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Missile Range Ship To Be Christened In Miss.

June 25 2010

USA

The U.S. Navy will christen its newest missile range instrumentation ship on Saturday at the VT Halter Marine shipyard in Pascagoula, Miss., reports the Dept. of Defense.

The Howard O. Lorenzen (TAGM-25) is named after the Naval Research Laboratory electrical engineer who helped develop U.S. electronic intelligence capabilities.

Lorenzen worked on radar, electronic countermeasure systems and intelligence satellites, as well as leading the first successful reconnaissance...

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