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Gibbs & Cox is an American naval architecture firm that specializes in designing surface warships. Founded in 1922 in New York City , Gibbs & Cox is now headquartered in Arlington, Virginia . The firm has offices in New York City; Washington, D.C. ; Newport News, Virginia ; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ; and New Orleans, LA .
William Francis Gibbs (August 24, 1886 – September 6, 1967) was an American naval architect of the mid-twentieth century. Although he began his career as an attorney, after World War I, he became recognized as a skilled project manager in the restoration of a former German ocean liner for American use. In 1922, in partnership with his brother ...
Daniel Cox was also in partnership with William Francis Gibbs. After the company reorganized in 1932, the firm of Gibbs & Cox, Inc., took on the larger commercial work, while Cox & Stevens continued the yacht design and smaller military and commercial projects. During World War II, the military portion of the firm's work expanded.
Walter C. Bachman. Walter C. Bachman (1911 – March 1, 1991) was an American ship designer and marine engineer, vice president and chief engineer at Gibbs and Cox, a member of the National Academy of Sciences, and a member of the American Society of Naval Engineers. [1] [2] Bachman was noted for his work on the design of ship propulsion systems.
NCIS: Origins: See Photos of the Cast and the Spinoff’s Very 1990s Set. View Gallery 20 Images. To freshen your memory, Gibbs joined NIS not long after completing his tour in Operation Desert ...
The Conference took place on the River Queen, near Union-controlled Fort Monroe in Hampton, Virginia. The Hampton Roads Conference was a peace conference held between the United States and representatives of the unrecognized breakaway Confederate States on February 3, 1865, aboard the steamboat River Queen in Hampton Roads, Virginia, to discuss ...
The story begins. It’s 1991 Camp Pendleton, Calif. and Leroy Jethro Gibbs (Austin Stowell) has left the Marines to join the fledgling NIS in the series prequel NCIS: Origins.Off camera, so it ...
The ship’s construction was based on a special design prepared by the firm of Gibbs and Cox to meet requirements of the War Department and the U.S. Army. The ship, named in honor of the late Major General Frederick Funston, was christened at the Seattle Tacoma Shipyards, by his daughter Miss Barbara Funston, on 27 September 1941 and was ...