Uniforms of the USCS

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Brev. Brig. Gen'l
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In another post I talked about the ships of the United States Coast Survey were lent to the Navy or Revenue Marines. Does anyone know if the crews of the USCS ships wore any kind of uniforms before or at the start of the Civil War? As government employees can I assume they wore typical civilian mariner clothing? Would it be save to believe that when a USCS ship was lent to the Navy or Revenue Marines that those services provide new crews? If so, what happened to the USCS crews?
 
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