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Photo #: NH 97874

USNS Josiah Willard Gibbs (T-AGOR-1)


Underbody aft showing the auxiliary propeller added during her conversion to a research ship.
This propeller, which resembled an internally-mounted outboard motor, could be rotated through 180 degrees and enabled the ship to maneuver precisely at speeds from dead slow to four knots. It was powered by a 200 horsepower diesel. Note the wrench in use on the port main propeller.

U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph, from the Military Sealift Command Collection.

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24 February 2002