“Skunk Works” by Ben R. Rich is a worthy sequel to Kelly Johnson’s “Kelly: More Than My Share of It All.” It brings the story of the Lockheed Skunkworks, founded by Johnson, up to 1995. There are a number of lessons for technology entrepreneurs. This post focuses on "The Ship that Never Was" to look at an innovation that, so far, has not been adopted by the Navy. Parallels are drawn to Elting Morrison's "Gunfire at Sea" about an earlier revolution in ship design.