That evening Ingham made an embarrassing attack on what was reported to be a periscope. 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. In April of 1966 she served on Ocean Station Delta and on Ocean Station Charlie in August-September 1967. She had barely arrived at Casco Bay on 3 April when she was underway again searching for a Navy plane that had been forced down at sea. Washington, DC: U.S. Coast Guard, 1 March 1949. pp. During this mission she destroyed eight structures and seven sampans and damaged 21 structures and 16 sampans. At first light on 1 July, a rescue aircraft from Air Station Elizabeth City was on scene and assisting in the search. 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. George M. Bibb (WPG-31), a twin-screw, steel-hulled Coast Guard cutter, was laid down on 15 August 1935 by the Charleston (S.C.) Navy Yard; launched on 14 January 1936; sponsored by Mrs. Byron. Radar: (1945) SK, SG-1; (1966) AN/SPS-29D, AN/SPA-52. From April to August of 1945 she participated in the assault on Okinawa, surviving numerous kamikaze attacks. Next day six merchant vessels detached for Casablanca while eight joined. On 3 August 1942, Bibb, with escort commander in the cutter Ingham (WPG-35), was again on convoy duty. On 7 February 1943, the, Rescue operations continued throughout forenoon, 202 survivors being taken from three lifeboats and numerous rafts. 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. She was built in 1936 in the US Naval Yard in Philadelphia, PA. The Bibb spent much of 1940 and 1941 on weather patrol. Men felt it the minute he took command and there was not a man on the ship who would not go the extra mile for the old man. The USCGC Bibb (WPG-31) was a 327-foot (100 m) Secretary-Class (also known as "Treasury Class") Coast Guard ship commissioned in 1936. 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. 1941: 1 x 5"/51 (single mount); 3 x 3"/50 (single mounts);2 (?) The Bibb, relieved of this arduous duty, continued carrying out law enforcement and search and rescue patrols. Bibb remained at South Boston Navy Yard until 16 January 1943, and then stood out of Boston Harbor for Casco Bay, Maine, where on the 18th she went into battle practice with the cutter Comanche (WPG 76), making practice runs and simulated attacks on a U. S. submarine. Bibb served in the United States Senate from 1811 to 1814 and from 1829 to 1835. On the 9th the Casablanca section, escorted by two destroyers, joined the main convoy. On 2 September 1944, Bibb stood down Chesapeake Bay channel and departed for North African ports as flagship of Task Force 60, escorting, convoy UGS-53. Bibbwas named for U.S. Secretary of the Treasury (July 4, 1844 - March 7, 1845) George M. Bibb. In February 1943, the convoy came under attack and the SSHenry R. Mallory was torpedoed. In March-April 1956 she served on Ocean Station Bravo again and in June 1956 she served on Ocean Station Charlie. However, since this six year stint in Congress left him disenchanted with Old Hickorys leadership, he did not stand for reelection, but returned to Kentucky at the end of his term to become Chancellor of the Louisville Court of Chancery. Bibb after the addition of her new Coast Guard racing stripe.. 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. Many of Bibb's crewmen leapt into the water to assist the nearly frozen survivors, and the cutter Ingham assisted. On the 13th Task Group 21.13 joined, departing the next day. George Mortimer Bibb, born on 30 October 1776 in Prince Edward County, Va., graduated from both Hampden-Sidney and Willian and Mary Colleges and then, after studying law in the office of Richard Venable, was admitted to the Virginia Bar. Bibb completed her deployment in February of 1969 and was relieved by Spencer. The plane crashed into the starboard side of USS Pinkney (APH-2), a transport for the wounded. On the 11th she stood down the Block Island swept channel for Norfolk and moored at the Naval Operating Base on the 12th. On the 19th and 20th a number of ships were detached for Oran and Algiers, others joining from those ports. It was the Boeing 314 flying boat Bermuda Sky Queen (NC-18612), on a trans-Atlantic flight from Foynes, Ireland to Gander, Newfoundland with 62 passengers and 7 crew on board. He, like the other officers who commanded these cutters, knew his business. Grumman JF-2, USCG No. 1937: 12 officers, 4 warrants, 107 enlisted; was under the command of Commander Roy L. Raney during the convoy battles to come. . 1966: 10 officers, 3 warrants, 133 enlisted. V172 (1937-1938)
The convoy consisted of 69 merchant ships, 19 LSTs and one British aircraft carrier. The New York section, with the commander Task Force 60 in Bibb, now consisted of 148 ships in 8 columns. 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. After conversion to an AGC, done in the Charleston Navy Yard between 17 October 1944 and 29 January 1945. The Coast Guard at War V: Transports and Escorts. 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 14th several high frequency direction finder bearings were reported and on the 19th the convoy made an emergency turn on a contact which later proved to be non-submarine. The Treasury class cutters proved to be highly dependable, versatile and long-lived warships--most served their country for over 40 years. Another Val, taken under fire by naval units, westward of Geruma Shim was brought down. Standing out of Casco Bay on that day, she moored at Naval Operating Base, Norfolk, on the 9th, moving to Lynnhaven Roads on the 12th. On 28 April some of these planes, undetected and unreported by any unit, approached the southern anchorage, flying at high speed about 100 feet above the water. They rejoined the convoy on the 28th. On 28 September Bibb again departed Buckner Bay. Tweet. 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. 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. The plane received several visible hits on the left wing, close to the fuselage at the peak of the dive and began trailing black smoke, crashing into the water near the Kenneth Whiting. When completed on the 15th the convoy formation consisted of 12 columns of ships. It was 61.33 m (201.2 ft) long, with a beam of 7.93 m (26.0 ft). Later that year she sailed back to Ocean Station Echo, where she steamed from 10 June to 4 July. Find USCGC Bibb (WPG-31/WHEC-31) unit information, patches, operation history, veteran photos and more on TogetherWeServed.com. Additional star shells were fired an hour later, indicating another torpedoing. In February 1953 she served on Ocean Station Coca and in July it was duty on Ocean Station Delta. 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. Many of them were suffering from exposure and edema, but after treatment almost all recovered. Bibb was decommissioned in 1985 and remained docked until it was transported to the Florida Keys for use as an artificial reef. Meanwhile, one merchant had joined the convoy and another had detached for Bermuda on the 5th. On the 23rd the convoy entered New York Harbor and Bibb moored at Brooklyn Navy Yard with availability expiring April 2nd. FS's: The Little Ships That Could: A History of the Campaigns in the Pacific and the Personal Experiences of the Author on the U.S. Army FS-268. On 2 June 1943, Bibb moored in Delpit Basin, Casablanca. Vessels joined the convoy at Gibraltar on the 10th. On the 12th she delivered the two submarines to a local Canadian escort unit off the Sambro Light vessel. Proceeding to the area she searched with Modoc without results. 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. He was born on 30 October 1776 in Prince Edward County, Virginia. In the Vietnam War, the Bibb transported John Kerry after he was shot on his Swift boat. It lies on its side at a depth of about 130 feet (40m). Ordered to Boston Navy Yard for repairs, she searched en route for a Coast Guard plane reported down in the vicinity of White Island. 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. The Bibb continued searching until sunset when she was relieved by CGC Dallas (WHEC-716) which had sailed from New York. The Babbitt was directed to join and try to bring her back to convoy. An hour later three merchant vessels detached for Casablanca under escort of two USPC vessels and a French destroyer. This method would prove impossible for the women and children on board, so the cutter launched her motor surfboat that towed a 15-man raft to the Queen. Radio Call Sign: NRDBCost: $2,468,460.00Keel Laid: 15 August 1935Launched: 14 January 1937Commissioned: 10 March 1937Decommissioned: 30 September 1985Disposition: Sunk as an artificial reef off the Florida Keys on 28 November 1987Builder: Charleston Navy Yard, Philadelphia, PADisplacement: 2,350 (1936)Length: 327 0Beam: 41 0Draft: 12 6 (max. 4 of us did the Florida Keys Wreck Trek and the Bibb was our first dive. At noon two boats were lowered and they began bringing 61 survivors aboard, including one naval officer and 23 enlisted men. She anchored at Kerama Retto, Okinawa on 23 April. On the 7th she stood up Chesapeake Bay and carried out various exercises and then proceeded to Norfolk, mooring at the Navy Yard there on 12 February 1945. After she returned to service, Bibb undertook a cadet cruise to Bermuda and then to Europe. The Ingham and two merchant vessels were missing. Share. No other enemy action took place in Bibb's vicinity during the rest of May and she remained anchored, continuing as flagship of COMINPAC. Through your actions, you have significantly contributed to the United States efforts in countering communist aggression in the Republic of Vietnam." On the 28th she moored at Argentia. Bibb was then directed to coordinate the search efforts for the missing sailing vessel Patriot with six crewmen aboard. Bibb was under the command of Commander Roy L. Raney during the convoy battles to come. On one such occasion the commander of U.S. Next day the Bibb fired her starboard thrower in an embarrassing attack on what was probably a non-submarine. 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 the fall she steamed to Ocean Station Bravo, where she served from 27 September to 17 October 1973. Several hours later she again encountered the abandoned Coulmore. The cutters Bibb and Ingham were temporarily attached to a British escort force for SC-118s trans-Atlantic journey. In August, 1949 she served on Ocean Station Dog. Within two hours after being brought aboard, all survivors had been fed, showered, wrapped in blankets and placed on mattresses on the mess deck and in the engineer's passageway. The Bibb then returned to New Bedford. Task Force 66 relieved course and began standing up the Straits of Gibraltar and on the 3rd entered Casablanca Harbor. The 5" battery expended seven rounds. Part I [Escorts]. Sighting Narragansett 15 miles distant, Bibb came alongside and then proceeded to the floating drydock, two and one-half miles away, and took her in tow. RDML William G. Kelly He died in Georgetown, Washington, D.C., on 14 April 1859. CGC Bibb & an 83-foot PB PRINT | E-MAIL 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. On the 25th she proceeded to Argentia in company with USS SC-688 and USS SC-189. At 0900 Bibb received word that Ingham had the missing ships in company. 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." All escorts were given permission to open fire at will on unidentified aircraft. On the 13th Task Group 21.13 joined, departing the next day. The tow was taken over by the commercial tug Curb and Bibb then proceeded to Boston. On the 28th the main convoy was turned over to the British escort and the Casablanca section began breaking off and anchored at the breakwater at 1240. Standing down New York Harbor on 8 July 1943, in company with Task Force 63, consisting of four Navy destroyers, Bibb reported at Buoy 'BW' and the force stood out to sea on the 9th, covering a section of convoy UGS-12 to Norfolk. She then sailed to Mayport, Florida, for a week of training at the Navy Fleet Training Center. On the 13th she stood down Chesapeake Bay swept channel and maneuvered while awaiting the formation of the convoy. A U.S. Army liaison officer boarded Bibb and worked with a spotter aircraft in coordinating our fire in support of the troops." That evening gunfire was sighted on the horizon, presumed to be HMS Broadway in contact with an enemy submarine. The Bibb rests at .mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}2459.71N 8022.77W / 24.99517N 80.37950W / 24.99517; -80.37950Coordinates: 2459.71N 8022.77W / 24.99517N 80.37950W / 24.99517; -80.37950. The Portent made a Hedgehog attack and dropped five depth charges on a sound contact one mile north of Bibb's attack. On 2 November 1969 Bibb towed to safety the disabled merchant vessel SS Caravan, which was located 150 miles southeast of Cape Fear. The Bibb located Collis P. Huntington and led her safely to anchorage at Reykjavik. During these visits, Dr. John Bulette, the on-board medical officer assigned to, She returned to Boston, where she was home-ported until October of 1973. On the 31st, the Casablanca section of the convoy, consisting of 27 ships, began breaking off. High winds and rough seas from the unexpected storm had put several vessels in distress and Bibb was first directed to assist the motor vessel Madil. From 1946 to 1973, Bibb was stationed at Boston. The Navy then designated her as WPG-31. The Bibb was underway on zig-zag courses at five knots at the time from Norfolk to Casco Day, Maine. Soon after midnight on the 10th two more vessels in the convoy were torpedoed. 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. Many of them were suffering from exposure and edema, but after treatment almost all recovered. Well done.". Next day she sighted a merchant ship on the horizon and challenged her by blinker. The ship . On the 2nd Bibb made a sweep astern and on the 3 September dropped a large depth charge on a doubtful sound contact. On the 22nd, two merchant vessels joined from Bone, Algeria. On 4 July 1944 there were detachments from the convoy for Horta, Azores and for Casablanca on the 9th and 11th. Regaining the contact ten minutes later she again attacked with a barrage of six charges. On the 14th Bibb obtained two high frequency direction finder bearings and began running them down. ALCOAST 090/18: Medical Documentation of Asbestos and Lead Exposures on Coast Guard Cutters Update; ALCOAST 364/17: Medical Documentation of Asbestos and Lead Exposures on Coast Guard Cutters; SF180: Request Pertaining to Military Records; Coast Guard Cutters Constructed Prior to 1991 and In Service from 1990 to 2017; Information for CG Veterans/Retirees Filing for VA Disability Compensation . 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. Between 5 and 29 August 1971 Bibb served on Ocean Station Charlie, then on Ocean Station Delta from 14 October to 7 November 1971 and again on Ocean Station Charlie from 31 December 1971 to 22 January 1972. The Tony crash dived into the stern of the USS St. George (AV-16) causing only superficial damage. After the conversion was completed, she was ordered to Boston, which remained her home port through October of 1973. On 7 March 1943, Bibb got underway from Reykjavik to augment the escort of convoy SC-121. The cutter, 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. Electronics:HF/DF: (1943)Radar: (1945) SK, SG-1; (1966) AN/SPS-29D, AN/SPA-52.Fire Control Radar: (1945) Mk-26; (1966) Mk-26 MOD 4Sonar: (1945) QC series; (1966) SQS-11. On the 28 May 37 ships detached for Hampton Roads. The plane disappeared in a smoke screen. Bibb was named for U.S. Secretary of the Treasury (July 4, 1844 - March 7, 1845) George M. Bibb . For three days we provided the men with food and shelter as we stood by the disabled ship. I hope I never see another drowned man as long as I live.". On the 16th two YMs detached for Bermuda. Next day six merchant vessels detached for Casablanca while eight joined. The USCGC Bibb appeared in the 1952 film "Walk East on Beacon" at the film's climactic end. The USCGC Bibb (WPG-31) was a 327-foot (100m) Secretary-Class (also known as "Treasury Class") Coast Guard ship commissioned in 1936. At 0330 various escorts reported bandit planes closing over the convoy. The Bibb departed Pearl Harbor on 25 March and arrived at Eniwetok on 3 April 1945. Next day she intercepted a message from SS Vojvoda Putnik stating that the vessel had been torpedoed and was sinking. On 14 May Bibb was en route to Iceland as the flagship of Task Unit 24.6.2 with the USS Leary (DD-158) and USS Badger (DD-126). Hellcat fighters were being vectored to intercept the raid. During November 1944 through 29 January 1945, Bibb remained at the Charleston Navy Yard, undergoing conversion to an AGC [Amphibious Command & Control] vessel, her designation being then changed to WAGC-31. The Bibb joined the convoy on the 19th. Bibb remained anchored in Reykjavik Harbor, Iceland until 19 October 1942, and then got underway escorting a convoy of five ships westward. On this particular visit the village came under enemy mortar fire just as Bibb's personnel were leaving. From 26 November to 16 December she served on Ocean Station Bravo. .The U.S. Coast Guard Gunboat Bibb (WPG-31) departs Pearl Harbor.; The Bibb departs for duty in Vietnamese waters, where she served from 4 July 1968 to 28 February, 1969 with Coast Guard Squadron One. When the Grand Banks cruises were discontinued on 27 January 1940 Bibb was then assigned duty with on the weather stations. 1945: 2 x 5"/38 (single); 3 x 40mm/60 (twin); 4 x 20mm/80 (single). Anti-submarine weaponry was added in mid-1941 and under Executive Order of 11 September 1941, Twice during the next two hours, first two and then one ship in the convoy fired into the water, and one of the escorts, HMS, Standing out of Reykjavik harbor on 21 September 1942, Within two hours after being brought aboard, all survivors had been fed, showered, wrapped in blankets and placed on mattresses on the mess deck and in the engineer's passageway. 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. That operation involved several different agencies including the Coast Guard, the Navy, the Drug Enforcement Administration, and others. On the 23rd the Bibb sounded the submarine alarm on receiving a sound contact and dropped one depth charge 600 yards ahead of one of the convoy columns. On three patrols she participated in amphibious assaults on Phu Quoc Island. She transferred them to us as she had to depart to fulfill operational commitments. During May-June 1949 she served on Ocean Station Able. On the 26th at 0710, after sighting a red flare, she proceeded to investigate and three hours later came upon a freshly broken spar, while passing through an area of oil slicks and debris. Notable events involving Bibb include: 7 Feb 1943 USCGC Bibb picks up 202 survivors from the American troop transport Henry R. Mallory and 33 survivors from the Greek merchant Kalliopi that were torpedoed and sunk by German U-boat U-402 in convoy SC-118 about 600 nautical miles south-southwest of Iceland. At the same time she opened fire with her 20 mm cannons on a periscope reported ahead. Between 5 and 29 August 1971. V146 (1939-). On the 28th four merchant vessels and one destroyer detached, the vessels to be escorted to Oran by a British task force. She served again on Ocean Station Charlie from 23 October to 17 November 1972. The ship was 327 feet in length, with a draft of 12 and a half feet. 1941: 16 officers, 5 warrants, 202 enlisted;
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. In peacetime the Bibb spent time on ocean station providing weather information and beacons to trans-Atlantic traffic. On the 17th three merchant vessels detached for Casablanca and, on the 18th, one detached for Gibraltar and two merchant ships and three British submarines joined the convoy. The vessel fell off to northward and commenced drifting toward the convoy. It was a combination ocean station patrol and search and rescue operation that brought, With the waves cresting at 30 feet and the cutter rolling 30 to 35 degrees, getting the passengers and crew of the, Using that raft as a bridge between the flying boat and the motor surf boat, the Coast Guardsmen managed to save 28 persons in three trips and get them back to, The following morning the seas had abated somewhat and Cronk ordered a rescue attempt with his personal gig. The final 327-foot design was based on the Erie-class Navy gunboats; the machinery plant and hull below the waterline were identical. The plane was in a slight glide, losing altitude, apparently picking out one of the ships in the anchorage as a suicide crash target. They went on to serve as amphibious task force flagships, as search-and-rescue (SAR) ships during the Korean War, on weather patrol, and as naval gunfire support ships during Vietnam. Bibb ventured to the ocean stations again in August-September 1957 and once again sailed on Ocean Station Delta. When the cutter arrived, nine of the Vigilant's 12 crewmen had abandoned ship in the heavy seas of tropical storm Brett, with the remaining three attempting to save the vessel. On 7 October 1943, Bibb with the four Navy destroyers departed Casablanca for Gibraltar and on the 9th began escorting the Gibraltar section of convoy GUS-17. The healthy sheer forward and the high slope in the deck in the wardrooms was known as the Hunnewell Hump. Commander (Constructor) F. G. Hunnewell, USCG, was the head of the Coast Guards Construction and Repair Department at that time. On the same day two vessels broke off for Europe Point and the convoy was joined by the Gibraltar section. The convoy arrived at New York on the 30th and Bibb moored at Brooklyn Navy Yard with an availability period until 10 June 1944. Two merchant ships joined on the 21st; six detached and six joined on the 22nd; and nine detached and seven joined on the 23rd. Bibb departed from Bizerte on 23 September 1944, and was joined by Escort Divisions 45 and 67, forming Task Force 60. 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. TWS is the largest online community of Veterans existing today and is a powerful Veteran locator. 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. On 4 June 1944, CDR H. T. Diehl, USCG, relieved CDR C .A. The weather patrols (later termed "ocean station patrols") consisted of sailing for three weeks on one of four assigned stations in the North Atlantic, and each cutter assigned performed four or five such patrols each year. 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