Keywords: SS Empire State Mariner in harbour c1954.jpg The cargo ship SS Empire State Mariner circa 1954 The ship was deilvered in 24 February 1954 and three voyages for the U S Military Sea Transportation Service MSTS before lay being laid up on 9 November 1954 It was acquired by the U S Navy on 10 September 1956 and converted to the auxiliary USS Observation Island E-AG-154 The ship was commissioned in December 1958 and used in the Polaris missile program It was decommissioned in 1972 but in 1977 again converted to a Range Instrumentation Ship for the Military Sealift Command MSC as USNS Observation Island T-AGM-23 It was finally deactivated on 25 March 2014 6928903 ca 1954 U S Navy Bureau of Ships PD-USGov USS Observation Island E-AG-154 |