USNS Observation Island

GPTKB entity

Statements (28)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:ship
missile range instrumentation ship
gptkbp:builtBy gptkb:New_York_Shipbuilding_Corporation
gptkbp:commissioned 5 December 1953
gptkbp:convertedTo missile tracking ship
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:decommissioned 2014
gptkbp:displacement 17,000 tons
gptkbp:homeport gptkb:Cape_Canaveral,_Florida
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USNS Observation Island
gptkbp:hullNumber T-AGM-23
gptkbp:IMO_number 5264147
gptkbp:launched 15 August 1953
gptkbp:length 564 feet
gptkbp:notableFor first ship to launch a Polaris missile
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:Military_Sealift_Command
gptkbp:operator gptkb:United_States_Navy
gptkbp:originallyBuiltAs Mariner-class merchant ship
gptkbp:previousName Empire State Mariner
SS Empire State Mariner
gptkbp:scrapped 2019
gptkbp:status scrapped
gptkbp:usedFor space tracking
missile tracking
ballistic missile defense testing
missile test support
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Cobra_Judy
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7