A port view of the missile range instrumentation ship USNS OBSERVATION ISLAND (T-AGM-23) passing under the Bay Bridge during Cobra Judy, an exercise to test the seaworthiness of the ship. OBSERVATION ISLAND, which has been undergoing modifications, is now equipped with a phased-array radar turret on its stern
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Subject Operation/Series: COBRA JUDY
Base: Chesapeake Bay
State: Maryland (MD)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Camera Operator: SSGT Magel
Release Status: Released to Public
Combined Military Service Digital Photographic Files
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Date
28/03/1981
Source
The U.S. National Archives
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