2 x MK-13 high altitude parachute flare mortars. She participated in refresher training under the Fleet Training Group at Guantanamo Bay every two years to maintain her military readiness. The next day at 0411 Bibb attacked a doubtful contact which was lost a few minutes later. The ship 327' and is laying on its starboard side, in 130' of water and it was a gr. The Vigilant capsized and sank one hour later. 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. Eight merchant vessels were detached for Gibraltar on the 15th. Frequently one, two or three boats were alongside and on one occasion there were as many as nine boats alongside at the same time. An hour later Spencer sighted a submarine dead ahead on the surface at about 2,000 yards and she proceeded to attack. Seven similar "combat cutters" were built and named for secretaries of the United States Treasury. Next day she intercepted a message from SS Vojvoda Putnik stating that the vessel had been torpedoed and was sinking. 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. Leaving Trinidad on 20 December, escorting convoy TAG-104, Bibb arrived at Guantanamo Bay on the 25th. 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. Various vessels near the path of the plane opened fire. The U.S. Coast Guard cutter George M. Bibb (Builder's No. 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) On the 13th she stood down the Norfolk swept channel and than reversed courses and stood up to the Naval Operating Bases for imperative repairs. She received credit for the destruction of one Japanese aircraft. Radar: (1945) SK, SG-1; (1966) AN/SPS-29D, AN/SPA-52. 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. The Bibb departed Boston on 8 November 1943 in company with Ingham en route San Juan, Puerto Rico, for duty with Task Group 26.4 and arrived there on the 13th. The contact was evaluated as probably non-submarine. Another joined on the 29th. The cutter Bibb was named for George Motier Bibb, a prominent lawyer and jurist in Kentucky. Another emergency turn was made on the 21st on a radar contact at 300 yards and at 0512 Bibb dropped one depth charge on an underwater sound contact that disappeared at 700 yards. 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 first assignment of George M. Bibb after her commissioning was to the Fifth Coast Guard District, with Norfolk as her home port. The barometer dropped and the winds rose with a number five sea. This standardization saved moneyalways paramount in the Coast Guards considerationsand the cutters were built in U.S. Navy shipbuilding yards. On the 30th Cossatot and four escorts detached for Oran and two destroyer escorts joined the task force. Later that year she sailed back to Ocean Station Echo, where she steamed from 10 June to 4 July. 1946: 1 x 5"/38 (single); 1 x 40mm;/60 (twin); 2 x 20mm/80 (single); 1 x Hedgehog. The convoy began break-off operations on the 7th. There were no seriously ill men among those brought aboard but all were weak and many required aid in going below deck. Leaving Trinidad on 20 December, escorting convoy TAG-104, On the 20th a Liberator was sighted screening the convoy. Dropping a 600 lb. 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 13th Task Group 21.13 joined, departing the next day. One merchant vessel detached for the Azores. Soon after midnight on the 10th two more vessels in the convoy were torpedoed. The Bibb rests at .mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}2459.71N 8022.77W / 24.99517N 80.37950W / 24.99517; -80.37950Coordinates: 2459.71N 8022.77W / 24.99517N 80.37950W / 24.99517; -80.37950. . The three vessels arrived off the entrance to Chesapeake Bay on the 17th. The healthy sheer forward and the high slope in the deck in the wardrooms was known as the "Hunnewell Hump." The Ingham and two merchant vessels were missing. On the 22nd, two merchant vessels joined from Bone, Algeria. When the Grand Banks cruises were discontinued on 27 January 1940 Bibb was then assigned duty with on the weather stations. Meanwhile, one merchant had joined the convoy and another had detached for Bermuda on the 5th. On the 16th two YMs detached for Bermuda. After one successful trip, the gig's engine broke down and the Coast Guardsmen once again launched a pulling boat. The star shells marked the successful attack by a U-boat. Mooring at Norfolk on the 11th three more destroyers reported to the task force and they departed the same day to escort convoy UGS-12 to North Africa ports. With the decrease in the threat by U-boats by 1944 and the increase in the number of available Allied escort vessels, the Navy determined that the 327s would better serve the national security needs of the nation as command and control vessels [known as AGCs] for amphibious landings. Tweet. 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. Command Chief, MKC Austin R. Jennings. Because of the weather zigzagging was discontinued. At the same time she opened fire with her 20 mm cannons on a periscope reported ahead. After establishing communications with Bibb, Martin made a successful landing in the 30-foot seas at 1004 (GCT) near the cutter. During this mission she destroyed eight structures and seven sampans and damaged 21 structures and 16 sampans. They then began paddling towards the cutter, but the seas were too great. Bibb left Hvalfjordur for Reykjavik on 18 March 1943 and stood out to sea en route to join Iceland bound convoy HXL-229A. Various members of the Task Force departed as escorts for detachments and others joined for temporary duty. The Coast Guard at War V: Transports and Escorts. On the 22nd she broke off from convoy HXL-229A and began screening ahead of convoy HXL-229. Bibb was under the command of Commander Roy L. Raney during the convoy battles to come. In the Vietnam War, the Bibb transported John Kerry after he was shot on his Swift boat. 1936:3 x 5"/51 (single); 2 x 6-pounders. Two merchant ships joined on the 21st; six detached and six joined on the 22nd; and nine detached and seven joined on the 23rd. The cutters Bibb and Ingham were temporarily attached to a British escort force for SC-118s trans-Atlantic journey. An hour later three merchant vessels detached for Casablanca under escort of two USPC vessels and a French destroyer. On the 22nd Task Force 60 was relieved of escort duty by British vessels and Bibb stood into Bizerte swept channel and moored. A fire which broke out on Bibb on the 21st proved to be rags burning in a bucket. 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. Within two hours after being brought aboard, all survivors had been fed, showered, wrapped in blankets and placed on mattresses on the mess deck and in the engineer's passageway. The torpedo struck in a hold occupied by Marines, which probably accounted for the relatively small number of Marines rescued. 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 cutter assumed its duties of escort commander of convoy ONSJ-110, with 13 ships, on the 7th, in company with Babbitt. 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. On the 25th she proceeded to Argentia in company with USS SC-688 and USS SC-189. Due to the prohibitive cost of maintaining the aging Bibb, she was decommissioned on 30 September 1984 after a career spanning over 48 years. BIBB (C.G. Just as the plane entered its steep glide, preparing to crash dive, two of Bibb's guns picked up the target and began firing. The USCGC Bibb (WPG-31) was a 327-foot (100 m) Secretary-Class (also known as "Treasury Class") Coast Guard ship commissioned in 1936. It was 61.33 m (201.2 ft) long, with a beam of 7.93 m (26.0 ft). On the 3rd information received was that there were some indications that enemy submarines were nearing the convoy. The plane was in a slight glide, losing altitude, apparently picking out one of the ships in the anchorage as a suicide crash target. 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. A warning of the presence of unidentified aircraft was received on the 12th. The convoy arrived at New York on the 30th and Bibb moored at Brooklyn Navy Yard with an availability period until 10 June 1944. On the 19th she proceeded to Casco Bay, Maine, where she engaged in various drills and exercises until tie 28th. 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. Among those serving on Bibb was James A. Watson, a rear admiral who was the onsite ranking officer in the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Description [ edit] MV Hephaestus was a steel -built tanker with a tonnage of 595 GRT. 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 1 May a radar picket at 0340 reported a "bogey" coming in 45 miles from Bibb's position. Two depth charges were fired on an undersea contact with no visible effects. She first underwent an equipment test by the Naval Underwater Systems Center in Long Island Sound. Bibb commenced making smoke at 0354, even before SOPA ordered it 14 minutes later. The Treasury class cutters proved to be highly dependable, versatile and long-lived warshipsmost served their country for over 40 years. On the 3rd they stopped at Akueyre. In 1844, Bibb became Secretary of the Treasury under President John Tyler. 1966: 10 officers, 3 warrants, 133 enlisted. Escorted by USS Barry (APD-29) Bibb departed Norfolk on the 15th of February and arrived at Panama on the 22nd. On the 8th, with Skagie Point abeam to port, the Free French Corvette Roselys joined the task force. Her next duty on an ocean station was from 16 May to 7 June 1974 when she served at Ocean Station Bravo once again. 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. 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. Then she increased to full speed and dropped a full pattern of depth charges. The bodies of the navigator and observer were recovered. Also, on one of these occasions a working party laden with paint and brushes accompanied the medical team and assisted the villagers in painting a church. The Bibb then returned to New Bedford. . Three ships in the area fired at the aircraft which was knocked down about 1,000 yards to the north of Bibb. The Babbitt was directed to join and try to bring her back to convoy. On 28 September Bibb again departed Buckner Bay. The occupants of the lifeboats were in excellent condition when brought aboard. . He, like the other officers who commanded these cutters, knew his business. February 2023; S M T W T F S 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. 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. On the 16th all electric power on Bibb failed, the rudder jammed and the main turbines stopped. On 1 May seven merchant vessels were detached under escort of a destroyer escort for Algiers. The ocean station vessels also provided communications and navigation assistance and were always standing by for and search and rescue emergencies. From 5 to 27 December of 1975 she served on Ocean Station Hotel. 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." Being unable to re-establish the contact the vessels returned to their former course. The following morning the seas had abated somewhat and Cronk ordered a rescue attempt with his personal gig. The ship saw service in World War II. 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. The Penmar had been torpedoed about 2200 on 22 September 1942 and had sunk in about 10 minutes. She participated in refresher training under the Fleet Training Group at Guantanamo Bay every two years to maintain her military readiness. Four merchant ships were detached for Gibraltar and one joined just before the convoy changed course to stand through the Straits. 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 transferred them to us as she had to depart to fulfill operational commitments. The Bibb remained moored at Bizerte until 11 May 1944, and then was underway as flagship of Task Force 60 relieving HMS Pheasant of convoy GUS-39 in the vicinity of Bizerte swept channel. On the 27th two merchant vessels were detached for New York. In May 1965 she served on Ocean Station Charlie. Early on the 30th and again on the 6th of May Bibb fired on enemy aircraft. On the 22nd the Norfolk section of the convoy was detached, escorted by four destroyer escorts, and a little later the Delaware section left under escort of two destroyer escorts. Three destroyer escorts left to escort three of these detached ships, two of the escorts returning on the 20th and 21st. This convoy was part of an east bound trans-Atlantic convoy which had broken off and was headed for Iceland. The other merchant ships who detached proceeded in groups, without escorts from the task force. It had one 6 cylinder Ruston Stafford 6 CSRKM 4 Stoke diesel engine with a single shaft and one screw. 1, 35 38' N x 53 21' W and Station No. Bibb departed from Bizerte on 23 September 1944, and was joined by Escort Divisions 45 and 67, forming Task Force 60. Between the 8th and 12th, Bibb took aboard crew members from three merchant vessels in convoy for medical treatment. On the 28th four merchant vessels and one destroyer detached, the vessels to be escorted to Oran by a British task force. On one such occasion the commander of U.S. FS's: The Little Ships That Could: A History of the Campaigns in the Pacific and the Personal Experiences of the Author on the U.S. Army FS-268. At noon two boats were lowered and they began bringing 61 survivors aboard, including one naval officer and 23 enlisted men. 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. 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. 1966: 10 officers, 3 warrants, 133 enlisted. He died in Georgetown, Washington, D.C., on 14 April 1859. Contents 1 History The next day she had a sound contact and carried out an embarrassing attack, dropping two depth charges. 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. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1982. Many of them were suffering from exposure and edema, but after treatment almost all recovered. The USCGC Bibb (WPG-31) was a 327-foot (100m) Secretary-Class (also known as "Treasury Class") Coast Guard ship commissioned in 1936. No lifeboats were believed to have gotten away from the starboard side of the vessel, which had 499 persons on board. The legendary Bibb was named for U.S. Secretary of the Treasury (July 4, 1844 - March 7, 1845) George M. Bibb. On 27 February 1952 Bibb sustained minor damage when a Navy tug collided with her while maneuvering in Narragansett Bay. As they cleared the flying boat, Bibb drifted as close a practicable and threw lines to the men, bringing them safely aboard. 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. ; 1 x 1-pounder. 1966: 1 x 5"/38 (single); MK 52 MOD 3 director; 1 x 10-1 Hedgehog; 2 x (P&S) Mk 32 MOD 5 TT, 4 x MK 44 MOD 1 torpedoes; 2 x .50 cal. 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 15th USS Edwards (DD-619) departed for Bermuda, her sound gear inoperative. Because the air passenger trade was expanding both at home and overseas, the Coast Guard believed that cutter-based aircraft would be essential for future high-seas search and rescue. Next day, due to high seas, only four ships remained in the convoy while three had passed from the radar range and were scattered. On three patrols she participated in amphibious assaults on Phu Quoc Island. HF/DF: (1943) 1941: 1 x 5"/51 (single mount); 3 x 3"/50 (single mounts);2 (?) The Bibb joined convoy SC-121 and maneuvered to a position near the cutter Spencer (WPG-36). 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. The Bibb located Collis P. Huntington and led her safely to anchorage at Reykjavik. The Bibb assumed a new patrol station until the 15th, when she departed independently for Charleston, South Carolina. In January of 1970 she served on Ocean Station Charlie, where she participated in a project to test for radioactive carbon dioxide in seawater. 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. The Bibb picked up oil samples and ordering USS Portent (AM-106) to remain in the vicinity, rejoined the convoy. In May-June 1958 she served on Ocean Station Echo and in July-August 1958 it was back to Ocean Station Delta. It was fortunate for the passengers and crew of the troopship SS Henry Mallory that the Bibb and Ingham were there. On the 2nd five merchant vessels joined the convoy from Algerian ports. Dedicated also to the Bibb Shipmates Assc. On the 2nd they were en route to Raufarhofn, where Nova discharged and loaded passengers. Standing down New York Harbor on 8 July 1943, in company with Task Force 63, consisting of four Navy destroyers, Bibb reported at Buoy 'BW' and the force stood out to sea on the 9th, covering a section of convoy UGS-12 to Norfolk. On 7 February 1943, the U-402 torpedoed the Mallory as it straggled behind the convoy. Standing out of Reykjavik harbor on 21 September 1942 Bibb awaited the assembly of a convoy of two columns of five ships each which was underway by 1600. She sailed to Ocean Station Charlie again in April of 1960 and in June and July of 1960 she served on Ocean Station Echo. As raft after raft were brought alongside Bibb, it became necessary to leave dead bodies on the rafts, there being no time for the dead, when the living were clamoring to be saved. Shortly afterwards, star shells, denoting a submarine attack, appeared in the same area. One convoyed vessel detached for Horta, Azores on the 20th and two joined. After one successful trip, the gig's engine broke down and the Coast Guardsmen once again launched a pulling boat. On the 27th she went to the assistance of USS Narragansett (ATF-88) and floating drydock ARDC-12. Fire Control Radar: (1945) Mk-26; (1966) Mk-26 MOD 4. First Class Hospitalman James Jones of South Portsmouth, Kentucky, added: "After the fighting we treated one of the South Vietnamese soldiers for wounds in the right arm and leg. At 1340 on that date the smoke of the main body of Convoy ONS-169 was sighted and two of the escorted vessels joined that convoy. On the 11th she was underway proceeding to Norfolk and on the 12th was standing down Hampton Roads, anchoring in Lynnhaven Roads. 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