The, A few minutes later another raft was sighted dead ahead and two survivors of SS. On the 13th, sixteen merchant vessels detached for Algiers while 23 merchant vessels joined from that port. On the 16th she got underway in the van of a number of Navy craft who stood out of Buckner Bay and proceeded independently in accordance with the typhoon plan. At 2210 Bibb received a challenge on bearing 340 degrees and answering it, the challenge was identified as the submarine HMS Seawolf on the surface below the horizon. 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. The barometer dropped and the winds rose with a number five sea. The Task Force was escorting convoy UGS-33, consisting of 78 merchant vessels to North African ports and also USS Brant (ARS-32) and six LCIs to the Azores. Ordered to Boston Navy Yard for repairs, she searched en route for a Coast Guard plane reported down in the vicinity of White Island. Later that year, When the Grand Banks cruises were discontinued on 27 January 1940. Four hours later the Bibb proceeded to the assistance of SS Rosewood, reported sinking, but could not locate her in the darkness and storm. Seven similar "combat cutters" were built and named for secretaries of the United States Treasury. On the 13th she stood down the Norfolk swept channel and than reversed courses and stood up to the Naval Operating Bases for imperative repairs. Call Sokolove Law right now at (800) 647-3434 if you've been diagnosed with mesothelioma or another asbestos-related disease. In the various areas of Coast Guard Cutter operations which included Market Time Patrol and Naval Gunfire Support, you leave behind an impressive record of operational excellence. In September of 1948 Bibb steamed at full speed into forty foot seas to save 40 men and a dog from the sinking Portuguese fishing schooner Gaspar some 300 miles off Newfoundland. After the conversion was completed, she was ordered to Boston, which remained her home port through October of 1973. Most of the armament was removed, except for the addition of a 40mm anti-aircraft battery, a 5-inch 38 caliber main battery and mousetrap anti-submarine armament. On the 6th two other destroyers, USS Schenk (DD-159) and USS Babbitt (DD-128) were relieved, and USS Decatur (DD-341) and cutter Duane (WPG-33) joined the escort, which had met the 13-ship convoy ONSJ-94 on a southerly course to Iceland. On the 11th she stood down the Block Island swept channel for Norfolk and moored at the Naval Operating Base on the 12th. Soon after, a streak of heavy oil, 30 yards long, was sighted. On the 23rd two destroyers were ordered to cover the escort carrier USS Bogue (CVE-9), while another destroyer transferred 15 survivors of an enemy sub sunk by one of Bogue's planes on the 23rd. In 1981 Bibb conducted a six-week patrol that included two training stops and several rescues. On 24 July 1960 she departed on a Reserve Cruise. He died in Georgetown, Washington, D.C., on 14 April 1859. Ten minutes later a kawasaki Ki-61 "Tony" fighter aircraft was sighted at about 5,000 yards, and Bibb commenced firing, but the firing was checked as the bearing became foul. Because the air passenger trade was expanding both at home and overseas, the Coast Guard believed that cutter-based aircraft would be essential for future high-seas search and rescue. Capt. She was commissioned on 10 March 1937. Three destroyer escorts left to escort three of these detached ships, two of the escorts returning on the 20th and 21st. The torpedo struck in a hold occupied by Marines, which probably accounted for the relatively small number of Marines rescued. The Bibb picked up oil samples and ordering USS Portent (AM-106) to remain in the vicinity, rejoined the convoy. The Bibb made a full pattern attack on a sound contact at 0440 and ten hours later dropped three full patterns on three separate contacts. This designation indicated a multi-mission ship able to operate at sea for 30-45 days without support and, On three patrols she participated in amphibious assaults on Phu Quoc Island. The ocean station vessels also provided communications and navigation assistance and were always standing by for and search and rescue emergencies. No sounds of any kind were heard but the deduction, from visual impressions, was that both ships had been torpedoed. Bibbwas named for U.S. Secretary of the Treasury (July 4, 1844 - March 7, 1845) George M. Bibb. He, like the other officers who commanded these cutters, knew his business. USCGC Bibb (WPG-31) The Bibbwas a 327-foot (100 m) Secretary-Class (also known as "Treasury Class") Coast Guard ship commissioned in 1936. On the 12th three more merchant vessels joined. The rescue demonstrated the utility and importance of the ocean station program and historian Robert E. Johnson noted that "The Bermuda Sky Queen incident must rank with the Coast Guard's outstanding rescue feats.". The following year brought a number of notable seizures for drug and fisheries charges. The Bibb returned on the 21st and proceeded to Buckner Bay, where she remained at anchor during the balance of July. The final 327-foot design was based on the Erie-class Navy gunboats; the machinery plant and hull below the waterline were identical. Another merchant vessel from Casablanca joined the convoy. A second message followed an hour later adding that the vessel was now on fire. The cutters. Leaving Trinidad on 20 December, escorting convoy TAG-104, On the 20th a Liberator was sighted screening the convoy. The New York section, with the commander Task Force 60 in, On 4 June 1944, CDR H. T. Diehl, USCG, relieved CDR C .A. At 0336 escorts on the convoy's port side began firing and two minutes later escorts on the starboard side began to open fire. Cronk and Martin agreed that it was impossible to tow the Queen to safety and Cronk then ordered her sunk as a hazard to navigation. On the same day eight merchant vessels with the oiler Cossatot, escorted by Coast Guard manned destroyer escorts USS Vance (DE-387) and USS Chambers (DE-391), joined the convoy. In October of 1950 she served on Ocean Station Dog and in December it was duty on Ocean Station Easy. On the 16th all electric power on Bibb failed, the rudder jammed and the main turbines stopped. Twenty minutes later she sighted a life raft with three men on it end she directed the rescue ship to pick them up. Seven similar "combat cutters" were built and named for secretaries of the United States Treasury. Later she returned to the wreck and left it in a sinking condition from gun fire and depth charges. In 1844, Bibb became Secretary of the Treasury under President John Tyler. The Nova discharged and took on U. S. Army personnel at Bay dar Fjord on the 1st of November and then proceeded to Seydis Fjord where she remained overnight. I hope I never see another drowned man as long as I live.". V172 (1937-1938)Grumman JF-2, USCG No. Because of the weather zigzagging was discontinued. Many of the Bibbs crewmen leapt into the water to assist the nearly frozen survivors, and the cutter Ingham assisted. 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Her propelling plant consisted of twin propellers powered by geared turbines supplied with steam from oil fired boilers. The Bibb was unable to regain contact and rejoined the convoy. The USCG cutter Bibb was deployed to South America with th. She passed through to canal and departed Balboa on the 23rd for Pearl Harbor. Bibbwas named for U.S. Secretary of the Treasury (July 4, 1844 - March 7, 1845) George M. Bibb. On 25 October the New York and Delaware sections broke off, escorted six vessels and the others continued to Norfolk. The Babbitt was directed to join and try to bring her back to convoy. A warning of the presence of unidentified aircraft was received on the 12th. On 1 October the convoy was augmented by 30 merchant ships and three Navy vessels. The U.S. Coast Guard cutter George M. Bibb (Builder's No. These men had been some 60 hours in rough seas in an open boat and on rafts and their condition was much better than would be expected. On the 27th Bibb departed for Boston and moored at the South Boston Navy Yard on the 28th. During her patrols she undertook 31 naval gunfire support missions in support of Vietnamese Regional Forces amphibious assaults, U.S. Navy, Coast Guard, Army and Marine Corps operations primarily into enemy controlled areas of the Mekong Delta. 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. With the waves cresting at 30 feet and the cutter rolling 30 to 35 degrees, getting the passengers and crew of the Bermuda Sky Queen aboard Bibb proved to be a tremendous challenge. Fire Control Radar: (1945) Mk-26; (1966) Mk-26 MOD 4 The cutter Bibb was named for George Motier Bibb, a prominent lawyer and jurist in Kentucky. On the 17th she was underway to report to the escort commander of convoy HX-226. Dropping a 600 lb. At the same time she opened fire with her 20 mm cannons on a periscope reported ahead. USCG Duane (Wreck) Stern Smoke Stack Bow She is a 327 foot Treasury class US Coast Guard cutter. A submarine periscope was reported close aboard. Saw lots of mail bags, boxes, wood, wood splinters, empty life jackets, oars, upturned boats, empty life rafts, bodies, parts of bodies, clothes, cork, and a million other things that ships have in them. Since the war had stopped the flow of weather data from merchant ships, the Coast Guard drew the duty of maintaining a continuous weather patrol consisting of 327-foot cutters at two stations in the mid-Atlantic located as follows: Station No. MK-2 Browning MG, 2 x MK-13 high altitude parachute flare mortars. I hope I never see another drowned man as long as I live.. USCGC Bibb (WHEC-31) - Steel Hip Flask - WI3. 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. RDML William G. Kelly They then began paddling towards the cutter, but the seas were too great. Vessels joined the convoy at Gibraltar on the 10th. A U.S. Army liaison officer boarded, In another significant action on 13 September 1968, In addition to her patrol duties this cutter also performed civic action functions in the form of medical assistance and search and rescue. The plane was in a slight glide, losing altitude, apparently picking out one of the ships in the anchorage as a suicide crash target. Six hours later while returning to the convoy Bibb picked up 33 survivors from the Greek SS Kalliopi. There were no persons aboard. At the end of World War II, each Secretary Class cutter was returned to her peace-time makeup. Nothing was found when the airplane, low on fuel, had to head back for land. Sonar: (1945) QC series; (1966) SQS-11. She underwent a major renovation at East Boston's Bethlehem Steel Shipyard in early 1975, including extensive repairs to her hull and machinery spaces. On the 3rd they stopped at Akueyre. Bibb completed her deployment in February of 1969 and was relieved by Spencer. On the 15th Bibb sighted the west-bound trans-Atlantic convoy and delivered five ships, Ingham having delivered two earlier on the same date. Alton, George. The ship saw service in World War II. An hour and a half later Bibb sighted a raft close aboard with survivors, and three hours later dropped two charges on a doubtful sound contact, while HMS Dauphin screened the rescue ship. On the 21st Portent stood by to cover one of the convoy vessels that had steering trouble. Aircraft: Curtiss SOC-4, USCG No. The Bibb then set a course for Boston and moored at Pier 3, South Boston on the 15th. The Iceland Unit, consisting of seven ships, detached from the main convoy at 1900. On 10 September 1945, the Commander, Mine Craft, shifted his flag to Terror, and the Bibb became relief flagship for RADM Arthur D. Struble, USN, newly appointed Commander, Mine Craft. 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. On the 14th the task force got under way escorting convoy UGA-8A for Casablanca. Find USCGC Bibb (WPG-31/WHEC-31) unit information, patches, operation history, veteran photos and more on TogetherWeServed.com. Three ships in the area fired at the aircraft which was knocked down about 1,000 yards to the north of Bibb. Most recently, these ships-that-wouldn't-die have done duty in fisheries patrol and drug interdiction. One more attempt was made with a pulling boat that night, but again the rough seas and darkness prevented their success and captains Cronk and Martin agreed to wait until the next morning to save the remaining passengers and crew. The other merchant ships who detached proceeded in groups, without escorts from the task force. Contents 1 History She arrived Argentia on 19 January and stood by the hull of the Army transport Joseph V. Connolly and assisted in towing her to port. On 1 March 1943, Bibb was underway to join convoy HX-227, which she did at 1625. Very few ships were able to fire on it as it passed. HF/DF: (1943) From June to July 1969 she served on Ocean Station Delta and during September of that same year she served on Ocean Station Echo. On 1 February 1943, Bibb was underway from St. John's to join eastbound convoy SC-118 and reported to commander Task Unit 24.6.1 at 1005. that had fired and dropped three depth charges. Raney ignored the order to leave the survivors and went back and rescued 202 men from the icy waters. On 17 July 1982, In 1984 she participated in a multifaceted law enforcement operation code-named "Operation Wagon Wheel" in the Caribbean. Dedicated also to the Bibb Shipmates Assc. The next day, the 11th, Bibb sighted a ship on the horizon and proceeded toward it. A distress message from the disabled SS Agenor gave the Bibb an opportunity to resume its customary peace-time job of search and rescue. On the 22nd she broke off from convoy HXL-229A and began screening ahead of convoy HXL-229. On 7 February 1943, the, Rescue operations continued throughout forenoon, 202 survivors being taken from three lifeboats and numerous rafts. As Bibb departed the western Pacific for her return to Boston, the commander of the Cruiser-Destroyer Group, U.S. Then she began firing on an apparent target on the port beam, but was stopped a minute later because the target could be neither seen nor heard. At 1521 she relieved HMS Fleetwood as Task Force Commander. During this mission she destroyed eight structures and seven sampans and damaged 21 structures and 16 sampans. Rescue operations continued throughout forenoon, 202 survivors being taken from three lifeboats and numerous rafts. .Built for only $2.5 million each, in terms of cost effectiveness we may never see the likes of these cutters again.. 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. Soon after midnight on the 10th two more vessels in the convoy were torpedoed. The USCGC Bibb (WPG-31) was a 327-foot (100 m) Secretary-Class (also known as "Treasury Class") Coast Guard ship commissioned in 1936. On 24-25 January 1966 Bibb escorted the disabled merchant vessel SS South African Victory to Boston. An hour later Bibb was ordered to detach from the convoy and return to Iceland, with SS Toltec. Bibb stood out of Argentia Harbor on 7 December 1942 with MacLeish and USS Simpson (DD-221) and on the 11th made rendezvous with two Russian submarines, taking station on them to act as senior escort to Halifax, Nova Scotia. The following morning the seas had abated somewhat and Cronk ordered a rescue attempt with his personal gig. No other enemy action took place in Bibb's vicinity during the rest of May and she remained anchored, continuing as flagship of COMINPAC. The Bibb also transited the Panama Canal and crossed the equator and the international date line, with appropriate ceremonies for her crew. In August 1956 Bibb was on Ocean Station Delta and served there again in December of 1956. Many had edema of the hands, which resulted, it is believed, from the tight fit these rubber suits have about the wrist. Another time a medical team was sent ashore to the Village of Phu Tho, 70 miles south southeast of Danang. She received credit for the destruction of one Japanese aircraft. 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. Bibb continued at anchor in Kerama Retto until 7 July 1945 when she proceeded to Buckner Bay, where she anchored remaining through the 16th. One ship was reported later to have returned to Reykjavik safely. Tweet. The bodies of the navigator and observer were recovered. 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. The support included providing fuel, food, water, ammunition, maintenance repair, battle damage repair, and medical services. This standardization saved moneyalways paramount in the Coast Guards considerationsand the cutters were built in U.S. Navy shipbuilding yards. On the 2nd they were en route to Raufarhofn, where Nova discharged and loaded passengers. From 1946 to 1973, Bibb was stationed at Boston. On March 2nd four merchant vessels detached for Gibraltar and Task Force 66 was relieved of escorting the convoy by a British task force. This photo provides a good view of her forward 5-inch 51-caliber main batterythe one in the foreground, mounted on the main deck, was removed and replaced with a 3-inch 50 caliber dual-purpose battery. Vessels joined the convoy at Gibraltar on the 10th. The 327-foot cutters were designed to meet changing missions of the service as it emerged from the Prohibition era. At 1340 on that date the smoke of the main body of Convoy ONS-169 was sighted and two of the escorted vessels joined that convoy. On the 13th the Bibb set a course for Reykjavik and anchored there on the 25th, later that day proceeding to Hvalfjordur. Because the air passenger trade was expanding both at home and overseas, the Coast Guard believed that cutter-based aircraft would be essential for future high-seas search and rescue. On 7 February 1943, the U-402 torpedoed the Mallory as it straggled behind the convoy. In April of 1966 she served on Ocean Station Delta and on Ocean Station Charlie in August-September 1967. On the next morning, 1 September 1942 at 1110, Bibb made a sound contact and five minutes later dropped a barrage of six small and two large depth charges. The New York section of the convoy began breaking off on the 26th, with Ingham, as senior escort with four Navy destroyers, and the rest of the convoy stood into Chesapeake Bay entrance. The USCGC Bibb appeared in the 1952 film "Walk East on Beacon" at the film's climactic end. 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. On the 3rd information received was that there were some indications that enemy submarines were nearing the convoy. 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. Between the 8th and 12th, Bibb took aboard crew members from three merchant vessels in convoy for medical treatment. Seven similar "combat cutters" were built and named for secretaries of the United States Treasury. 2 x MK-13 high altitude parachute flare mortars. 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