Hm...
NavSpecWar may be once-bitten, twice shy in this regard.
That thing looks an awful lot like this thing: http://www.warboats.org/sbs1seabrick.htm
I actually participated in the tow of the floating shell to NAB Coronado. Walked on the deck.
It was a catastrophic waste of money and resources.
But I don’t really know anything - been out of the business for a long time.