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NH 97878 USNS Josiah Willard Gibbs (T-AGOR-1)

Photo #: NH 97878 USNS Josiah Willard Gibbs (T-AGOR-1)
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Title: USNS Josiah Willard Gibbs (T-AGOR-1)
Description: The O frame on the ship's stern through which passed the cable from the ship's deep-sea winch, probably shown just following installation in around late 1959. The ship's deep-sea winch, the largest and heaviest 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 handle a 40,000 pound maximum load. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command Photograph, from the Military Sealift Command Collection.
Catalog #: NH 97878
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