Sometime between the formation of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on 3 October 1970 and the ship's decommissioning on 21 November 2002
{{Information |Description = The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration survey ship [[NOAAS Ferrel (S 492)|NOAAS ''Ferrel'' (S 492)]] in the [[Dry Tortugas]] area of [[Florida]] |Source = [http://www.history.noaa.gov/ships/ferrel....
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