Bibb, under the command of CAPT Paul D. Cronk, had picked up an aircraft on radar heading west at 0232 (GCT) on 14 October 1947. On the 19th she proceeded to Casco Bay, Maine, where she engaged in various drills and exercises until tie 28th. One merchant vessel detached for the Azores. Shortly afterwards an American airplane, which had been patrolling over the main convoy reported two submarines each 24 miles distant on different bearings. It was a clear night with a bright, full moon which made visibility very good. At 0730 on 1 October a plane arrived to provide air coverage. Also, on one of these occasions a working party laden with paint and brushes accompanied the medical team and assisted the villagers in painting a church. I hope I never see another drowned man as long as I live.". She remained there only seven hours and at 1729 stood out of Loch Foyle in company with Ingham and Vulcan for a trip direct to Norfolk, Virginia. Next day, due to high seas, only four ships remained in the convoy while three had passed from the radar range and were scattered. After flying beyond Bibb, the pilot of the flying boat, Captain Charles M. Martin, decided to return to the cutter to attempt an emergency landing because unexpectedly strong head winds had caused the aircraft to consume too much fuel for them to make landfall safely. The Bibb located Collis P. Huntington and led her safely to anchorage at Reykjavik. Other duties besides conducting weather patrols included search and rescue standby and other patrols for the First Coast Guard District, making reserve training cruises, and occasional search and rescue details at Bermuda and Argentia. Again on the 29th Bibb opened fire on an enemy aircraft identified as a Japanese bomber. From April to August of 1945 she participated in the assault on Okinawa, surviving numerous kamikaze attacks. On 6 April 1943 Bibb got underway in company with USS Vulcan (AR-5) and Ingham and on the 8th moored at the naval anchorage at Moville, Ireland. The USCGC Bibb appeared in the 1952 film "Walk East on Beacon" at the film's climactic end. Aircraft: Curtiss SOC-4, USCG No. After maneuvering close to the Bibb to secure a mooring line, the flying boat lost control and collided with the cutter's hull, damaging the nose of the aircraft as well as both wings and their attached floats. The Bibb proceeded to the area and screened SS Melrose Abbey, the convoy's appointed rescue ship, as she picked up survivors. At 0809, a large explosion was observed on a ship in the convoy. In the words of one naval historian, John M. Waters, Jr., they were truly their nation's "maritime workhorses." Later in the day she took station "one" in convoy UGS-39 forming off Norfolk swept chanced as flagship of Task Force 60, with six Coast Guard-manned, and six Navy-manned destroyer escorts. There were no seriously ill men among those brought aboard but all were weak and many required aid in going below deck. With the decrease in the threat by U-boats by 1944 and the increase in the number of available Allied escort vessels, the Navy determined that the 327s would better serve the national security needs of the nation as command and control vessels [known as AGCs] for amphibious landings. She received credit for the destruction of one Japanese aircraft. Find USCGC Bibb (WPG-31/WHEC-31) unit information, patches, operation history, veteran photos and more on TogetherWeServed.com. The Bibb made her first attack on an enemy submarine on 3 April 1942, firing five "Y" gun charges and dropping two depth charges on what proved to be a doubtful sound contact. It was fortunate for the passengers and crew of the troopship SS Henry Mallory that the Bibb and Ingham were there. It is believed that the type of rubber suit worn by the survivors contributed greatly to their withstanding the exposure. The USCGC Bibb(WPG-31)was a 327-foot (100 m)Secretary-Class (also known as "Treasury Class") Coast Guard ship commissioned in 1936. Sunk as an artificial reef off the Florida Keys on 28 November 1987, 2 x Westinghouse double-reduction geared turbines; 2 x Babcock & Wilcox sectional express, air-encased, 400 psi, 200 superheat. In May 1965 she served on Ocean Station Charlie. On the 24th she was underway out of the swept channel with Task Force 60, consisting of six Coast Guard-manned destroyer escorts and six Navy destroyer escorts, the escort oiler USS Mattaponi (AO-41) and two French escorts, escorting convoy UGS-46 to North African ports. Many of Bibb's crewmen leapt into the water to assist the nearly frozen survivors, and the cutter Ingham assisted. On March 2nd four merchant vessels detached for Gibraltar and Task Force 66 was relieved of escorting the convoy by a British task force. Bibb, 1955. She was relieved on 30 November by submarine chasers and arrived at Guantanamo Bay on 1 December 1943. She then sailed to Mayport, Florida, for a week of training at the Navy Fleet Training Center. )Propulsion: 2 x Westinghouse double-reduction geared turbines; 2 x Babcock & Wilcox sectional express, air-encased, 400 psi, 200 superheatSHP: 5,250 (total)Maximum Speed: 19.5 knotsCruising: 13.0 knots, 7,000 mile rangeComplement: 1937: 12 officers, 4 warrants, 107 enlisted;1941: 16 officers, 5 warrants, 202 enlisted;1966: 10 officers, 3 warrants, 133 enlisted. On the 30th, two merchant ships detached and 10 joined from Algiers. Proceeding to the area she searched with Modoc without results. From 11 April to 2 May 1973 she served on Ocean Station Echo, serving there again from 12 June to 3 July that same year. Later that year, When the Grand Banks cruises were discontinued on 27 January 1940. No lifeboats were believed to have gotten away from the starboard side of the vessel, which had 499 persons on board. The next day, the 11th, Bibb sighted a ship on the horizon and proceeded toward it. She also caused 11 secondary fires and three secondary explosions. In addition to her patrol duties this cutter also performed civic action functions in the form of medical assistance and search and rescue. At 0946 she set a course to rendezvous with convoy SC-118. Next day she sighted a merchant ship on the horizon and challenged her by blinker. 1966: 10 officers, 3 warrants, 133 enlisted. Each cutter embarked meteorologists from the Weather Bureau who made observations with radiosondes and balloons, and the cutters provided Pan American Airways Boeing 314 flying boats: Yankee Clipper, Dixie Clipper, and American Clipper, with weather and position reports and transmitted radio signals to allow the planes to take accurate bearings. At 0448 on the 21st she attacked a sound contact with a barrage of depth charges with undetermined results, due to darkness and haze. On the 11th she stood down the Block Island swept channel for Norfolk and moored at the Naval Operating Base on the 12th. Radar: (1945) SK, SG-1; (1966) AN/SPS-29D, AN/SPA-52. At noon two boats were lowered and they began bringing 61 survivors aboard, including one naval officer and 23 enlisted men. Bibb continued at anchor in Kerama Retto until 7 July 1945 when she proceeded to Buckner Bay, where she anchored remaining through the 16th. The ship saw service in World War II. She relieved Duane. On 27 February 1952 Bibb sustained minor damage when a Navy tug collided with her while maneuvering in Narragansett Bay. She served on Ocean Station Hotel from 11 to 20 January 1973 and then on Ocean Station Delta from 26 January to 15 February. x K gun depth charge projectors; 2 x depth charge racks.1945: 2 x 5/38 (single); 3 x 40mm/60 (twin); 4 x 20mm/80 (single).1946: 1 x 5/38 (single); 1 x 40mm;/60 (twin); 2 x 20mm/80 (single); 1 x Hedgehog.1966: 1 x 5/38 (single); MK 52 MOD 3 director; 1 x 10-1 Hedgehog; 2 x (P&S) Mk 32 MOD 5 TT, 4 x MK 44 MOD 1 torpedoes; 2 x .50 cal. From 26 November to 16 December she served on Ocean Station Bravo. Various vessels near the path of the plane opened fire. This standardization saved money--always paramount in the Coast Guard's considerations--and the cutters were built in U.S. Navy shipbuilding yards. In May 1965 she served on Ocean Station Charlie. The U.S. Coast Guard cutter George M. Bibb (Builder's No. At 0810 on the 13th they effected a rendezvous with the Simpson and the two Russian submarines and set a course for Halifax, delivering the submarines to the Canadian corvette HMCS Liscomb at noon on the 11th. USCGC SPENCER (WMEC 905) Commanding Officer, CDR Corey M. Kerns. Garret Conklin garretc@earthlink.net or vern@armory.com Please send stories to webmaster Garret E. Conklin 2525 Crist St Alameda, CA 94501-4623 510-523-1878 garretc@earthlink.net or vern@armory.com At 0115 Bibb, at general quarters, began making smoke to cover sector one of the convoy. At 2152 word was received that a vessel in the convoy had been torpedoed. U.S. Coast Guard Cutters& Craft of World War II. On the 22nd the Norfolk section of the convoy was detached, escorted by four destroyer escorts, and a little later the Delaware section left under escort of two destroyer escorts. Add to cart Buy Now. If a type of glove had been incorporated in the suit instead of the tight fitting wrist bands, this edema, it is believed, would not have occurred. In a Coast Guard press release, Radarman Second Class Richard Nielsen of New Bedford, described the mission that took place on 24 November 1968: "South Vietnamese junks landed Regional Force troops and their U.S. Army advisors on the west side of the island while other troops came up from An Thoi. In the U.S. Navy, asbestos was considered so important that the U.S. government once mandated its use in shipbuilding. Dropping a 600 lb. On the 17th Bibb was patrolling the southeast entrance to Vieques Sound, being relieved by submarine chasers and then escorted the French aircraft carrier Bearn departing San Juan on the 27th. The healthy sheer forward and the high slope in the deck in the wardrooms was known as the "Hunnewell Hump." During May-June 1949 she served on Ocean Station Able. On the 25th she proceeded to Argentia in company with USS SC-688 and USS SC-189. In August, 1949 she served on Ocean Station Dog. A former officer on board Bibb, Captain Henry C. Keene, Jr., noted: Raney was a leader. The ocean station vessels also provided communications and navigation assistance and were always standing by for and search and rescue emergencies. Three merchant ships joined the convoy on the 3rd and four were detached for Casablanca; three more joined on the 7th. Bibb,1955. Once the conversion was completed she was again classified as WPG-31. She returned to Boston, where she was home-ported until October of 1973. Eight merchant vessels were detached for Gibraltar on the 15th. A second message followed an hour later adding that the vessel was now on fire. The star shells marked the successful attack by a U-boat. On the 20th a Liberator was sighted screening the convoy. On the fourth trip, the surfboat, taking on water after being battered against the hull of Bibb, began to sink. On 3 August 1942, Bibb, with escort commander in the cutter Ingham (WPG-35), was again on convoy duty. Crew of the USCGC Hamilton Home Browse by Topic Assets Water All Cutters (65 ft or greater) Cutter Resources Cutter Listing by Class Collapse All Expand All 420' Healy Class Icebreaker (WAGB) 399' Polar Class Icebreaker (WAGB) 378' High Endurance Cutter (WHEC) 338' Alamosa Class Cutter (WAK) 327' Treasury Class Cutter (WPG) He returned to his unit after treatment and we expect him to recover completely.". Standing out from Boston, after repairs, Bibb received a message from the cutter Modoc (WPG-46) on 13 April that a plane had reported a periscope in her vicinity. In April of 1966 she served on Ocean Station Delta and on Ocean Station Charlie in August-September 1967. On several occasions she was praised for her gunfire support. An hour later, another ship in convoy fired at an unidentified object and soon afterwards the lookout on Bibb reported a wake crossing the bow from port to starboard at a distance of about 500 yards, which faded. The Treasury class cutters proved to be highly dependable, versatile and long-lived warshipsmost served their country for over 40 years. At 1015, Simpson was ordered to proceed to the rendezvous position at utmost speed. Standing down New York Harbor on 8 July 1943, in company with Task Force 63, consisting of four Navy destroyers, Mooring at Norfolk on the 11th three more destroyers reported to the task force and they departed the same day to escort convoy UGS-12 to North Africa ports. Bibb served in the United States Senate from 1811 to 1814 and from 1829 to 1835. The Bibb's gun fired one round at the target when it was dead astern but did not fire again because the crew had lost sight of the target. Pin it. On the 12th she delivered the two submarines to a local Canadian escort unit off the Sambro Light vessel. Bibb's term in office began on 4 July 1844 and he served until 7 March 1845, serving two days in the administration of President Zachary Tyler. The Bibb was again underway on 31 August 1942 screening the port bow of the eastbound trans-Atlantic convoy SC-97. At first light on 1 July, a rescue aircraft from Air Station Elizabeth City was on scene and assisting in the search. After conversion to an AGC, done in the Charleston Navy Yard between 17 October 1944 and 29 January 1945, Bibb was assigned to duty in the Pacific. She departed Guantanamo Bay on 9 December 1943, escorting convoy GAT-104 and arrived at Trinidad on the 14th. Departing Guantanamo on the 23rd she arrived at Norfolk on the 26 January 1944. Anti-submarine weaponry was added in mid-1941 and under Executive Order of 11 September 1941, Bibb became eligible for transfer to the Navy by agreement between the Chief of Naval Operations and the Commandant of the Coast Guard. The USCGC Bibb was a 327-foot Secretary-Class Coast Guard ship commissioned in 1936. The next day she sighted the bow of the tanker and left it in sinking condition also. The passengers panicked and leapt overboard. On the 30th she departed Boston for Casco Bay, Maine. The Bibb departed Guantanamo Bay on 29 December 1943, escorting convoy GAT-108 and arrived at Trinidad 3 January 1944. Next day six merchant vessels detached for Casablanca while eight joined. Ten hours later word was received from a ship in the convoy that a torpedo had crossed her bow and five hours later Bibb, while sweeping 15 miles astern of the convoy, sighted a submarine fully surfaced about 14 miles away. She participated in refresher training under the Fleet Training Group at Guantanamo Bay every two years to maintain her military readiness. On the 31st, the Casablanca section of the convoy, consisting of 27 ships, began breaking off. On 15 February 1943, the Bibb departed for Hvalfjordur, Iceland. If you have specific questions, please contact our Chief of Operational Medicine, CAPT Jerry Taylor at (202) 475-5211 or Gerald.N.Taylor@uscg.mil. In January 1945 Bibb left Charleston, South Carolina for service in the Pacific theater where, as an AGC, she served temporarily as the flagship for Commander, Mine Craft, Pacific Fleet. Leaving Trinidad on 20 December, escorting convoy TAG-104, Bibb arrived at Guantanamo Bay on the 25th. ; 1 x 1-pounder. On 30 June 1981 Bibb sailed around Cape Hatteras and right into tropical storm Brett. On the 27th friendly aircraft were sighted screening the convoy. The Babbitt was directed to join and try to bring her back to convoy. 1943: 2 x 5"/51 (single mount);4 x 3"/50 (single mounts); 2 x 20mm/80 (single); 1 x Hedgehog; 2 (?) On 3 April 1943 Bibb left for Reykjavik and later got underway standing out of the harbor to form convoy ONJ-176, consisting of three vessels with USS Symbol (AM-123) in company as escort. Formulates and enforces safety standards for U.S. commercial vessels and offshore structures. Seventh Fleet, RADM Rudden, send her a message: "As you depart the Cruiser-Destroyer Group, Seventh Fleet, your performance is noted with pleasure. I hope I never see another drowned man as long as I live.. The Penmar had been torpedoed about 2200 on 22 September 1942 and had sunk in about 10 minutes. The convoy began break-off operations on the 7th. On the 23rd the convoy entered New York Harbor and, On the 12th four merchant vessels were detached for Bone, Algeria, while three merchant vessels from that port joined. She anchored at Kerama Retto, Okinawa on 23 April. They then began paddling towards the cutter, but the seas were too great. 1945: 2 x 5"/38 (single); 3 x 40mm/60 (twin); 4 x 20mm/80 (single). The Bibb was unable to regain contact and rejoined the convoy. When the Grand Banks cruises were discontinued on 27 January 1940 Bibb was then assigned duty with on the weather stations. The Coast Guard Health Services community will be fully apprised of this subject so that questions from Coast Guard veterans and retirees can be appropriately answered. Description [ edit] MV Hephaestus was a steel -built tanker with a tonnage of 595 GRT. If you served in USCGC Bibb (WPG-31/WHEC-31), Join TWS for free to reconnect with service friends. 4, Reykjavik, on the 3rd and proceeded out of the channel under orders to locate SS Collis P. Huntington, which was in the vicinity of Sangerdi Light and without navigational information on Iceland. The Bibb continued searching until sunset when she was relieved by CGC Dallas (WHEC-716) which had sailed from New York. The convoy consisted of 69 merchant ships, 19 LSTs and one British aircraft carrier. Attempting various methods, including using a pulling boat and various rubber rafts from both the cutter and the flying boat, three passengers of the latter volunteered, only two hours before sunset, to attempt to make it to the cutter using one of the flying boat's small rafts. The Tony crash dived into the stern of the USS St. George (AV-16) causing only superficial damage. The Bibb was relieved of escort duty on 8 August and proceeded independently to the Brooklyn Navy Yard and moored. On the 19th and 20th a number of ships were detached for Oran and Algiers, others joining from those ports. In 1844, Bibb became Secretary of the Treasury under President John Tyler. On the 27th USS Chase (DE-158) departed for Gibraltar and on the 2nd the main convoy stood up the main channel through Gibraltar straits. Two depth charges were fired on an undersea contact with no visible effects. Four hours later the Bibb proceeded to the assistance of SS Rosewood, reported sinking, but could not locate her in the darkness and storm. A Coast Guard press release noted: "Bibb once again utilized its excellent boat operation capabilities to board and search over 40 vessels in the Caribbean Theater during a two month period." These included Pearl Harbor, Guam, Subic Bay, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Yokosuka. On the 13th Bogue reported an attack by her aircraft four miles astern of the convoy and two destroyers were detached to assist the plane, who rejoined later reporting negative results. The same could be said of the other Secretary Class cutters, their officers, and their crews. Aircraft: Curtiss SOC-4, USCG No. At the same time she opened fire with her 20 mm cannons on a periscope reported ahead. By noon on the 3rd the convoy was standing up the swept channel towards Reykjavik, Iceland. The next day at 0411 Bibb attacked a doubtful contact which was lost a few minutes later. Contents 1 History On 2 June 1943, Bibb moored in Delpit Basin, Casablanca. On 25 November 1942, Bibb stood out of Reykjavik Harbor to screen in the van of west bound convoy ONS-148 consisting of eight ships. Assigned, 5 September 1939, to joint Navy-Coast Guard neutrality patrol in the Atlantic Ocean Reassigned as to ocean weather patrol in the Atlantic in February 1940 Transferred, 11 September 1940, to US Navy jurisdiction There were no seriously ill men among those brought aboard but all were weak and many required aid in going below deck. that had fired and dropped three depth charges. On 6 July 1942 the Bibb was moored in Hvalfjordur, Iceland, while part of the officers and soundmen received training on the anti-submarine attack teacher aboard HMS Blenheim. Later that month she seized the motor vessel SS Rio Panuco with 50 tons of marijuana on board. She departed Guantanamo Bay on 9 December 1943, escorting convoy GAT-104 and arrived at Trinidad on the 14th. There was also an unoccupied lifeboat awash and two unoccupied rafts. The USCG cutter Bibb was deployed to South America with th. MK-2 Browning MG, 2 x MK-13 high altitude parachute flare mortars. Later that afternoon Bibb dropped an eight charge barrage on a sound contact and whet appeared to be a torpedo wake. On the 9th the Casablanca section, escorted by two destroyers, joined the main convoy. The broken blower crankshaft of one of the merchant vessels in convoy was repaired on Bibb and transferred to it by breeches buoy. Auxiliary diesel power for radio and lighting systems was cut in and the cutter shifted to hand steering. The ship 327' and is laying on its starboard side, in 130' of water and it was a gr. Then she departed for Norfolk and moored there for the rest of August. RDML William G. Kelly Many of them were suffering from exposure and edema, but after treatment almost all recovered. BIBB (C.G. The Bibb was underway on zig-zag courses at five knots at the time from Norfolk to Casco Day, Maine. First Class Hospitalman James Jones of South Portsmouth, Kentucky, added: "After the fighting we treated one of the South Vietnamese soldiers for wounds in the right arm and leg. The 5" battery expended seven rounds. Ten minutes later the second ship sank, stern first. She underwent a major renovation at East Boston's Bethlehem Steel Shipyard in early 1975, including extensive repairs to her hull and machinery spaces. One ship was reported later to have returned to Reykjavik safely. 1937: 12 officers, 4 warrants, 107 enlisted; In 1938 the ship made a special practice cruise with cadets from the Coast Guard Academy, and in 1939 spent about three months on temporary duty with the Navy, engaging in joint maneuvers. USS Bibb, CG (WAGC-31); U.S.C.G.C. USCG Duane (Wreck) Stern Smoke Stack Bow She is a 327 foot Treasury class US Coast Guard cutter. Every branch of the military used asbestos during the 20th century. Mooring at Norfolk on the 11th three more destroyers reported to the task force and they departed the same day to escort convoy UGS-12 to North Africa ports. Shortly afterwards, star shells, denoting a submarine attack, appeared in the same area. That might at 2011 two bright red lights were sighted in the convoy and it was learned that the steering machinery on one of the vessels, the SS Orbis, had broken down. On the 15th Bibb sighted the west-bound trans-Atlantic convoy and delivered five ships, Ingham having delivered two earlier on the same date. Bibb,1955. Later that year Bibb joined a destroyer squadron for the assistance of shipping in the North Atlantic. The next day another ship was reported torpedoed. Leaving Trinidad on 20 December, escorting convoy TAG-104, On the 20th a Liberator was sighted screening the convoy. The ship . The 5th was spent covering the rear of the convoy. Three hours later smoke was sighted on the horizon and Bibb advanced speed to investigate, but friendly aircraft in the vicinity, for air coverage, identified the smoke as coming from friendly vessels. On the 23rd the convoy entered New York Harbor and Bibb moored at Brooklyn Navy Yard with availability expiring April 2nd. Disposition: Sunk as an artificial reef off the Florida Keys on 28 November 1987, Builder: Charleston Navy Yard, Philadelphia, PA, Propulsion: 2 x Westinghouse double-reduction geared turbines; 2 x Babcock & Wilcox sectional express, air-encased, 400 psi, 200 superheat. The final 327-foot design was based on the Erie-class Navy gunboats; the machinery plant and hull below the waterline were identical. 1941: 1 x 5"/51 (single mount); 3 x 3"/50 (single mounts);2 (?) The Bibb then returned to New Bedford. In March-April 1956 she served on Ocean Station Bravo again and in June 1956 she served on Ocean Station Charlie. Those who did not make it into a life raft died from hypothermia. On 10 November 1984 she seized the Turkish motor vessel SS Captain Joe 100 miles east of Honduras for carrying 11.5 tons of marijuana. A Coast Guard press release noted: "Bibb once again utilized its excellent boat operation capabilities to board and search over 40 vessels in the Caribbean Theater during a two month period." After one successful trip, the gig's engine broke down and the Coast Guardsmen once again launched a pulling boat. At 1521 she relieved HMS Fleetwood as Task Force Commander. The "Treasury" class Coast Guard cutters (sometimes referred to as the "Secretary" or 327-foot class) were all named for former secretaries of the Treasury Department. British ships took over escorting the convoy on the 3rd and Bibb with four Navy destroyers proceeded toward Casablanca where they arrived on the 14th. The Bibb departed for gunnery exercises on 20 July 1944 and, having completed these, got underway to take station one of Task Force 60, escorting convoy GUS-46. Escorted by USS Barry (APD-29) Bibb departed Norfolk on the 15th of February and arrived at Panama on the 22nd. 1936:3 x 5"/51 (single); 2 x 6-pounders. 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