Ten minutes later escort vessels of the inner screen dropped one depth charge each, followed at short intervals by two more sets of charges, by each escort vessel of the inner screen. Bibb was named for U.S. Secretary of the Treasury (July 4, 1844 - March 7, 1845) George M. Bibb . Ten minutes later the second ship sank, stern first. 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. From 1946 to 1973. They then began paddling towards the cutter, but the seas were too great. 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. On 29 and 30 January 1945 she was depermed, degaussed and tested. In January 1945 Bibb left Charleston, South Carolina for service in the Pacific theater where, as an AGC, she served temporarily as the flagship for Commander, Mine Craft, Pacific Fleet. 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. On the 16th all electric power on Bibb failed, the rudder jammed and the main turbines stopped. He died in Georgetown, Washington, D.C., on 14 April 1859. The Bibb joined convoy SC-121 and maneuvered to a position near the cutter Spencer (WPG-36). A former officer on board Bibb, Captain Henry C. Keene, Jr., noted: Raney was a leader. Task Force 66 relieved course and began standing up the Straits of Gibraltar and on the 3rd entered Casablanca Harbor. On the 26th, the escort duty completed, Bibb proceeded to South Boston Navy Yard Annex, mooring there on the 28th and remaining through the balance of October. Washington, DC: U.S. Coast Guard, 1 March 1949. pp. 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. Two minutes later lookouts on, On 10 September 1945, the Commander, Mine Craft, shifted his flag to, 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 28th she moored at Argentia. )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. A minute later at 0359 an enemy aircraft was sighted at a range of about 5,000 yards and about 1,000 feet in altitude. 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. On 1 May seven merchant vessels were detached under escort of a destroyer escort for Algiers. 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. 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. It was a clear night with a bright, full moon which made visibility very good. On the 27th two merchant vessels were detached for New York. ; 1 x 1-pounder. Next day she intercepted a message from SS Vojvoda Putnik stating that the vessel had been torpedoed and was sinking. After establishing communications with Bibb, Martin made a successful landing in the 30-foot seas at 1004 (GCT) near the cutter. Modifications included the removal of one of her 5-inch 50 caliber main batteries, the addition of a total of four 3-inch 50 caliber dual-purpose batteries, lighter anti-aircraft armament (including 20mm cannons and .50 caliber machine guns), Y gun depth charge projectors, two depth charge tracks at the stern and at some point in the coming months, a British-made high-frequency direction finder (known as HF/DF or Huff-Duff), and a surface search radar set. At 0115. He was born on 30 October 1776 in Prince Edward County, Virginia. 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. From April to August of 1945 she participated in the assault on Okinawa, surviving numerous kamikaze attacks. On 1 October the convoy was augmented by 30 merchant ships and three Navy vessels. 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. Those who did not make it into a life raft died from hypothermia. x "K" gun depth charge projectors; 2 x depth charge racks. In 1844, Bibb became Secretary of the Treasury under President John Tyler. Executive Officer, LCDR Nicholas A. Forni. When an enemy aircraft was sighted coming in from the northwest on 28 April 1945 Bibb commenced firing. The 327s were an attempt to develop a 20-knot cutter capable of carrying an airplane in a hangar. Her propelling plant consisted of twin propellers powered by geared turbines supplied with steam from oil fired boilers. On one such occasion the commander of U.S. At the end of World War II, each Secretary Class cutter was returned to her peace-time makeup. Meanwhile, one merchant had joined the convoy and another had detached for Bermuda on the 5th. Two depth charges were dropped on a sound contact on the 7th and the search continued for two hours before rejoining the convoy. 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. A few minutes later another raft was sighted dead ahead and two survivors of SS Bonneville were taken aboard. The ship fought in the Battle of the Atlantic serving as a convoy escort. Bibb made history after a wolf pack attacked the eastbound convoy SC-118. Residing at Frankfort, he turned his attention back to law and state politics. Various members of the Task Force departed as escorts for detachments and others joined for temporary duty. The convoy began break-off operations on the 7th. Also, during the mid-1930's, narcotics smuggling, mostly opium, was on the increase, and long-legged, fairly fast cutters were needed to curtail it. With the advent of newer navigation and communication technology the Coast Guard soon discontinued ocean station patrols. Seventh Fleet as a part of Coast Guard Squadron Three. RDML William G. Kelly In April of 1966 she served on Ocean Station Delta and on Ocean Station Charlie in August-September 1967. Bibb left Hvalfjordur for Reykjavik on 18 March 1943 and stood out to sea en route to join Iceland bound convoy HXL-229A. On the 21st a doctor from Babbitt was transferred to Bibb to treat that ship's doctor who had been stricken with pneumonia. On 17 July 1982, In 1984 she participated in a multifaceted law enforcement operation code-named "Operation Wagon Wheel" in the Caribbean. Later that month she seized the motor vessel SS Rio Panuco with 50 tons of marijuana on board. This PAGE is dedicated to the memory and preservation of the USCGC George M. Bibb WHEC-31 (W-31, WPG-31) that served from 1937 till 1985 and presently lies as an artificial reef of the coast of Key West, Fl. The ship 327' and is laying on its starboard side, in 130' of water and it was a gr. On the 16th two YMs detached for Bermuda. One convoyed vessel detached for Horta, Azores on the 20th and two joined. U.S. Coast Guard Cutters& Craft of World War II. Radar: (1945) SK, SG-1; (1966) AN/SPS-29D, AN/SPA-52. During her ten-month deployment, she cruised approximately 68,680 miles and was underway for 75 percent of the time she was deployed. She arrived at San Juan on 7 January 1944 and departed on the 8th for Guantanamo Bay where she arrived on the 9th. On the 15th a destroyer escort fired across the bow of a fishing boat to keep it clear of the convoy after the fisherman had refused to follow orders. On 3 August 1942, Bibb, with escort commander in the cutter Ingham (WPG-35), was again on convoy duty. The legendary Bibb was named for U.S. Secretary of the Treasury (July 4, 1844 - March 7, 1845) George M. Bibb. 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. I hope I never see another drowned man as long as I live.. An hour later the Iceland bound section of the convoy departed the main convoy. The Bibb proceeded to the area and heard faint propeller beats but was unable to obtain a sound contact. Once the conversion was completed she was again classified as WPG-31. She was relieved on 30 November by submarine chasers and arrived at Guantanamo Bay on 1 December 1943. 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. The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Winnebago (WHEC-40) had the Agenor's 17 crewmen on board. The first assignment of George M. Bibb after her commissioning was to the Fifth Coast Guard District, with Norfolk as her home port. On the 28th four merchant vessels and one destroyer detached, the vessels to be escorted to Oran by a British task force. 13-21. The cutter reported to the escort commander on the 20th and was assigned a station. On the 31st she was underway escorting USS Saturn (AF-40) to St. John's Newfoundland, where she arrived at 0900. 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. 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. 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. depth charge on a doubtful sound contact, a school of stunned fish appeared on the surface. USS Bibb, CG (WAGC-31); U.S.C.G.C. This standardization saved money--always paramount in the Coast Guard's considerations--and the cutters were built in U.S. Navy shipbuilding yards. Contents 1 History During these visits, Dr. John Bulette, the on-board medical officer assigned to Bibb by the U.S. Public Health Service, treated over 220 persons. 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. One merchant vessel detached for the Azores. MK-2 Browning MG, 2 x MK-13 high altitude parachute flare mortars. At 0336 escorts on the convoy's port side began firing and two minutes later escorts on the starboard side began to open fire. 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. 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. By noon on the 3rd the convoy was standing up the swept channel towards Reykjavik, Iceland. Departing the same day for Trinidad, she arrived at her destination and on the 11th left Trinidad for Guantanamo Bay, arriving on the 19th. The next day she sighted the bow of the tanker and left it in sinking condition also. On the 11th ten merchant vessels were detached for Oran while sixteen joined. At 0448 on the 21st she attacked a sound contact with a barrage of depth charges with undetermined results, due to darkness and haze. The Bibb then set a course for Boston and moored at Pier 3, South Boston on the 15th. 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. On the 27th Bibb departed for Boston and moored at the South Boston Navy Yard on the 28th. On the 27th Bibb was en route to New York where she anchored in Gravesend Bay, moving over to Brooklyn on the 28th to moor. The Bibb was again underway on 31 August 1942 screening the port bow of the eastbound trans-Atlantic convoy SC-97. At 0250 on the 7th she sighted four star shells in the vicinity of the convoy and a vessel was reported torpedoed. On the 18th Bibb dropped the escort of Vulcan and stood out of the swept channel in company with Ingham en route Boston, where she arrived on the 19th for ten days availability. 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 USCGC Bibb (WHEC-31) - Steel Hip Flask - WI3. 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 Navy then designated her as WPG-31. 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. In a Coast Guard press release, Radarman Second Class Richard Nielsen of New Bedford, described the mission that took place on 24 November 1968: "South Vietnamese junks landed Regional Force troops and their U.S. Army advisors on the west side of the island while other troops came up from An Thoi. She served again on Ocean Station Charlie from 23 October to 17 November 1972. 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. Many had edema of the hands, which resulted, it is believed, from the tight fit these rubber suits have about the wrist. As Bibb departed the western Pacific for her return to Boston, the commander of the Cruiser-Destroyer Group, U.S. The Bibb returned on the 21st and proceeded to Buckner Bay, where she remained at anchor during the balance of July. That operation involved several different agencies including the Coast Guard, the Navy, the Drug Enforcement Administration, and others. The USCGC Bibb was a 327-foot Secretary-Class Coast Guard ship commissioned in 1936. In the U.S. Navy, asbestos was considered so important that the U.S. government once mandated its use in shipbuilding. A place for old 327 BENO sailors to meet, swap sea stories and tall tales, and share photos. From 1946 to 1973, Bibb was stationed at Boston. Regaining the contact ten minutes later she again attacked with a barrage of six charges. 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. 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. 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. In August, 1949 she served on Ocean Station Dog. Every branch of the military used asbestos during the 20th century. The following year brought a number of notable seizures for drug and fisheries charges. On 7 March 1944, Bibb departed Casablanca with Task Force 66 and on the 8th relieved the senior British escort in HMS Bittersweet of convoy GUS-32. The Bibb undergoes conversion for combat as an anti-submarine warship and convoy escort in October, 1941. On the 28th one merchant vessel returned to Norfolk unescorted due to machinery failure. The plane crashed into the starboard side of USS Pinkney (APH-2), a transport for the wounded. 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. 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. 1937: 12 officers, 4 warrants, 107 enlisted; In 1938 the ship made a special practice cruise with cadets from the Coast Guard Academy, and in 1939 spent about three months on temporary duty with the Navy, engaging in joint maneuvers. She departed Manzanillo on the 3rd and reached Pearl Harbor on the 11th. In August, 1949 she served on Ocean Station Dog. Six hours later while returning to the convoy, As raft after raft were brought alongside, On 25 February 1943, a convoy was formed with, At 2152 word was received that a vessel in the convoy had been torpedoed. 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