Billy Budd (opera) percussion (six players [xylophone, glockenspiel, triangle, block, tambourine, side drum, tenor drum, bass drum, whip, cymbals, small gong, 4 drums (played by drummers on stage)]), harp, strings. Prologue "Scene 1: Main deck and quarter-deck of "HMS Indomitable" " "Scene 2: Address" Act 2 "Scene 1: Captain Vere's cabin" "Scene 2: Berth-deck" Act 3 "Scene 1: Main deck and quarter-deck" "Scene 2: Captain Vere's cabin" Act 4 "Scene 1: Bay of the upper gun-deck" "Scene 2: Main deck and quarter-deck" Epilogue Captain Edward Fairfax Vere, an old man, reflects on his life and his time in the navy. He reflects on
USNS Indomitable (T-AGOS-7) contact with their families. Stateside operators freely cooperated making long distance calls for the grateful crew. The Navy retired "Indomitable" from service on 2 December 2002 and struck her from the Naval Vessel Register the same day. On 9 December 2002, "Indomitable" was transferred to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). NOAA converted her into an oceanographic research ship. She was commissioned in the NOAA fleet as NOAAS "McArthur II" (R 330) on 20 May 2003, replacing the NOAA survey ship NOAAS "McArthur" (S 330), which was decommissioned the same day in a combined ceremony. "McArthur II" has berthing