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Courtesy of Peabody Museum oj Salem 



USS Narragansett 



A second class, wooden hull, screw sloop built in 1859 by Pacific. She was laid up in 1875 at Mare Island Navy Yard until 



Boston Navy Yard. From 1873 to 1875, under the command of sold in 1883. 



Commander George Dewey, she surveyed trade routes in the Length: 186" Displacement: 804 tons 



Coast Survey Steamer Bibb 

 A 150-foot sidewheel steamer used by the Survey from 1853 to 1873. 



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