USNS Invincible (T-AGM-24)
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| Career (US) |  |
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| Ordered: | January 20, 1982 |
| Builder: | Tacoma Boatbuilding Company, Tacoma, Washington |
| Laid down: | May 2, 1986 |
| Launched: | November 8, 1986 |
| In service: | January 30, 1987 |
| Homeport: | No homeport assigned |
| Fate: | In service with the Military Sealift Command |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 2,285 tons full load |
| Length: | 224 ft (68 m) |
| Beam: | 43 ft (13 m) |
| Draught: | 16 ft (4.9 m) |
| Propulsion: | four diesel generators, two shafts, 3,200 brake hp |
| Speed: | 11 knots |
| Capacity: | Officers: 7 Enlisted: 13 |
| Complement: | 18 civilians 18 military/sponsor personnel |
| Sensors and processing systems: |
Cobra Gemini |
USNS Invincible (T-AGM-24), also known as ex-AGOS 10 , is one of two Missile Range Instrumentation Ships operated by the Military Sealift Command. One of the radars it carries is the Cobra Gemini dual band, X band and S band, radar.
USNS Invincible, a converted T-AGOS 1 class ship, was redesignated a missile range instrumentation ship in April 2000. Invincible provides a platform for the Cobra Gemini dual-band radar developed by the United States Air Force to support data collection requirements on theater ballistic missiles.[1]
The ship was reclassified from AGOS-10 to AGM-24 on April 4, 2000. The Military Sealift Command retains custody for United States Air Force use for deploying a mobile surveillance and tracking radar system.[2]
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[edit] External links
- NVR AGM-24
- navsource.org: T-AGOS-10 / T-AGM-24 Invincible
- Global Security - Cobra Gemini
- FAS - Cobra Gemini
- T-AGM Fact Sheet
- MSC Ship Inventory - USNS Invincible
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