The Navy's USS High Point was abandoned. A Charleston man hopes to bring it back to life.

When the Navy’s experimental vessel the High Point was launched into the ocean in August 1962, it was considered a modern military marvel.

Developed by Boeing for $2.8 million — worth about $23 million in today’s Pentagon dollars — the revolutionary hydrofoil boat’s distinct fins would glide on the water at a top speed of about 55 mph to chase down submarines and enemy ships.

But it lived a short life. By the 1980s, the High Point had been stricken from the Naval Vessel Register after an engine explosion rendered it too costly to replace. It had never seen combat.