.jpg) USNS Indomitable
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | USNS Indomitable |
| Namesake | Indomitable: Incapable of being subdued, overcome, or vanquished |
| Operator | Military Sealift Command |
| Builder | Tacoma Boatbuilding Company, Tacoma, Washington |
| Laid down | 26 January 1985 |
| Launched | 16 July 1985 |
| Acquired | 26 November 1985 (delivered to U.S. Navy) |
| In service | 1 December 1985 |
| Out of service | 2 December 2002 |
| Stricken | 2 December 2002 |
| Identification | Hull number: T-AGOS-7 |
| Fate | Transferred to National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 9 December 2002 |
 NOAAS McArthur II
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 United States | |
| Name | NOAAS McArthur II |
| Namesake | William Pope McArthur |
| Builder | Tacoma Boatbuilding Company, Tacoma, Washington |
| Acquired | 9 December 2002 (from U.S. Navy) |
| Commissioned | 20 May 2003 |
| Decommissioned | 18 June 2014 |
| Homeport | Seattle, Washington |
| Identification |
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| Nickname(s) | "Big Mac"[1] |
| Status | Inactive in NOAA Pacific Fleet |
| General characteristics (as U.S. Navy ocean surveillance ship) | |
| Class and type | Stalwart-class ocean surveillance ship |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 224 ft (68 m) |
| Beam | 43 ft (13 m) |
| Draft | 15 ft (4.6 m) |
| Installed power | 1,600 hp (1,200 kW) |
| Propulsion | Diesel-electric: Two General Electric 800 hp (600 kW) diesel engines, two shafts |
| Speed | 11 knots (20 km/h; 13 mph) |
| Complement | 33 (15 U.S. Navy personnel, 18 civilians) |
| General characteristics (as NOAA research ship) | |
| Type | ex-U.S. Navy Stalwart-class oceanographic research ship |
| Tonnage | |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 224 ft (68 m) |
| Beam | 43 ft (13 m) |
| Draft | 15 ft (4.6 m) |
| Installed power | Two General Electric diesel engines (2 × 800 hp (600 kW)) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 10.5 to 11 knots (19.4 to 20.4 km/h; 12.1 to 12.7 mph) (sustained)[2] |
| Range | 8,000 nmi (15,000 km; 9,200 mi) |
| Endurance | 30 or 45 days[3] |
| Boats & landing craft carried | One 24 ft (7.3 m) Zodiac rigid-hulled inflatable boat (RHIB); one 21 ft (6.4 m) Zodiac RHIB |
| Complement | Either 22 (5 officers, 4 licensed engineers, and 13 other crew) or 24 (4 officers, 3 licensed engineers, and 17 other crew)[4] plus up to either 15 scientists on domestic voyages or up to 14 scientists plus a Public Health Service during international voyages; or 21 (5 officers, 3 licensed engineers, and 13 other crew, plus 10 to 15 scientists[5] |
| Sensors and processing systems | One Furuno X-band radar, one Furuno S-band radar, both for navigation and collision avoidance; two depth sounders; a Furino Automated Identification System; several Global Positioning System receivers; Sperry MK227 gyrocompass |
| Notes | 600 kilowatts electrical power; 250-kilowatt emergency generator |
USNS Indomitable (T-AGOS-7) was a United States Navy Stalwart-class ocean surveillance ship in service from 1985 to 2002. From 2003 until 18 June 2014, she was in commission in the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) as the oceanographic research ship NOAAS McArthur II (R 330). As of 2018[update] it serves as a mother ship now named the Deep Submersible Support Vessel (DSSV) Pressure Drop for the crewed deep-ocean research submersible DSV Limiting Factor.
- ^ NOAA Ship McArthur II / R-330 Welcome aboard Packet - noaa.gov - Retrieved December 27, 2007
- ^ These two cruising speeds are on the same page of the ship's home page at NOAA Marine Operations NOAAS McArthur II General Specifications (at http://www.moc.noaa.gov/mt/specs/general.htm).
- ^ These two endurance figures are given on the same page of the ship's home page at NOAA Marine Operations NOAAS McArthur II General Specifications (at http://www.moc.noaa.gov/mt/specs/general.htm).
- ^ These complement numbers represent two contradictory sets of figures on the same page of the ship's home page at NOAA Marine Operations NOAAS McArthur II General Specifications (at http://www.moc.noaa.gov/mt/specs/general.htm).
- ^ Per Combat Fleets of the World 15th Edition, p. 1006.