USNS Neptune (ARC-2)
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). The ship was assigned to and largely worked on installation of the Sound Surveillance System (SOSUS) under its unclassified name for installation, Project Caesar. Function ''Neptune''s assignments were typically to transport, deploy, retrieve and repair submarine cables, tow cable plowLarge devices used to bury cable in coastal areas to protect from damage from trawls and other hazards. and acoustic projectors, and conduct acoustic, hydrograph ...
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Neptune Arc2 DN-ST-90-11493
Neptune is the eighth planet from the Sun and the farthest known planet in the Solar System. It is the fourth-largest planet in the Solar System by diameter, the third-most-massive planet, and the densest giant planet. It is 17 times the mass of Earth, and slightly more massive than its near-twin Uranus. Neptune is denser and physically smaller than Uranus because its greater mass causes more gravitational compression of its atmosphere. It is referred to as one of the solar system's two ice giant planets (the other one being Uranus). Being composed primarily of gases and liquids, it has no well-defined "solid surface". The planet orbits the Sun once every 164.8  years at an average distance of . It is named after the Roman god of the sea and has the astronomical symbol , representing Neptune's trident. Neptune is not visible to the unaided eye and is the only planet in the Solar System found by mathematical prediction rather than by empirical observation. Un ...
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