Coast and Geodetic Survey steamer BLAKE. In service 1874-1905. Frontispiece of Deepsea Sounding and Dredging by Charles D. Sigsbee, 1880.Library Call Number GC75.S53 1880. Credit: NOAA Central Library
Credit: NOAA Central Library
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