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USNS OBSERVATION ISLAND   (T-AGM 23)
Missile Range Instrumentation Ship

USNS OBSERVATION ISLAND

USNS Observation Island is one of the three Missile Range Instrumentation Ships that are part of the 25 ships in Military Sealift Command's Special Mission Ships Program.

• Length:  564 feet
• Beam:  76 feet
• Draft:  28 feet, 7 inches
• Displacement:  17,015 long tons
• Speed:  20.0 knots
• Civilian:  66 mariners/34 sponsor personnel contract mariners
• Government-Owned/
   Chartered: 
Government-owned
 

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This vessel is operated by the U.S. government and used only on non-commercial government service.

Last modified: July 30, 2001 

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