This link is to an article provided by the Nuclear Threat Initiative webpage, specifically the Global Security News portion. Here is the beginning:
WASHINGTON -- The Naval Sea Systems Command has kicked off sea tests of the Air Force’s newest ship, the USNS Howard O. Lorenzen (see GSN, June 27).
The $1.7 billion, 534-foot-long vessel is equipped with a massive
radar system, known as the Cobra Judy Replacement, to track foreign
ballistic missiles to ensure compliance with strategic arms treaties. It
will take over missions performed by similar missile tracking systems
housed on the aging USNS Observation Island, which was launched
in 1953 and converted to its missile tracking role in 1977 after a
stint in the late 1960s conducting test launches of Navy ballistic missiles. (Cont'd.)
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1973 Navy video on USNS Observation Island, linked here
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