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| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name |
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| Builder | Pusey & Jones Corp., Wilmington, Delaware |
| Launched | 22 August 1945 |
| Commissioned | 1 June 1953 |
| Decommissioned | 1973 |
| In service | 1973 |
| Out of service | 1 January 1991 |
| Stricken | 20 August 1992 |
| Identification | IMO number: 8834897 |
| Motto | Find it, Fix it, Hide it. |
| Fate | Recycled in late 2005 |
| Notes | Ship underwent modifications as USS Neptune and a major modernization in 1982 with resulting changes in specifications. |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | S3-S2-BP1; Army cable ship, later USN Cable Repair Ship (ARC) |
| Displacement | 7,400 long tons (7,519 t) |
| Length | 362 ft 0 in (110.34 m) |
| Beam | 47 ft 0 in (14.33 m) |
| Draft | 25 ft (7.6 m) |
| Propulsion | 2 × Skinner Uniflow Reciprocating Steam Engines; changed to turbo-electric in 1982; twin shafts |
| Speed | 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph) |
| Complement |
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| Armament | None |
USNS Neptune (ARC-2), was the lead ship in her class of cable repair ships in U.S. Naval service. The ship was built by Pusey & Jones Corp. of Wilmington, Delaware, Hull Number 1108, as the USACS William H. G. Bullard named for Rear Adm. William H. G. Bullard. She was the first of two Maritime Commission type S3-S2-BP1 ships built for the US Army Signal Corps near the end of World War II. The other ship was the Albert J. Myer, which later joined her sister ship in naval service as the USNS Albert J. Myer (T-ARC-6).[1][2]
The ship was assigned to and largely worked on installation of the Sound Surveillance System (SOSUS) under its unclassified name for installation, Project Caesar.