Anonymous ID: 630668 April 24, 2019, 5:23 a.m. No.6295337   🗄️.is 🔗kun

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18 August 1977 Observation Island was transferred to the Military Sealift Command at the request of the United States Air Force for use as a tracking ship designated USNS Observation Island (T-AGM 23).[4] The ship underwent a number of modifications including >>6294961

the installation of the AN/SPQ-11 Cobra Judy passive electronically scanned array radar which was used for verification of strategic arms treaties.[4] In the 31 years that followed, the ship averaged 260 days a year at sea in support of this monitoring mission.[4]

 

USNS Howard O. Lorenzen (T-AGM-25)[13] was delivered in January 2012 and replaced USNS Observation Island, which was to be removed from service on 1 April 2014 and scrapped.[4][14][15] Observation Island was inactivated 25 March 2014[4] and was stricken from the Naval Vessel Register 31 March 2014.[3] Observation Island was turned over to the Maritime Administration and towed by USNS Grapple (T-ARS-53) to Beaumont Reserve Fleet, Beaumont, Texas.[3][4]