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On the 3rd they stopped at Akueyre. 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. 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. Most recently, these ships-that-wouldn't-die have done duty in fisheries patrol and drug interdiction. At the end of World War II, each Secretary Class cutter was returned to her peace-time makeup. On 2 November 1969, She began the year 1971 by serving on Ocean Station Bravo, where she served from 3 to 26 of January. Later she returned to the wreck and left it in a sinking condition from gun fire and depth charges. The plane had just flown over Tokashika Shima and was approaching the southern anchorage near Bibb. He died in Georgetown, Washington, D.C., on 14 April 1859. 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. Sound contacts were attacked that day and the next and on the 16th four more destroyers of Task Group 21.3 joined the escort group. >27,500 (10 days for 50 man crew using 50 gpd : Maximum Range: 4,000 NM @ 12 kts 9,000 NM @ 9 kts : Stopping Distance < 1,000 feet : Circumnavigate Beset 1000' Vessel in Heavy Ice (32" solid level) Yes - within 12 minutes : Sewage Treatment, Trash, & Hazmat Storage : Hold for 10 days (based on 50 person crew) All grey water, all black water . 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. Sometime in May or June of 1937 her named was shortened to Bibb. Most recently, these ships-that-wouldnt-die have done duty in fisheries patrol and drug interdiction. The Babbitt was directed to join and try to bring her back to convoy. Among those serving on Bibb was James A. Watson, a rear admiral who was the onsite ranking officer in the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. At 0946 she set a course to rendezvous with convoy SC-118. On the 11th the convoy became scattered about noon by winds of gale force and heavy seas but was reformed six hours later. On the 23rd the convoy entered New York Harbor and Bibb moored at Brooklyn Navy Yard with availability expiring April 2nd. 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. Her next ocean station assignment was during March-April 1952 when the Bibb served on Ocean Station Charlie and then in November-December 1952 she served on Ocean Station Echo. Between the 8th and 12th, Bibb took aboard crew members from three merchant vessels in convoy for medical treatment. They then began paddling towards the cutter, but the seas were too great. Between 5 and 29 August 1971. Departing Guantanamo on the 23rd she arrived at Norfolk on the 26 January 1944. The rafts were of the doughnut type and, due to the height of the sea, it was rarely possible to see more than two or three rafts at a time. From October 1973 until she was decommissioned, Bibb was stationed at New Bedford. The cutter Bibb was named for George Motier Bibb, a prominent lawyer and jurist in Kentucky. On the 12th three more merchant vessels joined. The Coast Guard at War V: Transports and Escorts. Another time a medical team was sent ashore to the Village of Phu Tho, 70 miles south southeast of Danang. 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. In March-April 1956 she served on Ocean Station Bravo again and in June 1956 she served on Ocean Station Charlie. She began the year 1971 by serving on Ocean Station Bravo, where she served from 3 to 26 of January. 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. On 1 February 1943, Bibb was underway from St. John's to join eastbound convoy SC-118 and reported to commander Task Unit 24.6.1 at 1005. Most of the armament was removed, except for the addition of a 40mm anti-aircraft battery, a 5-inch 38 caliber main battery and "mousetrap" anti-submarine armament. Soon after midnight on the 10th two more vessels in the convoy were torpedoed. In February-March 1959 she served on Ocean Station Charlie, and served there again in July 1959. The New York section, with the commander Task Force 60 in Bibb, now consisted of 148 ships in 8 columns. Seven similar "combat cutters" were built and named for secretaries of the United States Treasury. It lies on its side at a depth of about 130 feet (40m). From 1946 to 1973, Bibb was stationed at Boston. On the 9th Roselys sank a floating mine and later dropped one charge on a doubtful contact. Commander (Constructor) F. G. Hunnewell, USCG, was the head of the Coast Guard's Construction and Repair Department at that time. On the 2nd Bibb received a report from a ship with call letters KFFL that she had been torpedoed. On the 22nd, two merchant vessels joined from Bone, Algeria. Seven hours later Bibb fired a barrage of depth charges on a sound contact and a few minutes later the McLeish reported a sound contact which was almost immediately lost. On the 16th all electric power on Bibb failed, the rudder jammed and the main turbines stopped. The legendary Bibb was named for U.S. Secretary of the Treasury (July 4, 1844 - March 7, 1845) George M. Bibb. Very few ships were able to fire on it as it passed. USCGC Bibb (WHEC-31) - Steel Hip Flask - WI3. 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. They rejoined the convoy on the 28th. 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. At the end of World War II, each Secretary Class cutter was returned to her peace-time makeup. Quartermaster Third Class Bill Batson, of Quincy, Massachusetts, reported: "We arrived on scene late in the afternoon of 1 November. The healthy sheer forward and the high slope in the deck in the wardrooms was known as the "Hunnewell Hump." Bibb also provided logistical support to U.S. Navy "Swift" boats and Coast Guard 82-foot patrol boats of Coast Guard Squadron One. After one successful trip, the gig's engine broke down and the Coast Guardsmen once again launched a pulling boat. The Bibb regained contact and slowed for a Hedgehog attack. On 1 May a radar picket at 0340 reported a "bogey" coming in 45 miles from Bibb's position. Description [ edit] MV Hephaestus was a steel -built tanker with a tonnage of 595 GRT. In March-April 1954 she served on Ocean Station Bravo. x .50 caliber Browning MG; 2 x depth charge racks; 1 x "Y" gun depth charge projector. On the 22nd she broke off from convoy HXL-229A and began screening ahead of convoy HXL-229. 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. There were no seriously ill men among those brought aboard but all were weak and many required aid in going below deck. On the 26th the Delaware section of the convoy departed under escort of Ingham and USS Threat (AM-124) and at 0935 the lead ships were ordered to follow Bibb to the swept channel of New York harbor. Those who did not make it into a life raft died from hypothermia. The ship . Bibb remained anchored in Reykjavik Harbor, Iceland until 19 October 1942, and then got underway escorting a convoy of five ships westward. The broken blower crankshaft of one of the merchant vessels in convoy was repaired on Bibb and transferred to it by breeches buoy. On the 17th she was underway to report to the escort commander of convoy HX-226. Residing at Frankfort, he turned his attention back to law and state politics. 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. Two minutes later lookouts on Bibb sighted one aircraft identified as an Aichi D4A "Val" dive-bomber at a range of 8,000 yards appearing just over Hokaji Island, at an altitude of about 1,000 feet. . From 5 to 27 December of 1975 she served on Ocean Station Hotel. x "K" gun depth charge projectors; 2 x depth charge racks. Next day six merchant vessels detached for Casablanca while eight joined. 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. The Navy then designated her as WPG-31. On 7 March 1943, Bibb got underway from Reykjavik to augment the escort of convoy SC-121. Again on the 29th, On the morning of 6 May 1945, at 0846, SOPA warned that bogeys as well as many friendly planes were within four miles. 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. She transferred them to us as she had to depart to fulfill operational commitments. At noon two boats were lowered and they began bringing 61 survivors aboard, including one naval officer and 23 enlisted men. That evening gunfire was sighted on the horizon, presumed to be HMS Broadway in contact with an enemy submarine. These men had been some 60 hours in rough seas in an open boat and on rafts and their condition was much better than would be expected. Vessels joined the convoy at Gibraltar on the 10th. One of the destroyer escorts was damaged in collision and returned to Norfolk Navy Yard for repair. 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. One merchant vessel detached for the Azores. After conversion to an AGC, done in the Charleston Navy Yard between 17 October 1944 and 29 January 1945. 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. Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The USCG cutter Bibb was deployed to South America with th. The Bibb was relieved of escort duty on 8 August and proceeded independently to the Brooklyn Navy Yard and moored. Ten minutes later a kawasaki Ki-61 "Tony" fighter aircraft was sighted at about 5,000 yards, and Bibb commenced firing, but the firing was checked as the bearing became foul. Bibb was then directed to coordinate the search efforts for the missing sailing vessel Patriot with six crewmen aboard. 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. Through your actions, you have significantly contributed to the United States efforts in countering communist aggression in the Republic of Vietnam." . 1966: 10 officers, 3 warrants, 133 enlisted. Fortunately Bibb was able to pull all 21 survivors and Coast Guardsmen on board the surfboat and in the raft to safety, leaving 22 on board the Queen. TWS is the largest online community of Veterans existing today and is a powerful Veteran locator. 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. In February 1953 she served on Ocean Station Coca and in July it was duty on Ocean Station Delta. In the words of one naval historian, John M. Waters, Jr., they were truly their nations maritime workhorses. Waters continued: the 327s battled, through the Bloody Winter of 1942-43 in the North Atlanticfighting off German U-boats and rescuing survivors from torpedoed convoy ships. After one successful trip, the gig's engine broke down and the Coast Guardsmen once again launched a pulling boat. The legendary Bibb was named for U.S. Secretary of the Treasury (July 4, 1844 - March 7, 1845) George M. Bibb. The plane crashed into the starboard side of USS Pinkney (APH-2), a transport for the wounded. The USCGC Bibb(WPG-31)was a 327-foot (100 m)Secretary-Class (also known as "Treasury Class") Coast Guard ship commissioned in 1936. 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. The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Winnebago (WHEC-40) had the Agenor's 17 crewmen on board. On the 14th Bibb obtained two high frequency direction finder bearings and began running them down. 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. No sounds of any kind were heard but the deduction, from visual impressions, was that both ships had been torpedoed. On 6 April 1943 Bibb got underway in company with USS Vulcan (AR-5) and Ingham and on the 8th moored at the naval anchorage at Moville, Ireland. V172 (1937-1938)Grumman JF-2, USCG No. Bibb Cutter File, US Coast Guard Historian's Office. The target was taken under fire by vessels in the anchorage but apparently escaped, damaged, and disappeared flying north toward Geruma Shima. Grumman JF-2, USCG No. 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. The mid-1970s were a period of transition for the Coast Guard with the passage of the Fisheries Conservation and Management Act and the nation's shift towards increased interdiction of narcotics smugglers. The Bibb was underway on zig-zag courses at five knots at the time from Norfolk to Casco Day, Maine. The convoy began break-off operations on the 7th. Bibb continued at anchor in Kerama Retto until 7 July 1945 when she proceeded to Buckner Bay, where she anchored remaining through the 16th. The convoy consisted of 102 merchant ships. Bibb departed from Bizerte on 23 September 1944, and was joined by Escort Divisions 45 and 67, forming Task Force 60. The three vessels arrived off the entrance to Chesapeake Bay on the 17th. On 1 March 1943, Bibb was underway to join convoy HX-227, which she did at 1625. MK-2 Browning MG, 2 x MK-13 high altitude parachute flare mortars. The cutter Bibb was named for George Motier Bibb, a prominent lawyer and jurist in Kentucky. 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. That evening Ingham made an embarrassing attack on what was reported to be a periscope. The 327-foot cutters were designed to meet changing missions of the service as it emerged from the Prohibition era. Taking on ammunition at the Navy Yard until the 4th of February, when she departed for Hampton Roads, Virginia. 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. 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. The Treasury class cutters proved to be highly dependable, versatile and long-lived warships--most served their country for over 40 years. $29.99. The following morning the seas had abated somewhat and Cronk ordered a rescue attempt with his personal gig. Another joined on the 29th. On the 28 May 37 ships detached for Hampton Roads. 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. On the 2nd five merchant vessels joined the convoy from Algerian ports. Radar: (1945) SK, SG-1; (1966) AN/SPS-29D, AN/SPA-52. On 25 February 1943, a convoy was formed with Bibb as escort commander, escorting seven vessels, with Babbitt in company. Once in South Vietnamese waters, she operated under the Cruiser-Destroyer Group of the U.S. 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. The USCGC Bibb appeared in the 1952 film "Walk East on Beacon" at the film's climactic end. Then she increased to full speed and dropped a full pattern of depth charges. Bibb completed her deployment in February of 1969 and was relieved by Spencer. Next day the Bibb fired her starboard thrower in an embarrassing attack on what was probably a non-submarine. The Bibb laid down an oil slick downwind of the Bermuda Sky Queen prior to crossing her bow to create a lee for the three men. She then proceeded to Hvalfjordur, returning to Reykjavik on the 5th. In peacetime the Bibb spent time on ocean station providing weather information and beacons to trans-Atlantic traffic. She arrived Argentia on 19 January and stood by the hull of the Army transport Joseph V. Connolly and assisted in towing her to port. The Bibb then set a course for Boston and moored at Pier 3, South Boston on the 15th. The Tony crash dived into the stern of the USS St. George (AV-16) causing only superficial damage. The first assignment of George M. Bibb after her commissioning was to the Fifth Coast Guard District, with Norfolk as her home port. One merchant vessel was detached for St. John's. On the 12th she delivered the two submarines to a local Canadian escort unit off the Sambro Light vessel. Bibb, 1955. 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 Bibb returned to Reykjavik Harbor, Iceland on the 10th where she remained until the 25th. 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. 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. On 10 November 1984 she seized the Turkish motor vessel SS, Due to the prohibitive cost of maintaining the aging, LOGBOOKS - Revenue and Coast Guard Cutters: An Overview, Revenue Cutter and Coast Guard Logbooks 1791-1991, Revenue Cutter and Coast Guard Muster Rolls 1831 - 1949, Revenue Cutter and Coast Guard Muster Rolls 1833-1932, Unbound US Revenue Cutter and CG Muster Rolls 1831-1915, Shipping Articles of the Revenue Cutter Service 1867 - 1916, Payroll of Officers & Enlisted Forces of USCG Cutters (1916 1935), Battle of the Atlantic & Greenland Patrol, SPAR Lillian Vasilas' Oral History Interview, Significant Dates in Coast Guard Aviation, Life-Saving Service and Coast Guard Units, Master Chief Petty Officers of the Coast Guard, Two Standards of Judgement - Michael Healy, Women in Coast Guard: Historical Chronology, Hosted by Defense Media Activity - WEB.mil. At 2152 word was received that a vessel in the convoy had been torpedoed. At 1521 she relieved HMS Fleetwood as Task Force Commander. 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 On the 28th one merchant vessel returned to Norfolk unescorted due to machinery failure. 71 W. 31). On the 5th a friendly plane was sighted. 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. 4 of us did the Florida Keys Wreck Trek and the Bibb was our first dive. Dropping a 600 lb. 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 ship fought in the Battle of the Atlantic serving as a convoy escort. 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." On the 27th two merchant vessels were detached for New York. Lookouts aboard the Bibb sighted one of the Mallory's lifeboats at 1000 and, disobeying an order to return to the convoy, Bibb's commanding officer, CDR Roy Raney, ordered his cutter to begin rescuing survivors. She departed Manzanillo on the 3rd and reached Pearl Harbor on the 11th. If you have specific questions, please contact our Chief of Operational Medicine, CAPT Jerry Taylor at (202) 475-5211 or Gerald.N.Taylor@uscg.mil. She arrived at San Juan on 7 January 1944 and departed on the 8th for Guantanamo Bay where she arrived on the 9th. 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 the 19th she proceeded to Casco Bay, Maine, where she engaged in various drills and exercises until tie 28th. 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. x .50 caliber Browning MG; 2 x depth charge racks; 1 x Y gun depth charge projector.1943: 2 x 5/51 (single mount);4 x 3/50 (single mounts); 2 x 20mm/80 (single); 1 x Hedgehog; 2 (?) On the 24th Bibb changed course to effect a rendezvous with convoy SC-105, joining the convoy on the 26th. Thirteen merchant ships under escort of Bibb and ComCorDiv 45, consisting of six Coast Guard-manned destroyer escorts, proceeded to New York, while the remainder, under the Navy manned-destroyer escorts of ComCorDiv 67, detached for New York. 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. The next day she had a sound contact and carried out an embarrassing attack, dropping two depth charges. I hope I never see another drowned man as long as I live.". By noon on the 3rd the convoy was standing up the swept channel towards Reykjavik, Iceland. Eight merchant vessels were detached for Gibraltar on the 15th. Being unable to re-establish the contact the vessels returned to their former course. At 0336 escorts on the convoy's port side began firing and two minutes later escorts on the starboard side began to open fire. At 0730 on 1 October a plane arrived to provide air coverage. 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. Three destroyer escorts left to escort three of these detached ships, two of the escorts returning on the 20th and 21st. The Bibb departed Pearl Harbor on 25 March and arrived at Eniwetok on 3 April 1945. 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 then discovered the motor vessel Mary J, disabled and drifting between South Caicos Island and Haiti. It turned out to be the stern of a torpedoed tanker, with no signs of life on board, though one boat and one raft remained on board. Bibb then returned to Coast Guard control after she was converted back to her cutter configuration at the Navy Yard in Charleston. 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. In September 1972 she medevaced crewman from the Greek merchant vessel SS Christia midway between Bermuda and the Azores. 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 17th a Navy seaman was transferred by pulling boat from one of the convoyed vessels to the Bibb for an appendectomy. 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. Later that afternoon Bibb dropped an eight charge barrage on a sound contact and whet appeared to be a torpedo wake. In the words of one naval historian, John M. Waters, Jr., they were truly their nation's "maritime workhorses." Bibb was decommissioned in 1985 and remained docked until it was transported to the Florida Keys for use as an artificial reef. Bibb saw service in World War II. 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. 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