit, or display them individually. If the Navy receives no interest by an eligible recipient within two years, the Navy reserves the right to remove the vessels from donation consideration and proceed with their disposal.”

The donation notice in part reads:

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Navy

Notice of Availability for Donation of the Test Craft Ex-SEA
SHADOW (IX-529) and Hughes Mining Barge (HMB-1)

AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DoD.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Department of the Navy hereby gives notice of the
availability for donation, under the authority of 10 U.S.C. 7306, of
the Test Craft ex-SEA SHADOW (IX 529) and the Hughes Mining Barge (HMB- 1), both located at the Maritime Administration’s Suisun Bay National Defense Reserve Fleet, Benicia, CA. Ex-SEA SHADOW is contained inside HMB-1, which is a covered floating dry-dock, and is being offered for donation as a single unit. The donee may display the two vessels as currently configured as a single unit, or display them individually. In either case, the Navy intends to donate the two vessels as a single unit and the donee will be required to remove the two vessels from Navy
custody as a unit. Eligible recipients include: (1) Any State,
Commonwealth, or possession of the United States or any municipal corporation or political subdivision thereof; (2) the District of Columbia; or (3) any organization incorporated as a non-profit entity under section 501 of the Internal Revenue Code.
The transfer of a vessel for donation under 10 U.S.C 7306 shall be
made at no cost to the United States Government. The donee will be required to maintain ex-SEA SHADOW as a static museum/memorial in a condition that is satisfactory to the Secretary of the Navy.

It was created by the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA), the Navy, and Lockheed Martin Missiles and Space Company, starting in the 1980s in Redwood City, CA. It cost roughly $195 for building and testing.



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