Billy Budd (opera) the conflict between good and evil, he is tormented by guilt over the case of Billy Budd on board his ship, HMS "Indomitable", some years earlier. The crew of the Indomitable works on deck. For slipping and bumping into an officer, the Novice is sentenced to be flogged. At the same time a cutter approaches, returning from a merchant ship where it has pressed three sailors into the Royal Navy. One of these sailors, Billy Budd, seems overjoyed with his situation – entirely different from the other two who are not so happy. Claggart, the Master-at-Arms, calls him "a find
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