USS Bibb (1853) [SEP] conflict
USS Bibb (1853)
USS "Bibb" (1853) was a Coast Survey vessel that performed survey work during the American Civil War. In 1864, when Washington, D.C. appeared under threat after Lt Gen. Jubal Early’s Confederate army crossed the Potomac River, "Bibb" was commandeered and armed by the Union Navy.
Construction.
"Bibb" was laid down for the Coast Survey at the Charlestown Navy Yard on February 24, 1853, by a private contractor; launched on May 12, 1853;
USS Bibb
One ship of the United States Navy and two ships of the United States Coast Guard (including its predecessor, the U.S. Revenue Marine) have been named Bibb, in honor of George M. Bibb, senator from Kentucky and briefly Secretary of the Treasury in the Tyler administration.
- , a Revenue Marine cutter launched in Pittsburgh on 10 April 1845 and transferred to the Coast Survey in 1847; her engines were salvaged for use in the next "Bibb".
- , a Coast Survey vessel, occasionally