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Coast Survey Steamer BIBB as sketched by Xanthus Smith.In service 1847-1873 (Caption on photo is incorrect).BIBB served as pilot vessel, survey vessel, despatch vessel, and combatant.Most of Civil War with South Atlantic Blockading Squadron. (Image credit: NOAA Photo Library, NOAA Central Library; U. S. Navy)