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SEAL Ship: Silent But Deadly

January 26, 2006 11:07 AM

Every shipbuilder in the Navy these days talks about how his hulking destroyer or Cold War sub is now going to sneak SEALs onto shore. A couple of weeks back, Military.com overlord Chris Michel was down in San Diego, and saw a pretty cool new prototype ship that's been designed from scratch to handle the mission.

The 89-foot, 60-ton Stiletto will be one of the quickest ships in the fleet, using four Caterpillar C32 engines to cruise at 50 knots or more. It'll also be one of the sneakiest, according to New Scientist. ...

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Stealth Ship Chief Speaks

January 30, 2006 12:04 AM

On Thursday, we took a look at the Stiletto, a wild new stealth ship that the Defense Department has built to sneak special forces onto shore.

On Sunday night, Stiletto program manager Greg Glaros paid us a visit, answering some reader comments and questions about the ship. ...