Westbound in Estrecho de Magallanes.... south of Peninsula Cordova.

On passage from the builder's yard in Texas to Pearl Harbour.

More about SBX-1 here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sea-based_X-band_Radar

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BLUE MARLIN

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Malta

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Csbc - Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Manager:

Boskalis Offshore Heavy Marine Transport Bv - Papendrecht, Netherlands

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Boskalis Offshore Heavy Marine Transport Bv - Papendrecht, Netherlands

Class society:

Bureau Veritas

Vessel Type:

Heavy Load Carrier

Gross tonnage:

51,821 tons

Summer DWT:

76,292 tons

Length:

224.6 m

Beam:

63 m

Draught:

10.25 m

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Sorry cisco, didn't notice the link. Had a quick read. Really interesting. So is it part of the US Navy or is it an independent "asset"? I notice it's part of the US Missile Defense Agency.

SBX-1 details are in the link. It suggests that the 'hull' was built as a standard semi-sub and then fitted out as shown with that radar. I don't think they rebuilt an already completed rig.
That is as I understand it......

So she was built as a mobile radar station at the beginning ?

It is a mobile radar station, military purposes.
They rebuilt her.
Cheers,
Roy

What's with the dome? To protect the drill section?

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