The Navy then designated her as WPG-31. 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. Shortly afterwards an American airplane, which had been patrolling over the main convoy reported two submarines each 24 miles distant on different bearings. Sometime in May or June of 1937 her named was shortened to Bibb. 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. Standing out from Boston, after repairs, Bibb received a message from the cutter Modoc (WPG-46) on 13 April that a plane had reported a periscope in her vicinity. 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. Aircraft: Curtiss SOC-4, USCG No. 1966: 10 officers, 3 warrants, 133 enlisted. 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) A few minutes later another raft was sighted dead ahead and two survivors of SS Bonneville were taken aboard. Later she returned to the wreck and left it in a sinking condition from gun fire and depth charges. On the 12th she delivered the two submarines to a local Canadian escort unit off the Sambro Light vessel. 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. The Iceland convoy was formed by 0900 and got underway, Bibb screening the rear. Seventh Fleet as a part of Coast Guard Squadron Three. In the Vietnam War, the Bibb transported John Kerry after he was shot on his Swift boat. The final 327-foot design was based on the Erie-class Navy gunboats; the machinery plant and hull below the waterline were identical. The following morning the seas had abated somewhat and Cronk ordered a rescue attempt with his personal gig. It was fortunate for the passengers and crew of the troopship SS Henry Mallory that the Bibb and Ingham were there. After conversion to an AGC, done in the Charleston Navy Yard between 17 October 1944 and 29 January 1945. 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. The Oscar then took a course northward, climbed to about 1,000 feet, reversed course and began maneuvering for a crash dive, with her probable target Bibb, YMS-331, or USS Kenneth Whiting (AVP-14) all within close range of each other. 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. Again on the 29th Bibb opened fire on an enemy aircraft identified as a Japanese bomber. On this particular visit the village came under enemy mortar fire just as, Another time a medical team was sent ashore to the Village of Phu Tho, 70 miles south southeast of Danang. Bibb was decommissioned in 1985 and remained docked until it was transported to the Florida Keys for use as an artificial reef. At 1015, Simpson was ordered to proceed to the rendezvous position at utmost speed. Pin it. 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. Meanwhile, one merchant had joined the convoy and another had detached for Bermuda on the 5th. The USCGC Bibb (WPG-31) was a 327-foot (100 m) Secretary-Class (also known as "Treasury Class") Coast Guard ship commissioned in 1936. On 27 February 1952 Bibb sustained minor damage when a Navy tug collided with her while maneuvering in Narragansett Bay. On 2 November 1969, She began the year 1971 by serving on Ocean Station Bravo, where she served from 3 to 26 of January. He, like the other officers who commanded these cutters, knew his business. Then she increased to full speed and dropped a full pattern of depth charges. At noon two boats were lowered and they began bringing 61 survivors aboard, including one naval officer and 23 enlisted men. There were no seriously ill men among those brought aboard but all were weak and many required aid in going below deck. Contents 1 History ; 1 x 1-pounder.1941: 1 x 5/51 (single mount); 3 x 3/50 (single mounts);2 (?) USCGC George M. Bibb(WPG-31)was initially assigned to the Fifth Coast Guard District at Norfolk, VA. By 0305 the rescue ships had completed operations and were underway to rejoin the convoy. 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." 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. The New York section, with the commander Task Force 60 in Bibb, now consisted of 148 ships in 8 columns. The plane crashed into the starboard side of USS Pinkney (APH-2), a transport for the wounded. 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. He, like the other officers who commanded these cutters, knew his business. 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. Later in the day she took station "one" in convoy UGS-39 forming off Norfolk swept chanced as flagship of Task Force 60, with six Coast Guard-manned, and six Navy-manned destroyer escorts. This convoy was part of an east bound trans-Atlantic convoy which had broken off and was headed for Iceland. 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 U.S. Coast Guard cutter George M. Bibb (Builder's No. The Bibb left Toltec at the swept channel buoy No. She received credit for the destruction of one Japanese aircraft. On 28 September Bibb again departed Buckner Bay. 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. Quartermaster Third Class Bill Batson, of Quincy, Massachusetts, reported: "We arrived on scene late in the afternoon of 1 November. 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 (?) Bibb,1955. Fire Control Radar: (1945) Mk-26; (1966) Mk-26 MOD 4 The next day she sighted the bow of the tanker and left it in sinking condition also. 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 received credit for the destruction of one Japanese aircraft. V146 (1939-). An hour later Spencer sighted a submarine dead ahead on the surface at about 2,000 yards and she proceeded to attack. There were no persons aboard. The barometer dropped and the winds rose with a number five sea. Eight merchant vessels were detached for Gibraltar on the 15th. Auxiliary diesel power for radio and lighting systems was cut in and the cutter shifted to hand steering. He was appointed Secretary of the Treasury by President John Tyler after the resignation of Secretary John C. Spencer in 1844. The Babbitt was directed to join and try to bring her back to convoy. On the 17th Bibb was patrolling the southeast entrance to Vieques Sound, being relieved by submarine chasers and then escorted the French aircraft carrier Bearn departing San Juan on the 27th. USCG Duane (Wreck) Stern Smoke Stack Bow She is a 327 foot Treasury class US Coast Guard cutter. 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. Thirty-two preliminary designs of a modified Erie-class gunboat were drawn up before one was finally selected. After she returned to service, The following year brought a number of notable seizures for drug and fisheries charges. An hour later the Iceland bound section of the convoy departed the main convoy. On the 7th she stood up Chesapeake Bay and carried out various exercises and then proceeded to Norfolk, mooring at the Navy Yard there on 12 February 1945. 71 W. 31). On the 24th, the New York section of 19 ships detached with four escorts. On 25 February 1943, a convoy was formed with Bibb as escort commander, escorting seven vessels, with Babbitt in company. The contact was analyzed as doubtful. The passage across the Atlantic continued without incident. 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. The convoy proceeded toward Bizerte, where, on the 18th, the Bibb was relieved as escort flagship by HMS Pheasant and moored until the 20th. At 2152 word was received that a vessel in the convoy had been torpedoed. On March 2nd four merchant vessels detached for Gibraltar and Task Force 66 was relieved of escorting the convoy by a British task force. The legendary Bibb was named for U.S. Secretary of the Treasury (July 4, 1844 - March 7, 1845) George M. Bibb. In 1984 she participated in a multifaceted law enforcement operation code-named "Operation Wagon Wheel" in the Caribbean. She participated in refresher training under the Fleet Training Group at Guantanamo Bay every two years to maintain her military readiness. 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 vessel was identified as the Norwegian SS Mosdale bound for Liverpool. Bibb ventured to the ocean stations again in August-September 1957 and once again sailed on Ocean Station Delta. In August, 1949 she served on Ocean Station Dog. 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 USCGC Bibb(WPG-31)was a 327-foot (100 m)Secretary-Class (also known as "Treasury Class") Coast Guard ship commissioned in 1936. She then proceeded to Hvalfjordur, returning to Reykjavik on the 5th. On the next day she departed the convoy in company with Schenck and arrived at Hvalfjordur that evening, proceeding to Reykjavik next day. The Portent made a Hedgehog attack and dropped five depth charges on a sound contact one mile north of Bibb's attack. On the 21st a doctor from Babbitt was transferred to Bibb to treat that ship's doctor who had been stricken with pneumonia. 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. >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 clear night with a bright, full moon which made visibility very good. )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 was commissioned on 10 March 1937. In May-June 1958 she served on Ocean Station Echo and in July-August 1958 it was back to Ocean Station Delta. Many had edema of the hands, which resulted, it is believed, from the tight fit these rubber suits have about the wrist. The Duane was directed to stand by while repairs were made. 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. 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 torpedo struck in a hold occupied by Marines, which probably accounted for the relatively small number of Marines rescued. 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 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. Cronk and Martin agreed that it was impossible to tow the Queen to safety and Cronk then ordered her sunk as a hazard to navigation. In the U.S. Navy, asbestos was considered so important that the U.S. government once mandated its use in shipbuilding. In 1844, Bibb became Secretary of the Treasury under President John Tyler. On the 25th a plane reported sighting a submarine diving 14 miles from the convoy and the Bibb increased speed to search the area. The nearby cutter was able to repel the attack with five-inch gunfire while coming close inshore in relatively shallow water to retrieve her Medical Civil Action Program team. He returned to his unit after treatment and we expect him to recover completely.". At 0330 various escorts reported bandit planes closing over the convoy. Bibb,1955. Robert Scheina. 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. New navigation and communication systems were also added. The, The star shells marked the successful attack by a U-boat. On 10 November 1984 she seized the Turkish motor vessel SS Captain Joe 100 miles east of Honduras for carrying 11.5 tons of marijuana. The Bibb remained at anchor in Buckner Bay, Okinawa, during August, 1945, as flagship for Commander, Mine Craft, Pacific Fleet. Additional star shells were fired an hour later, indicating another torpedoing. Rescue operations continued throughout forenoon, 202 survivors being taken from three lifeboats and numerous rafts. At 0809, a large explosion was observed on a ship in the convoy. On the 11th she stood down the Block Island swept channel for Norfolk and moored at the Naval Operating Base on the 12th. That might at 2011 two bright red lights were sighted in the convoy and it was learned that the steering machinery on one of the vessels, the SS Orbis, had broken down. British ships took over escorting the convoy on the 3rd and Bibb with four Navy destroyers proceeded toward Casablanca where they arrived on the 14th. Part I [Escorts]. Various vessels near the path of the plane opened fire. On the 25th she proceeded to Argentia in company with USS SC-688 and USS SC-189. On the 13th the Bibb set a course for Reykjavik and anchored there on the 25th, later that day proceeding to Hvalfjordur. For three days we provided the men with food and shelter as we stood by the disabled ship. 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. Two depth charges were fired on an undersea contact with no visible effects. 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. Bibb was named for U.S. Secretary of the Treasury George M. Bibb. Most recently, these ships-that-wouldn't-die have done duty in fisheries patrol and drug interdiction. 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. 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. If you served in USCGC Bibb (WPG-31/WHEC-31), Join TWS for free to reconnect with service friends. 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. The Bibb's gun fired one round at the target when it was dead astern but did not fire again because the crew had lost sight of the target. Later that afternoon Bibb dropped an eight charge barrage on a sound contact and whet appeared to be a torpedo wake. 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. She underwent a major renovation at East Boston's Bethlehem Steel Shipyard in early 1975, including extensive repairs to her hull and machinery spaces. USCGC Bibb (WHEC-31) - Steel Hip Flask - WI3. 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 search was unsuccessful but the cutter depth-charged another submarine contact. On the 17th a Navy seaman was transferred by pulling boat from one of the convoyed vessels to the Bibb for an appendectomy. 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. Between the 8th and 12th, Bibb took aboard crew members from three merchant vessels in convoy for medical treatment. During her ten-month deployment, she cruised approximately 68,680 miles and was underway for 75 percent of the time she was deployed. The Bibb changed course to join convoy HX-227. 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