Riggers fasten the cable from the heavy lift barge/crane to the radar turret aboard the USNS OBSERVATION ISLAND (T-AGM-23) which is being converted to a missile and satellite tracking station. The conversion operation is called Project Cobra Judy
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Baltimore
State: Maryland (MD)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Camera Operator: CAPT John T. Franklin
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
Tags
riggers
cable
barge
crane
radar
turret
radar turret
usns
observation
usns observation island
missile
satellite
station
conversion
operation
conversion operation
project
cobra
judy
nasa
radar equipment
united states naval ship
usns observation island t agm 23
lifting crane
cranes
us navy
high resolution
project cobra judy
capt john
us national archives
Date
23/07/1980
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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