USNS Invincible (T-AGM-24)

Career (US)
USNS Invincible (T-AGM-24)
Ordered:	January 20, 1982
Builder:	Tacoma Boatbuilding Company, Tacoma, Washington
Laid down:	May 2, 1986
Launched:	November 8, 1986
In service:	January 30, 1987
Status:	In service with the Military Sealift Command
Homeport:	No homeport assigned
General Characteristics
Displacement:	2,285 tons full load
Length:	224 feet
Beam:	43 feet
Draught:	16 feet
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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