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Photo # NH 97877:  Tractor winch component for deep-sea winch on USNS Josiah Willard Gibbs, circa 1959.

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USNS Josiah Willard Gibbs (T-AGOR-1), 1958-1971 --
On Board and Close Up


This page features on board and close up views of USNS Josiah Willard Gibbs.

For links to additional views of USNS Josiah Willard Gibbs, see:

  • USNS Josiah Willard Gibbs (T-AGOR-1), 1958-1971.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."

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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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    Photo #: NH 97875

    USNS Josiah Willard Gibbs (T-AGOR-1)


    Underbody aft showing the auxiliary propeller added during her conversion to a research ship.
    This propeller, which in this view is trained partially to port, enabled the ship to maneuver precisely at speeds from dead slow to four knots. Note the wrench in use on the starboard main propeller and the work underway on the starboard shaft bearing.

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

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    Photo #: NH 97876

    USNS Josiah Willard Gibbs (T-AGOR-1)


    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 Historical Center Photograph, from the Military Sealift Command Collection.

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    Photo #: NH 97877

    USNS Josiah Willard Gibbs (T-AGOR-1)


    Dr. H. B. Stewart of the Coast and Geodetic Survey, on the left, viewing the tractor winch component of the ship's deep-sea winch during installation in around late 1959.
    Note the numerous turns of the wire around the two drums of this winch that were necessary to give the device enough traction to handle its designed 40,000 pound load.

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

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    Photo #: NH 97878

    USNS Josiah Willard Gibbs (T-AGOR-1)


    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 Historical Center Photograph, from the Military Sealift Command Collection.

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    Photo #: NH 97879

    USNS Josiah Willard Gibbs (T-AGOR-1)


    Team conducting at-sea tests of the ship's deep-sea winch, probably soon after installation in around late 1959.
    The test team is preparing the winch's cable for attachment to a tug boat. The subsequent strain test showed that the winch was capable of handling 45,000 pounds, 5,000 pounds over its designed limit.

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

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    Photo #: NH 97880

    USNS Josiah Willard Gibbs (T-AGOR-1)


    Crewman lashing a spare anchor to the cable guide for the ship's deep-sea winch.
    The cable guide appears to have received much hard use since its installation in around 1959, and the anchor was probably needed to provide it additional strength and rigidity. The cable guide supported the cable between the tractor winch, visible behind the crewman, and the "O" frame on the ship's stern.

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

    Online Image: 108KB; 595 x 765 pixels

     

    For links to additional views of USNS Josiah Willard Gibbs, see:

  • USNS Josiah Willard Gibbs (T-AGOR-1), 1958-1971.


    If you want higher resolution reproductions than the digital images presented here, see: "How to Obtain Photographic Reproductions."


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