USNS Howard O. Lorenzen

USNS Howard O. Lorenzen (T-AGM-25) is a Missile Range Instrumentation Ship built for the U.S. Navy by VT Halter Marine of Pascagoula, Mississippi.This ship carries a next-generation active electronically scanned array radar system named Cobra King.The ship is named for the late Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) electrical engineer who was instrumental in the creation of the electronic intelligence capabilities of the United States.The ship was judged inadequate in the electrical, damage control and aviation inspections and also had problems with her anchor, steering and the temperature in her thrust bearings.According to the Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA), the U.S. Air Force also assumed operational and sustainment responsibilities for the ship with the goal of enhancing missile defense through the use of its powerful radar to create dead areas in low earth orbit to scramble a ballistic missile's electronics prior to last stage separation of MIRVs, thus rendering their proximity fuses inert.
Lorenzen at Port Canaveral
VT Halter MarinePascagoula, MississippiIMO numberMMSI numberCallsignMissile Range Instrumentation Shipactive electronically scanned arrayPort Canaverallong tonsMilitary Sealift CommandU.S. Air ForceNaval Research Laboratoryelectronic intelligenceUnited StatesBoard of Inspection and SurveyUS Air ForceCobra Judyinitial operational capabilityUSNS Observation Island (T-AGM-23)Cobra DaneJane's Information GroupUnited States NavyUnited States Air ForceRange TrackerRange RecovererLongviewRichfieldSunnyvaleWatertownHuntsvilleWheelingGeneral H. H. ArnoldGeneral Hoyt S. VandenbergTwin FallsAmerican MarinerSword KnotRose KnotCoastal SentryCoastal CrusaderTimber HitchSampan HitchVanguardRedstoneMercuryRange SentinelObservation IslandInvincibleList of auxiliaries of the United States NavyList of ships of the United States ArmyList of Military Sealift Command shipsCobra BallCobra GeminiCobra KingCobra Mist