Josiah Willard Gibbs
On 15 December 1958, the ship was renamed USNS "Josiah Willard Gibbs", in honor of American scientist Josiah Willard Gibbs and re-designated as an oceanographic research ship, T-AGOR-1. On 18 December 1958, she was placed in non-commissioned service as a United States Naval Ship under control of the Military Sea Transportation Service.