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NavSource Online: Service Ship Photo Archive

NOAA MacArthur II (R-330)

International Radio Call Sign:
Whiskey - Tango - Echo - Juliet
WTEJ <

USNS Indomitable (T-AGOS-7)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Kilo - Victor - Yankee
NKVY

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

National Defense Service Medal

Stalwart Class Ocean Surveillance Ship:

Laid down, 26 January 1985, at Tacoma Boat Building Co., Tacoma, WA.

Launched, 16 July 1985

Delivered to the Navy, 26 November 1985, assigned to the Military Sealift Command (MSC) and placed in service as USNS Indomitable (T-AGOS-7)

Placed out of service and struck from the Naval Register, 2 December 2002

Transferred, 9 December 2002 to the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, renamed MacArthur II, homeported at Seattle, WA.

Decommissioned, 20 May 2003

Sold, date unknown, to Caladan Oceanic LLC, reflagged Canada and renamed M/V DSSV Pressure Drop

Specifications:
Displacement 1,565 t.(lt) 2,535t.(fl)
Length 224'
Beam 43'
Draft 15'
Speed 11kts
Armament none
Complement 18 Civilian Mariners,15 Navy
Propulsion diesel-electric, two shafts, 1,600hp

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By
USNS Indomitable (T-AGOS-7)
	113k	*USNS Indomitable* (T-AGOS-7)** under way while departing Seattle, date unknown. US Navy photo	MSC web site
	2627k	*USNS Indomitable* (T-AGOS-7)** moored at the Robinson Freight Terminal, Alexandria, VA., 24 May 1998. US Navy photo taken by Don S. Montgomery, USN Ret. DOD image # DN-ST-02-05-860.	Robert Hurst
	236k	Bow view of *USNS Indomitable* (T-AGOS-7)** moored at the Robinson Freight Terminal, Alexandria, VA., 24 May 1998. US Navy photo taken by Don S. Montgomery, USN Ret. DOD image # DN-ST-02-05862.	National Museum of the US Navy
	241k	*USNS Indomitable* (T-AGOS-7)** sails south after departing Alexandria, VA., 26 May 1998. US Navy photo taken by Don S. Montgomery, USN Ret. DOD image # DN-ST-02-05866.	National Museum of the US Navy
09660711	158k	*USNS Indomitable* (T-AGOS-7)** clears the open draw of the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge shortly after departing Alexandria, Virginia, 26 May 1998. US National Archives Identifier # 6528094. by Don Montgomery, USN Ret.	Robert Hurst
NOAA Ship MacArthur II (R-330)
	53k	Ex-*USNS Indomitable* (T-AGOS-7) under way as NOAA Research Ship, MacArthur II (R-330)**, date and location unknown. NOAA photo	NOAA web site
	280k	NOAA Research Ship, MacArthur II (R-330) under way, date and location unknown. NOAA photo	Robert Hurst
	92k	NOAA Research Ship, MacArthur II (R-330) moored pierside at Seattle, WA., date unknown NOAA photo	National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
09660712	67k	A killer whale crosses the bow of NOAA Research Ship McArthur II (R-330) in the Pacific Ocean, 24 September 2010. NOAA/NMFS/SWFSC. NOAA Photo Library by Shannon Rankin.	Robert Hurst
09660713	157k	NOAA Research Ship McArthur II (R-330) watches the remnants of Hurricane Henrietta fade into the distance as it conducts research operations 250 miles southwest of Manzanillo, Mexico in support of the NMFS Southwest Fisheries Center's Stenella Abundance Research Project Line Transect and Ecosystem (STAR-LITE) Cruise, 14 October 2008. NOAA Photo Library.	Robert Hurst
DSSV Pressure Drop
09660708	166k	Aerial view of the mother ship M/V DSSV Pressure Drop (ex-NOAA MacArthur II (R-330)) and submersible during the Bahama trials, 7 August 2018. Courtesy of Richard Varcoe on behalf of Caladan Oceanic	Robert Hurst
09660709	102k	M/V DSSV Pressure Drop during dives in the Atlantic Ocean, 17 December 2018. Courtesy of Richard Varcoe on behalf of Caladan Oceanic	Robert Hurst
09660710	161k	M/V DSSV Pressure Drop passing an iceberg in Southern Ocean, 2 February 2019. Courtesy of Richard Varcoe on behalf of Caladan Oceanic	Robert Hurst