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349:(INSURV) inspection and was being sent back for repairs before the Navy would accept the ship. 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.
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334:(NRL) electrical engineer who was instrumental in the creation of the
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569:"Keel Laid for New Missile Range Instrumentation Ship"
492:"Ship Inventory: Missile Range Instrumentation Ships"
651:"Howard O. Lorenzen completes Final Contract Trials"
625:"Navy Accepts Delivery of USNS Howard O. Lorenzen"
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443:"USNS Howard O Lorenzen (T-AGM 25)"
352:The U.S. Navy accepted delivery of
275:active electronically scanned array
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730:Romano, Susan A. (7 August 2014).
595:"U.S. Navy Rejects New Radar Ship"
263:Missile Range Instrumentation Ship
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884:Sword Knot
870:Twin Falls
842:Huntsville
661:8 December
635:2 February
609:2 February
578:2 February
525:2 February
409:References
398:Cobra Ball
393:Cobra Dane
377:USNS
362:Cobra Judy
303:is 12,642
259:(T-AGM-25)
245:Complement
237:Propulsion
140:IMO number
110:Christened
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835:Watertown
828:Sunnyvale
821:Richfield
738:19 August
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387:See also
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158:Callsign
126:Acquired
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229:Draft
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