In November 1962, SBHS Students "adopted" "the first ship ever constructed by the United States designed specifically for oceanographic research." Built at Christy Corp, the James M. Gilliss had "one of its major projects is trying to determine a foolproof submarine detection system." Gerry Berg, student council president, and other council members toured the ship and were presented with a photo of the ship to be displayed at SBHS.
According to Wikipedia, "On12-April 1963 she departed New York City to take part in the massive search for sunken submarine Thresher (SSN-593). Operating out of Boston, Massachusetts, she lent her "know-how" to this vital and difficult operation for 5 months before arriving Washington, D.C., 22-September. James M. Gilliss was placed out of service on an unspecified date and transferred to the Mexican Navy on 9 December 1996 where she continued to operate for that nation as an oceanographic research ship."
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