The Bad Placeduckduckgo news | Zuckerberg's armada? $100M support ship joins superyacht in Seattle
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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s $300‑million, 390‑foot megayacht Launchpad docked in Seattle’s Lake Union in late May while Meta was laying off thousands of employees—including about 1,400 in the Seattle area—and the conspicuous display of wealth sparked widespread criticism on social media. The yacht, moored just blocks from Zuckerberg’s remaining Seattle office at Dexter Station, drew crowds of onlookers, cyclists and joggers who stopped to stare despite the city’s usual mix of houseboats, sailboats and smaller yachts. A day later a second vessel, the 262‑foot support ship Wingman—bought for $100 million from New Zealand billionaire Graeme Hart—took a slip at the Smith Cove Cruise Terminal; equipped with a crane, helipad, gym and spa, it can carry 16 crew members and serves as a platform for submersibles and watercraft. Including another support vessel not yet in Seattle, Zuckerberg’s fleet now totals three ships valued at roughly $430 million, prompting observers to compare the fleet’s ostentatious presence to other billionaire yachts such as Jeff Bezos’s $500‑million Koru.
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