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San Carlos (AVP-51) ready for launching, 20 December 1942. at Lake Washington Shipyards, Houghton, WA. Her propellers and rudder are clearly visible.
US National Archives photo # 19-N-47210 a US Navy Bureau of Ships Collection photo now in the US National Archives. |
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San Carlos (AVP-51) being launched, 20 December 1942, at Lake Washington Shipyards, Houghton, WA. Note the emplacements for two open 5"/38 gun mounts aft; one was replaced by a 40mm quadruple mount before completion.
US National Archives photo # 19-N-47211 a US Navy Bureau of Ships Collection photo now in the US National Archives. |
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USS San Carlos (AVP-51) off Houghton, WA., 30 March 1944, about a week after commissioning. She was completed with three 5"/38 guns, including an open mount on her fantail.
US National Archives photo # 19-N-64504 a US Navy Bureau of Ships Collection photo now in the US National Archives. |
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USS San Carlos (AVP-51) off Houghton, WA., 30 March 1944. Her camouflage scheme is Measure 32 Design 2Ax.
US National Archives photo # 19-N-64506 a US Navy Bureau of Ships Collection photo now in the US National Archives. |
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USS San Carlos (AVP-51) off the Cuban coast, 7 August 1946. She was delivering supplies to Cuba after an earthquake and tidal wave occurred there.
US Navy photo # NH 97845 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center. |
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USNS Josiah Willard Gibbs (T-AGOR-1)
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Namesake
Josiah Willard Gibbs was born in February 11, 1839 in New Haven, CT. Gibbs was born to a very well known family, with his father known for being a professor of sacred literature and being involved in the Amistad trials. Gibbs himself began his term at Yale College at age 15 studying mathematics and Latin, graduating in 1858 at the top of his class and went on to get his Ph.D. in engineering from the Sheffield Scientific School at Yale in 1863. In 1871, he returned to Yale and became a professor of Mathematical physics, a job which he would hold for the rest of his life. Gibbs’s first work began with a collection of papers called On the Equilibrium of Heterogeneous Substances which deeply covered the field of physical chemistry. He applied the laws of thermodynamics, wrote about the concepts of chemical potential and free energy, and developed the Gibbisan ensemble ideal and the Gibbs phase rule. The Gibbs phase rule was the prominent rule on phase diagrams stated: F = 2 - ? + C. He also wrote a paper on thermodynamics in 1873, where he wrote about the geometric representation of thermodynamic quantities as well as his Gibbs free energy law which became thoroughly well known in physics.
Gibbs then continued working at Yale, though John Hopkins University offered him a position, and on his vector analysis which was designed to clarify and advance mathematical physics. He also worked on statistical mechanics to help make a foundation for quantum theory and later physicists. He wrote textbooks on these subjects that were published at his alma mater shortly before his death. Finally he also worked on crystallography and using his vector analysis to determine orbits of planets and orbits. He was awarded the Copley medal from the Royal Society of London his work in chemistry, electricity, and thermal energy.
Gibbs died in 1903 but post-death, his work was still prominent at Yale and in the science community. Great scientists like Paul Samuelson praised him as a great physicist and in 1950; he even was elected to the Hall of Fame for Great Americans.
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USNS Josiah Willard Gibbs (T-AGOR-1), date and location unknown. |
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USNS Josiah Willard Gibbs (T-AGOR-1) off Fort Richmond, Staten Island circa early 1960s. The ship was operated by MSTS for the Hudson Laboratories of Columbia University, located at Dobbs Ferry on the Hudson River in New York.
US Navy photo # NH 79123 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center. |
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USNS Josiah Willard Gibbs (T-AGOR-1) underway in coastal waters, circa early 1960s while being operated by MSTS for the Hudson Laboratories of Columbia University.
US Navy photo # NH 97860 from the Military Sealift Command Collection at the US Naval Historical Center. |
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USNS Josiah Willard Gibbs (T-AGOR-1) passing commercial piers during the 1960s while being operated by MSTS for the Hudson Laboratories of Columbia University.
US Navy photo # NH 97873-KN from the Military Sealift Command Collection at the US Naval Historical Center. |
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USNS Josiah Willard Gibbs (T-AGOR-1) underway during the 1960s. The A-frame on the starboard side just aft of the superstructure is for her auxiliary research winch, which had 5,000 feet of cable and a 10,000 pound maximum load.
US Navy photo # NH 97861 from the Military Sealift Command Collection at the US Naval Historical Center. |
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USNS Josiah Willard Gibbs (T-AGOR-1) underway during the 1960s, viewed from directly overhead.
US Navy photo # NH 97862 from the Military Sealift Command Collection at the US Naval Historical Center. |
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USNS Josiah Willard Gibbs (T-AGOR-1) pierside during the 1960s.
US Navy photo # NH 97871 from the Military Sealift Command Collection at the US Naval Historical Center. |
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USNS Josiah Willard Gibbs (T-AGOR-1) viewed from directly astern during the 1960s. The "O" frame on her stern is for her 40,000-pound capacity deep-sea winch.
US Navy photo # NH 97872 from the Military Sealift Command Collection at the US Naval Historical Center. |
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USNS Josiah Willard Gibbs (T-AGOR-1) underway, date and location unknown. |
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USNS Josiah Willard Gibbs (T-AGOR-1) underway, date and location unknown.
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USNS Josiah Willard Gibbs (T-AGOR-1) underway in July 1971, location unknown. |
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