Eight merchant vessels were detached for Gibraltar on the 15th. 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. The Navy then designated her as WPG-31. The Bibb, relieved of this arduous duty, continued carrying out law enforcement and search and rescue patrols. 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. This convoy was part of an east bound trans-Atlantic convoy which had broken off and was headed for Iceland. Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The broken blower crankshaft of one of the merchant vessels in convoy was repaired on Bibb and transferred to it by breeches buoy. It was a combination ocean station patrol and search and rescue operation that brought Bibb and her crew international recognition when, while operating on Ocean Station Charlie on 14 October 1947, the transoceanic airliner Bermuda Sky Queen was forced to make a landing during a gale with high winds and in rough seas when the flying boat ran low on fuel. On August 6th Bibb expended 11 depth charges on a sound contact which was later evaluated as non-submarine. Also on that day two British escorts detached. Bibb was underway again on 9 June 1943 as flagship of Task Force 66 in company with Ingham and six Navy destroyers and six French escort vessels. Sometime in May or June of 1937 her named was shortened to Bibb. 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 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. Between the 8th and 12th, Bibb took aboard crew members from three merchant vessels in convoy for medical treatment. Bibb remained anchored in Reykjavik Harbor, Iceland until 19 October 1942, and then got underway escorting a convoy of five ships westward. Fire Control Radar: (1945) Mk-26; (1966) Mk-26 MOD 4 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. Soon afterwards she got underway to join Trillium and relieved her of escort of SS Empire Bunting. 71 W. 31). 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 Bibb opened fire on the Oscar before it began reversing and maintained fire until it was in the last phase of the crash dive. 1966: 10 officers, 3 warrants, 133 enlisted. The final 327-foot design was based on the Erie-class Navy gunboats; the machinery plant and hull below the waterline were identical. From 1946 to 1973, Bibb was stationed at Boston. On the 14th Bibb obtained two high frequency direction finder bearings and began running them down. Pin it. All escorts were given permission to open fire at will on unidentified aircraft. New navigation and communication systems were also added. The Bibb remained at anchor in Buckner Bay, Okinawa, during August, 1945, as flagship for Commander, Mine Craft, Pacific Fleet. 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. Every branch of the military used asbestos during the 20th century. These operations called for off-shore patrols of up to three weeks. Anderson, USCG, as commanding officer of Bibb. Through your actions, you have significantly contributed to the United States efforts in countering communist aggression in the Republic of Vietnam." 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 9 May, 1943 Bibb proceeded to New York and anchored in Sandy Hook Bay on the 13th in company with Task Force 66 consisting of Bibb, as flagship, Ingham and seven Navy destroyers. Tweet. The following year brought a number of notable seizures for drug and fisheries charges. 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. Vessels joined the convoy at Gibraltar on the 10th. Entering Reykjavik on the 23rd she proceeded to Hvalfjordur where she entered a floating drydock on the 27th and remained there until the 29th. A training program for the personnel was in progress during this time. 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. 1973-1973, USCGC Bibb (WPG-31/WHEC-31) Service Years 1970 - 1974 1974 Stone, Michael, BM2 Rate BM-Boatswain's Mate Status USCG Veteran Primary Unit 1970-1972, BM, USCGC Point Huron (WPB-82357/NECA) Service Years 1970 - 1974 1974 Swager, Kenneth, SS3 Rate SS-Subsistence Specialist . Before Bibb could reach Nanaste, she received an "SOS " from the 200-foot motor vessel SS Vigilant, which was taking on water rapidly. 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. Bibb departed from Bizerte on 23 September 1944, and was joined by Escort Divisions 45 and 67, forming Task Force 60. On the 24th, the New York section of 19 ships detached with four escorts. 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. Contents 1 History At the end of World War II, each Secretary Class cutter was returned to her peace-time makeup. Escorted by USS Barry (APD-29) Bibb departed Norfolk on the 15th of February and arrived at Panama on the 22nd. 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. 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. On the 30th she departed Boston for Casco Bay, Maine. 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 pulling boat successfully rescued the remaining passengers and crew and the captain's gig finally got its engine going again and both boats were then brought back aboard Bibb. The Bibb was unable to regain contact and rejoined the convoy. The Bibb departed Pearl Harbor on 25 March and arrived at Eniwetok on 3 April 1945. New navigation and communication systems were also added. She returned to Boston, where she was home-ported until October of 1973. That afternoon Bibb attacked a sound contact with a full nine-charge pattern and some heavy oil and light bits of debris resulted. On the morning of 6 May 1945, at 0846, SOPA warned that bogeys as well as many friendly planes were within four miles. 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. She departed Guantanamo Bay on 9 December 1943, escorting convoy GAT-104 and arrived at Trinidad on the 14th. Vessels joined the convoy at Gibraltar on the 10th. They then began paddling towards the cutter, but the seas were too great. Shortly afterwards an American airplane, which had been patrolling over the main convoy reported two submarines each 24 miles distant on different bearings. The cutters. The support included providing fuel, food, water, ammunition, maintenance repair, battle damage repair, and medical services. On the 11th she anchored in Buckner Bay and acted as flagship for Task Group 52.9 until 1 December 1945, when she departed for the United States. Bibb Cutter File, US Coast Guard Historian's Office. 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. At the end of World War II, each Secretary Class cutter was returned to her peace-time makeup. 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. That operation involved several different agencies including the Coast Guard, the Navy, the Drug Enforcement Administration, and others. Two hours later a white wake was sighted passing astern from port to starboard and Bibb maneuvered on various courses at 15 knots for a sound contact, resuming normal patrol speed an hour later. At 0946 she set a course to rendezvous with convoy SC-118. The ship was 327 feet in length, with a draft of 12 and a half feet. 1, 35 38' N x 53 21' W and Station No. The vessel was identified as the Norwegian SS Mosdale bound for Liverpool. On 25 October the New York and Delaware sections broke off, escorted six vessels and the others continued to Norfolk. USCGC George M. Bibb(WPG-31)was initially assigned to the Fifth Coast Guard District at Norfolk, VA. A place for old 327 BENO sailors to meet, swap sea stories and tall tales, and share photos. 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. Bibb,1955. It is believed that the type of rubber suit worn by the survivors contributed greatly to their withstanding the exposure. Part I [Escorts]. Seven similar "combat cutters" were built and named for secretaries of the United States Treasury. Frequently one, two or three boats were alongside and on one occasion there were as many as nine boats alongside at the same time. From October 1973 until she was decommissioned. No other enemy action took place in Bibb's vicinity during the rest of May and she remained anchored, continuing as flagship of COMINPAC. Later that year, When the Grand Banks cruises were discontinued on 27 January 1940. The Bibb was awarded the Presidential Unit Citation for her participation in "Operation Sea Lords" from October to December 1968. She transferred them to us as she had to depart to fulfill operational commitments. This page was last edited on 2 January 2023, at 19:17. At the same time one of the convoyed vessels, SS Elizabeth Massey, gradually lost position due to heavy seas and light condition and begun to fall behind. The USCGC Bibb (WPG-31) was a 327-foot (100 m) Secretary-Class (also known as "Treasury Class") Coast Guard ship commissioned in 1936. Dropping a 600 lb. When an enemy aircraft was sighted coming in from the northwest on 28 April 1945 Bibb commenced firing. Later on the same day Ingham and a destroyer, joined with the Casablanca section and two PC escorts later departed for Casablanca with four vessels from the main convoy. The Bibb then returned to New Bedford. The Bibb assumed a new patrol station until the 15th, when she departed independently for Charleston, South Carolina. On the 14th she stood out of Norfolk preparatory to acting as escort commander of convoy UGS-18 en route to North African and Mediterranean ports. On the 28th she moored at Argentia. The USCGC Bibb was a 327-foot Secretary-Class Coast Guard ship commissioned in 1936. On the 22nd she broke off from convoy HXL-229A and began screening ahead of convoy HXL-229. The tow was taken over by the commercial tug Curb and Bibb then proceeded to Boston. Fire Control Radar: (1945) Mk-26; (1966) Mk-26 MOD 4. Twenty minutes later she sighted a life raft with three men on it end she directed the rescue ship to pick them up. Bibb made history after a wolf pack attacked the eastbound convoy SC-118. On the 28th four merchant vessels and one destroyer detached, the vessels to be escorted to Oran by a British task force. Later that year she sailed back to Ocean Station Echo, where she steamed from 10 June to 4 July. 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. Radar: (1945) SK, SG-1; (1966) AN/SPS-29D, AN/SPA-52. At 0115. All these planes were suicide planes which chose medium sized and large ships at anchor as their targets, and used various tactics, some attacking at night, some at dusk and others during daylight. At 0900 Bibb received word that Ingham had the missing ships in company. On the 15th Bibb sighted the west-bound trans-Atlantic convoy and delivered five ships, Ingham having delivered two earlier on the same date. 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. In the fall she steamed to Ocean Station Bravo, where she served from 27 September to 17 October 1973. The plane disappeared in a smoke screen. The legendary Bibb was named for U.S. Secretary of the Treasury (July 4, 1844 - March 7, 1845) George M. Bibb. On the next day she departed the convoy in company with Schenck and arrived at Hvalfjordur that evening, proceeding to Reykjavik next day. Once in South Vietnamese waters, she operated under the Cruiser-Destroyer Group of the U.S. The USCGC Bibb (WPG-31) was a 327-foot (100m) Secretary-Class (also known as "Treasury Class") Coast Guard ship commissioned in 1936. RDML William G. Kelly 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. V146 (1939-). There were no persons aboard. Hellcat fighters were being vectored to intercept the raid. The Portent made a Hedgehog attack and dropped five depth charges on a sound contact one mile north of Bibb's attack. On the 31st she was underway escorting USS Saturn (AF-40) to St. John's Newfoundland, where she arrived at 0900. On 7 March 1943, Bibb got underway from Reykjavik to augment the escort of convoy SC-121. 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. She remained underway except for three days, until 11 October, carrying out typhoon plan X-RAY. By 0305 the rescue ships had completed operations and were underway to rejoin the convoy. Bibb left Hvalfjordur for Reykjavik on 18 March 1943 and stood out to sea en route to join Iceland bound convoy HXL-229A. Another time a medical team was sent ashore to the Village of Phu Tho, 70 miles south southeast of Danang. The cutter assumed its duties of escort commander of convoy ONSJ-110, with 13 ships, on the 7th, in company with Babbitt. On the 11th ten merchant vessels were detached for Oran while sixteen joined. BIBB (C.G. 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 . In August, 1949 she served on Ocean Station Dog. Armament:1936:3 x 5/51 (single); 2 x 6-pounders. After the conversion was completed, she was ordered to Boston, which remained her home port through October of 1973. He, like the other officers who commanded these cutters, knew his business. Description [ edit] MV Hephaestus was a steel -built tanker with a tonnage of 595 GRT. The planes drew away at 0440, the escorts ceased firing, and at 0448 the all clear was sounded and Bibb, ceasing to make smoke, was secured from general quarters. On 1 May a radar picket at 0340 reported a "bogey" coming in 45 miles from Bibb's position. She was commissioned on 10 March 1937. 1941: 1 x 5"/51 (single mount); 3 x 3"/50 (single mounts);2 (?) 13-21. Three hours later Bibb stood into the harbor and moored, remaining there until the 31st. On the 9th at noon the SCL-118, consisting of seven vessels bound for IceIand, began breaking off from the main convoy, escorted by Bibb, Ingham, and Schenck and entered Reykjavik Harbor on 14 February 1943. USCGC SPENCER (WMEC 905) Commanding Officer, CDR Corey M. Kerns. MK-2 Browning MG, 2 x MK-13 high altitude parachute flare mortars. 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. The Vigilant was first located by a Coast Guard aircraft from Air Station Elizabeth City, North Carolina, and this aircraft directed Bibb onto the scene. The USCGC Bibb appeared in the 1952 film "Walk East on Beacon" at the film's climactic end. Most recently, these ships-that-wouldn't-die have done duty in fisheries patrol and drug interdiction. At 1521 she relieved HMS Fleetwood as Task Force Commander. Lookouts aboard the Bibb sighted one of the Mallorys lifeboats and, disobeying an order to return to the convoy, the Bibbs commanding officer, CDR Roy Raney, ordered his cutter to begin rescuing survivors. The Bibb launched a motor life boat to recover the men in the raft while Bibb was rolling up to 40-degrees in the heavy seas. Waters continued: "the 327's battled, through the 'Bloody Winter' of 1942-43 in the North Atlantic--fighting off German U-boats and rescuing survivors from torpedoed convoy ships. 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. When completed on the 15th the convoy formation consisted of 12 columns of ships. Although many of the Mallorys 498 passengers and crew died from hypothermia, the Bibbs crew pulled 202 survivors from the frigid water, while the Inghams crew saved 33. The convoy proceeded toward Bizerte, where, on the 18th, the Bibb was relieved as escort flagship by HMS Pheasant and moored until the 20th. The Bibb then set a course for Boston and moored at Pier 3, South Boston on the 15th. Also, during the mid-1930s, narcotics smuggling, mostly opium, was on the increase, and long-legged, fairly fast cutters were needed to curtail it. 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. On 3 August 1942, Bibb, with escort commander in the cutter Ingham (WPG-35), was again on convoy duty. )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. She arrived at San Juan on 7 January 1944 and departed on the 8th for Guantanamo Bay where she arrived on the 9th. Many of the Bibbs crewmen leapt into the water to assist the nearly frozen survivors, and the cutter Ingham assisted. 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 also transited the Panama Canal and crossed the equator and the international date line, with appropriate ceremonies for her crew. One ship was reported later to have returned to Reykjavik safely. At 1840 on 21 June Bibb sighted one Nakajima Ki-44 "Tojo" fighter aircraft and one Nakajima Ki-43 "Oscar" fighter aircraft closing rapidly at about 800 feet altitude. She was built in 1936 in the US Naval Yard in Philadelphia, PA. Again on the 29th Bibb opened fire on an enemy aircraft identified as a Japanese bomber. Bibb was named for U.S. Secretary of the Treasury George M. Bibb. There were no seriously ill men among those brought aboard but all were weak and many required aid in going below deck. During May-June 1949 she served on Ocean Station Able. On this particular visit the village came under enemy mortar fire just as Bibb's personnel were leaving. Capt. This standardization saved money--always paramount in the Coast Guard's considerations--and the cutters were built in U.S. Navy shipbuilding yards. The breakdown had been caused by the tripping of circuit breakers on the main switchboard and within 35 minutes Bibb had again shifted to power steering. 1966: 10 officers, 3 warrants, 133 enlisted. Call Sokolove Law right now at (800) 647-3434 if you've been diagnosed with mesothelioma or another asbestos-related disease. On the 25th a plane reported sighting a submarine diving 14 miles from the convoy and the Bibb increased speed to search the area. Bibb was moored at St. Helena Navy Yard in Berkley, Virginia, until 10 February 1944 undergoing overhaul. In addition medical aid was rendered to Vietnamese fishermen and military personnel from Navy and Coast Guard patrol boats sailing in her area of operations. Much credit was given to the smoke screen for warding off possible air torpedo attacks. Command Chief, MKC Austin R. Jennings. On the 3rd they stopped at Akueyre. Another merchant vessel from Casablanca joined the convoy. When the Grand Banks cruises were discontinued on 27 January 1940 Bibb was then assigned duty with on the weather stations. After more than a decade of comparative retirement from the national scene, Bibb returned to the United States Senate in 1828 as a strong supporter of Andrew Jackson. She was soon assigned to duty with Coast Guard Squadron Three in Vietnam which had been established to support the Navy's Operation Market Time. 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. She received credit for the destruction of one Japanese aircraft. On 30 June 1981 Bibb sailed around Cape Hatteras and right into tropical storm Brett. On two occasions she sent a medical team ashore to the fishing village of Song Ong Doc in An Xuyen Province, approximately 150 miles southwest of Saigon. No sounds of any kind were heard but the deduction, from visual impressions, was that both ships had been torpedoed. Appointed to the Kentucky Court of Appeals in 1808, he became its chief justice in the following year but resigned in 1810 and was sent to the United States Senate in 1811. On 17 July 1982, In 1984 she participated in a multifaceted law enforcement operation code-named "Operation Wagon Wheel" in the Caribbean. If you served in USCGC Bibb (WPG-31/WHEC-31), Join TWS for free to reconnect with service friends. On 27 February 1952 Bibb sustained minor damage when a Navy tug collided with her while maneuvering in Narragansett Bay. On the 30th, two merchant ships detached and 10 joined from Algiers. 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. Eight merchant vessels were detached for Gibraltar on the 15th. Between 5 and 29 August 1971. $29.99. One of the Inghams crew described the scene, a dreadfully common one along the North Atlantic that year: I never saw anything like it, wood all over the place and bodies in life jackets never saw so many dead fellows in my whole life. 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. History The commander of Task Force 66 was in the Bibb, while ComCortDiv 45, consisted of six Coast Guard-manned destroyer escorts and one Navy-manned destroyer escort. The contact was not regained after the last attack. The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Winnebago (WHEC-40) had the Agenor's 17 crewmen on board. Because of the weather zigzagging was discontinued. 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. The Madil's crew of three had been forced to abandon ship and take to the life rafts, and they were then rescued by the motor vessel Salvatore. Complement: 1937: 12 officers, 4 warrants, 107 enlisted; On 25 February 1943, a convoy was formed with Bibb as escort commander, escorting seven vessels, with Babbitt in company. No lifeboats were believed to have gotten away from the starboard side of the vessel, which had 499 persons on board. The smoke hung low, never rising above 100 feet, the wind was steady and moderate and from a most favorable position dead ahead of the convoy. On the 20th a Liberator was sighted screening the convoy. The ship fought in the Battle of the Atlantic serving as a convoy escort. On 2 October all ships were inside Grotta Point, Iceland, maneuvering for anchorages. The USCGC Bibb (WPG-31) was a 327-foot (100 m) Secretary-Class (also known as "Treasury Class") Coast Guard ship commissioned in 1936. Bibb was decommissioned in 1985 and remained docked until it was transported to the Florida Keys for use as an artificial reef. The healthy sheer forward and the high slope in the deck in the wardrooms was known as the "Hunnewell Hump." An hour later three merchant vessels detached for Casablanca under escort of two USPC vessels and a French destroyer. 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. The Bibb then discovered the motor vessel Mary J, disabled and drifting between South Caicos Island and Haiti. Among those serving on Bibb was James A. Watson, a rear admiral who was the onsite ranking officer in the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The Mallory had been torpedoed at 0600. Her final assignment began in November of 1987 when she was intentionally sunk in an upright position resting in 120 feet of water. 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