Missile Range Instrumentation Ship

Missile Range Instrumentation Ship

Missile Range Instrumentations Ships, Range Ships, or Tracking Ships, are ships equipped with antennas and electronics to support the launching and tracking of missiles and rockets. Since many missile ranges launch over ocean areas for safety reasons, the Range Ships extend the range of shore based tracking facilities.

In the United States the initial Tracking Ships were constructed by the US Army and then US Air Force to support their Missile Programs. They were generally built on a surplus Liberty ship or Victory ship hull. By 1964 the US Navy took over all the Range Ships and introduced more.

There are currently only two active Instrumentation Ships in the US Navy inventory: USNS "Observation Island" (T-AGM-23) and USNS "Invincible"(T-AGM-24). [cite web |url=http://www.msc.navy.mil/factsheet/t-agm.htm |title=Military Sealift Command Fact Sheet |accessdate=2008-02-10 |format=htm |work= ]

Missile range instrumentation ships

Chinese Navy

* Yuanwang class

French Navy

* Monge class (A601)

Russian / Soviet Navy

* Akademik Sergei Korolev
* Kosmonaut Yuri Gagarin

United States Navy

* USNS "Range Tracker" (T-AGM-1)
* USNS "Range Recoverer" (T-AGM-2)
* USNS "Longview" (T-AGM-3)
* USNS "Richfield" (T-AGM-4)
* USNS "Sunnyvale" (T-AGM-5)
* USNS "Watertown" (T-AGM-6)
* USNS "Huntsville" (T-AGM-7)
* USNS Wheeling (T-AGM-8)
* USNS "General H. H. Arnold" (T-AGM-9)
* USNS "General Hoyt S. Vandenberg" (T-AGM-10)
* USNS "Twin Falls" (T-AGM-11)
* USNS "American Mariner" (T-AGM-12)
* USNS "Sword Knot" (T-AGM-13)
* USNS "Rose Knot" (T-AGM-14)
* USNS "Coastal Sentry" (T-AGM-15)
* USNS "Coastal Crusader" (T-AGM-16)
* USNS "Timber Hitch" (T-AGM-17)
* USNS Sampan Hitch (T-AGM-18)
* USNS "Vanguard" (T-AGM-19)
* USNS "Redstone" (T-AGM-20)
* USNS "Mercury" (T‑AGM‑21)
* USNS "Range Sentinel" (T-AGM-22)
* USNS "Observation Island" (T-AGM-23)
* USNS "Invincible"(T-AGM-24)

See also

* Eastern Range
* Western Launch and Test Range
* US Air Force ships

References


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