Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Later again that month and into August she seized the fishing vessel Shanti after the crew of the fishing vessel threw approximately three tons of marijuana overboard. Many of them were suffering from exposure and edema, but after treatment almost all recovered. On 15 February 1943, the Bibb departed for Hvalfjordur, Iceland. 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. Many of them were suffering from exposure and edema, but after treatment almost all recovered. On the 14th the task force got under way escorting convoy UGA-8A for Casablanca. Bibbwas named for U.S. Secretary of the Treasury (July 4, 1844 - March 7, 1845) George M. Bibb. 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. There she served as the flagship for Commander, Mine Craft, Pacific Fleet. . The Bibb returned on the 21st and proceeded to Buckner Bay, where she remained at anchor during the balance of July. In 1981 Bibb conducted a six-week patrol that included two training stops and several rescues. The ship fought in the Battle of the Atlantic serving as a convoy escort. On the 28th one merchant vessel returned to Norfolk unescorted due to machinery failure. A few seconds later the plane crashed in to the USS Terror (CM-5) starboard amidships. The cutters. 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. The plane had just flown over Tokashika Shima and was approaching the southern anchorage near Bibb. 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. The Bibb, relieved of this arduous duty, continued carrying out law enforcement and search and rescue patrols. Well done.". That afternoon she had an underwater sound contact and made an embarrassing depth charge attack 5,000 yards ahead of the convoy with no visible damage. MK-2 Browning MG, 2 x MK-13 high altitude parachute flare mortars. Books and Government Publications. Fire Control Radar: (1945) Mk-26; (1966) Mk-26 MOD 4. Her deployment summary noted: "She met every operational commitment, never causing any delays and frequently being extended on patrols due to her high state of operational readiness. 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. By 0305 the rescue ships had completed operations and were underway to rejoin the convoy. On the 24th, the New York section of 19 ships detached with four escorts. .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. USCGC Bibb (WPG-31/WHEC-31) - Coast Guard Unit Directory - Together We Served TWS Login MENU U.S. Army U.S. MARINE CORPS U.S. Navy U.S. Air Force U.S. Coast Guard Veterans Network USCGC Bibb (WPG-31/WHEC-31) USCGC Bibb (WPG-31/WHEC-31) If You Served In This Unit, Reconnect With Your Service Friends Today Join Now On 27 February 1952 Bibb sustained minor damage when a Navy tug collided with her while maneuvering in Narragansett Bay. Also on that day two British escorts detached. On 25 February 1943, a convoy was formed with Bibb as escort commander, escorting seven vessels, with Babbitt in company. The final 327-foot design was based on the Erie-class Navy gunboats; the machinery plant and hull below the waterline were identical. The next year, in June-July, she served on Ocean Station How and in July of 1950 she and her sister Treasury-class cutters had Mark 10 projectors installed. On the 12th she delivered the two submarines to a local Canadian escort unit off the Sambro Light vessel. A former officer on board Bibb, Captain Henry C. Keene, Jr., noted: Raney was a leader. Bibb left Hvalfjordur for Reykjavik on 18 March 1943 and stood out to sea en route to join Iceland bound convoy HXL-229A. During November she served on Ocean Station Charlie. She first underwent an equipment test by the Naval Underwater Systems Center in Long Island Sound. On 14 December two British escort vessels departed with some of the ships of the convoy for St. John's, Newfoundland. Between 5 and 29 August 1971. The vessel fell off to northward and commenced drifting toward the convoy. On the 10th the cutter stood out for Casco Bay, Maine, where she held exercises and drills until the 18th, when she departed for Hampton Roads. 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) At 1521 she relieved HMS Fleetwood as Task Force Commander. The Navy then designated her as WPG-31. After conversion to an AGC, done in the Charleston Navy Yard between 17 October 1944 and 29 January 1945. The Iceland Unit, consisting of seven ships, detached from the main convoy at 1900. In March-April 1956 she served on Ocean Station Bravo again and in June 1956 she served on Ocean Station Charlie. All escorts were given permission to open fire at will on unidentified aircraft. 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. 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 . She was built in 1936 in the US Naval Yard in Philadelphia, PA. The Bibb joined the convoy on the 19th. She returned to Kerama Retto, next morning and remained anchored there for the balance of June. These operations called for off-shore patrols of up to three weeks. Bibb also provided logistical support to U.S. Navy "Swift" boats and Coast Guard 82-foot patrol boats of Coast Guard Squadron One. The Bibb located Collis P. Huntington and led her safely to anchorage at Reykjavik. A distress message from the disabled SS Agenor gave the Bibb an opportunity to resume its customary peace-time job of search and rescue. All were experienced seamen who were prepared to carry the war directly to the U-boats although their training in fighting submarines was scarce to non-existent. Shortly after this flames ware observed on a second ship, just ahead of the first one. In the U.S. Navy, asbestos was considered so important that the U.S. government once mandated its use in shipbuilding. USCGC Mackinaw (WAGB-83) 282' Medium Endurance Cutter (WMEC) [ edit] USCGC Alex Haley (WMEC-39) USCGC Alex Haley (WMEC-39) 270' Medium Endurance Cutter (WMEC) [ edit] Main article: Famous-class cutter USCGC Thetis (WMEC-910), a Famous-class cutter USCGC Bear (WMEC-901) USCGC Tampa (WMEC-902) USCGC Harriet Lane (WMEC-903) USCGC Northland (WMEC-904) Bibb remained anchored in Reykjavik Harbor, Iceland until 19 October 1942, and then got underway escorting a convoy of five ships westward. On the 3rd information received was that there were some indications that enemy submarines were nearing the convoy. The, The star shells marked the successful attack by a U-boat. .Built for only $2.5 million each, in terms of cost effectiveness we may never see the likes of these cutters again.". 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. 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. 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. On the next day she departed the convoy in company with Schenck and arrived at Hvalfjordur that evening, proceeding to Reykjavik next day. MK-2 Browning MG, 2 x MK-13 high altitude parachute flare mortars. The ship saw service in World War II. She also caused 11 secondary fires and three secondary explosions. When an enemy aircraft was sighted coming in from the northwest on 28 April 1945 Bibb commenced firing. The Bibb was underway on zig-zag courses at five knots at the time from Norfolk to Casco Day, Maine. The Portent made a Hedgehog attack and dropped five depth charges on a sound contact one mile north of Bibb's attack. USCG Duane (Wreck) Stern Smoke Stack Bow She is a 327 foot Treasury class US Coast Guard cutter. Soon after, a streak of heavy oil, 30 yards long, was sighted. Ten other destroyers dropped charges on doubtful contacts and Bibb made an embarrassing attack on a contact at 600 yards at 1430. BIBB (C.G. 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. Bibb was then directed to coordinate the search efforts for the missing sailing vessel Patriot with six crewmen aboard. On the 31st, the Casablanca section of the convoy, consisting of 27 ships, began breaking off. That operation involved several different agencies including the Coast Guard, the Navy, the Drug Enforcement Administration, and others. Sometime in May or June of 1937 her named was shortened to Bibb. 1936:3 x 5"/51 (single); 2 x 6-pounders. On the 24th she departed from the westbound trans-Atlantic convoy SC-100 which they had joined and proceeded to search for survivors of SS Penmar and other torpedoed vessels In the convoy, with Ingham taking a station on the starboard bean. 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. Because of the weather zigzagging was discontinued. On the 6th Bibb, together with USS MacLeish (DD-220) was relieved of further escort duty and departed the convoy setting a course for Argentia, where she arrived on the 7th. Six hours later while returning to the convoy Bibb picked up 33 survivors from the Greek SS Kalliopi. 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. that had fired and dropped three depth charges. The convoy began break-off operations on the 7th. The Babbitt was directed to join and try to bring her back to convoy. Thirty-two preliminary designs of a modified Erie-class gunboat were drawn up before one was finally selected. Obtaining permission to leave the ocean station and return to Boston with all of the souls who had been on board the Queen, the cutter arrived to a hero's welcome. Every branch of the military used asbestos during the 20th century. Rescue operations continued throughout forenoon, 202 survivors being taken from three lifeboats and numerous rafts. This designation indicated a multi-mission ship able to operate at sea for 30-45 days without support and Bibb was then re classified as WHEC-31. On 7 February 1943, the U-402 torpedoed SS Henry S. Mallory, a troop transport, bound for Iceland, after the Mallory straggled behind the convoy. The Bibb was relieved of escort duty on 8 August and proceeded independently to the Brooklyn Navy Yard and moored. The next day at 0411 Bibb attacked a doubtful contact which was lost a few minutes later. On the same day two vessels broke off for Europe Point and the convoy was joined by the Gibraltar section. Later that year she sailed back to Ocean Station Echo, where she steamed from 10 June to 4 July. At 0946 she set a course to rendezvous with convoy SC-118. Auxiliary diesel power for radio and lighting systems was cut in and the cutter shifted to hand steering. The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Winnebago (WHEC-40) had the Agenor's 17 crewmen on board. 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. 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 25 November 1942, Bibb stood out of Reykjavik Harbor to screen in the van of west bound convoy ONS-148 consisting of eight ships. 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. The Bibb then returned to New Bedford. Escorted by USS Barry (APD-29) Bibb departed Norfolk on the 15th of February and arrived at Panama on the 22nd. 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. Anderson, USCG, as commanding officer of Bibb. She was relieved on 30 November by submarine chasers and arrived at Guantanamo Bay on 1 December 1943. On the 13th the commander of Task Force 60 was transferred aboard USS Merrill (DE-392) relieving the Bibb as flagship. Then she departed for Norfolk and moored there for the rest of August. Washington, DC: U.S. Coast Guard, 1 March 1949. pp. 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. 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. The following morning the seas had abated somewhat and Cronk ordered a rescue attempt with his personal gig. 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. The 5th was spent covering the rear of the convoy. Once in South Vietnamese waters, she operated under the Cruiser-Destroyer Group of the U.S. The search was discontinued. She then sailed to Mayport, Florida, for a week of training at the Navy Fleet Training Center. From October 1973 until she was decommissioned. On the 3rd the convoy commenced standing up the Tunisian War Channel and six hours later Task Force 60 was relieved of convoy UGS-39 by HMS Dart at the entrance to Bizerte swept channel. The Bibb remained at anchor in Buckner Bay, Okinawa, during August, 1945, as flagship for Commander, Mine Craft, Pacific Fleet. That evening Ingham made an embarrassing attack on what was reported to be a periscope. Many had edema of the hands, which resulted, it is believed, from the tight fit these rubber suits have about the wrist. The Bibb was unable to regain contact and rejoined the convoy. Departing the same day for Trinidad, she arrived at her destination and on the 11th left Trinidad for Guantanamo Bay, arriving on the 19th. Soon after midnight on the 10th two more vessels in the convoy were torpedoed. On the 30th, two merchant ships detached and 10 joined from Algiers. 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. The USCGC Bibb (WPG-31) was a 327-foot (100 m) Secretary-Class (also known as "Treasury Class") Coast Guard ship commissioned in 1936. From 1946 to 1973, Bibb was stationed at Boston. The three left onboard Vigilant had to abandon their efforts and they took to a second life raft and Bibb's small boat again set out and successfully rescued them. On the fourth trip, the surfboat, taking on water after being battered against the hull of Bibb, began to sink. The three vessels arrived off the entrance to Chesapeake Bay on the 17th. The Bibb returned to Reykjavik Harbor, Iceland on the 10th where she remained until the 25th. 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 Bibb. A few minutes later a vessel in the convoy fired a machine gun at a reported visual contact. During May-June 1949 she served on Ocean Station Able. At 2152 word was received that a vessel in the convoy had been torpedoed. A U.S. Army liaison officer boarded Bibb and worked with a spotter aircraft in coordinating our fire in support of the troops." Shortly afterwards, star shells, denoting a submarine attack, appeared in the same area. On the 27th she stood out of Palermo and on the 28th, following gunnery and tactical exercises, the task force relieved HMS Shield as escort for convoy GUS-53. 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). 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. The Mallory had been torpedoed at 0600. Two merchant ships joined on the 21st; six detached and six joined on the 22nd; and nine detached and seven joined on the 23rd. After she returned to service, The following year brought a number of notable seizures for drug and fisheries charges. 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. 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. She served again on Ocean Station Charlie from 23 October to 17 November 1972. The Bibb , with Ingham , departed Boston on 8 September 1943, for area "R" off Block Island Sound for anti-submarine warfare practice, which consisted of simulated depth charging and head throw weapon runs on a submerged U.S. submarine and also acted as target for PT boats in combined destroyer and PTB exercises. Next day the Bibb fired her starboard thrower in an embarrassing attack on what was probably a non-submarine. In February 1943, the convoy came under attack and the SSHenry R. Mallory was torpedoed. She was commissioned on 10 March 1937. Sonar: (1945) QC series; (1966) SQS-11. The Coast Guard at War V: Transports and Escorts. The 327's were an attempt to develop a 20-knot cutter capable of carrying an airplane in a hangar. From 1946 to 1973, Bibb was stationed at Boston. Command Chief, MKC Austin R. Jennings. When the Grand Banks cruises were discontinued on 27 January 1940 Bibb was then assigned duty with on the weather stations. On the 28 May 37 ships detached for Hampton Roads. The Bibb was again underway on 31 August 1942 screening the port bow of the eastbound trans-Atlantic convoy SC-97. 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. Four merchant ships were detached for Gibraltar and one joined just before the convoy changed course to stand through the Straits. Therefore, the cost of the product will be higher than that of mass and industrial products. depth charge on a doubtful sound contact, a school of stunned fish appeared on the surface. 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. Share. 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 Bibb then discovered the motor vessel Mary J, disabled and drifting between South Caicos Island and Haiti. 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 August 6th Bibb expended 11 depth charges on a sound contact which was later evaluated as non-submarine. 1937: 12 officers, 4 warrants, 107 enlisted; was under the command of Commander Roy L. Raney during the convoy battles to come. Bibb was under the command of Commander Roy L. Raney during the convoy battles to come. New navigation and communication systems were also added. She participated in refresher training under the Fleet Training Group at Guantanamo Bay every two years to maintain her military readiness. All hands can be justifiably proud of this accomplishment and of the fact that they have contributed significantly to the mission of the Seventh Fleet and to the United States efforts in Southeast Asia. The U.S. Coast Guard cutter George M. Bibb (Builder's No. On the 30th she departed Boston for Casco Bay, Maine. 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. 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. )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. Anderson, USCG, as commanding officer of, On 4 July 1944 there were detachments from the convoy for Horta, Azores and for Casablanca on the 9th and 11th. On the 20th Bibb investigated a sound contact, which proved to be non-submarine and was probably due to fish. From 5 to 27 December of 1975 she served on Ocean Station Hotel. 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. These had only recently been implemented on a suggestion by then CDR Edward H. "Iceberg" Smith, LCDR George B. Gelly, and a more influential suggestion by President Franklin Roosevelt. At first light on 1 July, a rescue aircraft from Air Station Elizabeth City was on scene and assisting in the search. 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. Regaining the contact ten minutes later she again attacked with a barrage of six charges. On the 8th, with Skagie Point abeam to port, the Free French Corvette Roselys joined the task force. 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. On the 9th the Casablanca section, escorted by two destroyers, joined the main convoy. She served on Ocean Station Hotel from 11 to 20 January 1973 and then on Ocean Station Delta from 26 January to 15 February. and her members who help to keep these memories alive. 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. Radar: (1945) SK, SG-1; (1966) AN/SPS-29D, AN/SPA-52. 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 While circling the area to renew contact a whale and school of porpoises was also encountered. 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 then began paddling towards the cutter, but the seas were too great. Investigating a radar contact astern on the 26th it was found to be the USS SC-689 which had separated from the company during the night. One ship was reported later to have returned to Reykjavik safely. She had a sound contact at 900 yards and dropped a full pattern with negative results. She was sunk as an artificial reef off the coast of Florida in 1987. On the 27th she went to the assistance of USS Narragansett (ATF-88) and floating drydock ARDC-12. 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