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NH 97876 USNS Josiah Willard Gibbs (T-AGOR-1)

Photo #: NH 97876 USNS Josiah Willard Gibbs (T-AGOR-1)
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Title: USNS Josiah Willard Gibbs (T-AGOR-1)
Description: Complete view of the above-decks components of the ship's deep-sea winch, probably shown just following installation in around late 1959. This, the largest and heaviest deep-sea winch used up to this time by the U.S. for oceanographic research, could carry up to 40,000 feet of wire rope in storage reels below decks and could handle a 40,000 pound maximum load. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph, from the Military Sealift Command Collection.
Catalog #: NH 97876
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