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Indomitable in 1998 after removal of SURTASS and addition of AN/SPS-49 for counter-drug surveillance. |
| Career (US) |
|
| Name: |
USNS Indomitable (T-AGOS-7) |
| Operator: |
USNS |
| Builder: |
Tacoma Boatbuilding, Tacoma, Washington |
| Laid down: |
January 26, 1985 |
| Launched: |
July 16, 1985 |
| Acquired: |
November 26, 1985 |
| Fate: |
Disposed of by title transfer to NOAA, December 9, 2002 |
| Career (US) |
|
| Name: |
NOAAS McArthur II |
| Operator: |
NOAA |
| Builder: |
Tacoma Boatbuilding, Tacoma, Washington |
| In service: |
20 May 2003 |
| Homeport: |
Seattle, Washington |
| Status: |
Active NOAA fleet |
| General characteristics |
| Displacement: |
2,250 tons |
| Length: |
224 ft (68 m) |
| Beam: |
43 ft (13 m) |
| Draft: |
16.0 ft (4.9 m) |
| Speed: |
11 kt cruise |
| Crew: |
5 officers + 13 crew + 4 engineers + 15 max scientists (NOAA) |
USNS Indomitable (T-AGOS-7) was a Stalwart class Modified Tactical Auxiliary General Ocean Surveillance Ship of the United States Navy.
[edit] History
Stalwart class ships were originally designed to collect underwater acoustical data in support of Cold war anti-submarine warfare operations in the 1980s. The ship was decommissioned on December 2, 2002, and was transferred to the NOAA where it was refitted and renamed for the McArthur II for Coast Guard hydrologist William Pope McArthur. The McArthur II, which was launched on May 20, 2003,[1] replaced the NOAA research vessel NOAAS McArthur I, which in turn was privatized for use by Blackwater Worldwide.
[edit] NOAAS McArthur II
The current McArthur is nicknamed the "Big-Mac" while its predecessor the smaller McArthur is now nicknamed the "Mini-Mac"[2]
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