It was a clear night with a bright, full moon which made visibility very good. The attack took place at 36 23' N x 00 26.5' E. No planes came within range of Bibb during the entire action. That afternoon Bibb attacked a sound contact with a full nine-charge pattern and some heavy oil and light bits of debris resulted. Bibb, 1955. 1966: 10 officers, 3 warrants, 133 enlisted. On the 22nd she broke off from convoy HXL-229A and began screening ahead of convoy HXL-229. Departing for Palau on the 5th her destination was changed for Ulithi Islands on the 9th and she arrived there next day. Shortly after this flames ware observed on a second ship, just ahead of the first one. Because of the weather zigzagging was discontinued. The Coast Guard Health Services community will be fully apprised of this subject so that questions from Coast Guard veterans and retirees can be appropriately answered. On the 13th Task Group 21.13 joined, departing the next day. The USCGC Bibb (WPG-31) was a 327-foot (100m) Secretary-Class (also known as "Treasury Class") Coast Guard ship commissioned in 1936. On 1 May seven merchant vessels were detached under escort of a destroyer escort for Algiers. Those who did not make it into a life raft died from hypothermia. On the 13th Task Group 21.13 joined, departing the next day. The USCGC Bibb (WPG-31) was a 327-foot (100 m) Secretary-Class (also known as "Treasury Class") Coast Guard ship commissioned in 1936. 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. Washington, DC: U.S. Coast Guard, 1 March 1949. pp. Another Val, taken under fire by naval units, westward of Geruma Shim was brought down. The Bibb's fire was thought to be directly responsible for causing the attack to be frustrated and the plane splashing harmlessly into the water. V172 (1937-1938) Robert Scheina. The 327's were an attempt to develop a 20-knot cutter capable of carrying an airplane in a hangar. Once in South Vietnamese waters, she operated under the Cruiser-Destroyer Group of the U.S. In January of 1970 she served on Ocean Station Charlie, where she participated in a project to test for radioactive carbon dioxide in seawater. The U.S. Coast Guard cutter George M. Bibb (Builder's No. On 15 February 1943, the Bibb departed for Hvalfjordur, Iceland. The plane was in a slight glide, losing altitude, apparently picking out one of the ships in the anchorage as a suicide crash target. Shortly afterwards an American airplane, which had been patrolling over the main convoy reported two submarines each 24 miles distant on different bearings. During these visits, Dr. John Bulette, the on-board medical officer assigned to, She returned to Boston, where she was home-ported until October of 1973. Later that afternoon Bibb dropped an eight charge barrage on a sound contact and whet appeared to be a torpedo wake. The breakdown had been caused by the tripping of circuit breakers on the main switchboard and within 35 minutes Bibb had again shifted to power steering. 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 the 27th friendly aircraft were sighted screening the convoy. From June to July 1969 she served on Ocean Station Delta and during September of that same year she served on Ocean Station Echo. He, like the other officers who commanded these cutters, knew his business. The next day she sighted the bow of the tanker and left it in sinking condition also. On the 14th three more destroyer escorts joined the task force. After one successful trip, the gig's engine broke down and the Coast Guardsmen once again launched a pulling boat. Thirty-two preliminary designs of a modified Erie-class gunboat were drawn up before one was finally selected. Four merchant ships were detached for Gibraltar and one joined just before the convoy changed course to stand through the Straits. Seven similar "combat cutters" were built and named for secretaries of the United States Treasury. 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. Radar: (1945) SK, SG-1; (1966) AN/SPS-29D, AN/SPA-52. In the Vietnam War, the Bibb transported John Kerry after he was shot on his Swift boat. Seven similar "combat cutters" were built and named for secretaries of the United States Treasury. On the 13th she stood down Chesapeake Bay swept channel and maneuvered while awaiting the formation of the convoy. 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. 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. Vessels joined the convoy at Gibraltar on the 10th. Radar: (1945) SK, SG-1; (1966) AN/SPS-29D, AN/SPA-52. Residing at Frankfort, he turned his attention back to law and state politics. 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 convoy consisted of 102 merchant ships. Bibb saw service in World War II. Four hours later the Bibb proceeded to the assistance of SS Rosewood, reported sinking, but could not locate her in the darkness and storm. Soon after midnight on the 10th two more vessels in the convoy were torpedoed. 1941: 16 officers, 5 warrants, 202 enlisted; On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Later that year Bibb joined a destroyer squadron for the assistance of shipping in the North Atlantic. 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. Eight merchant vessels were detached for Gibraltar on the 15th. 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. She remained there only seven hours and at 1729 stood out of Loch Foyle in company with Ingham and Vulcan for a trip direct to Norfolk, Virginia. Also, during the mid-1930s, narcotics smuggling, mostly opium, was on the increase, and long-legged, fairly fast cutters were needed to curtail it. The same could be said of the other Secretary Class cutters, their officers, and their crews. 1946: 1 x 5"/38 (single); 1 x 40mm;/60 (twin); 2 x 20mm/80 (single); 1 x Hedgehog. The plane disappeared in a smoke screen. She had a sound contact at 900 yards and dropped a full pattern with negative results. I hope I never see another drowned man as long as I live.. She first underwent an equipment test by the Naval Underwater Systems Center in Long Island Sound. At the same time eight merchant vessels under escort of PC vessels were detached for Casablanca, making the total number of ships in the convoy 82, plus the oiler. 1966: 10 officers, 3 warrants, 133 enlisted. In the words of one naval historian, John M. Waters, Jr., they were truly their nation's "maritime workhorses." 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. At 0115. 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. 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. On the 17th she was underway to report to the escort commander of convoy HX-226. The 327s were an attempt to develop a 20-knot cutter capable of carrying an airplane in a hangar. 2 x MK-13 high altitude parachute flare mortars. The Bibb returned to Reykjavik Harbor, Iceland on the 10th where she remained until the 25th. She served on Ocean Station Hotel from 11 to 20 January 1973 and then on Ocean Station Delta from 26 January to 15 February. During her patrols she undertook 31 naval gunfire support missions in support of Vietnamese Regional Forces amphibious assaults, U.S. Navy, Coast Guard, Army and Marine Corps operations primarily into enemy controlled areas of the Mekong Delta. At 0730 on 1 October a plane arrived to provide air coverage. There were no persons aboard. 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. Their primary task was to report meteorological information, which was used in weather forecasts for the burgeoning trans-Atlantic commercial air traffic as well as for surface vessels. Twice during the next two hours, first two and then one ship in the convoy fired into the water, and one of the escorts, HMS Burnham proceeded alongside one of the ship. The Tony crash dived into the stern of the USS St. George (AV-16) causing only superficial damage. Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. 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. Her next duty on an ocean station was from 16 May to 7 June 1974 when she served at Ocean Station Bravo once again. The contact was analyzed as doubtful. 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. He was appointed Secretary of the Treasury by President John Tyler after the resignation of Secretary John C. Spencer in 1844. On the 19th she proceeded to Casco Bay, Maine, where she engaged in various drills and exercises until tie 28th. 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. 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 25 October the New York and Delaware sections broke off, escorted six vessels and the others continued to Norfolk. 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. Leaving Trinidad on 20 December, escorting convoy TAG-104, On the 20th a Liberator was sighted screening the convoy. The Babbitt was directed to join and try to bring her back to convoy. 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 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. The next day at 0411 Bibb attacked a doubtful contact which was lost a few minutes later. On 2 November 1969 Bibb towed to safety the disabled merchant vessel SS Caravan, which was located 150 miles southeast of Cape Fear. The USS Johnson (DE-683) detached temporarily from the task force on the same day and proceeded to Bermuda for repairs, rejoining on the 6th. Many had edema of the hands, which resulted, it is believed, from the tight fit these rubber suits have about the wrist. 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. On 28 April some of these planes, undetected and unreported by any unit, approached the southern anchorage, flying at high speed about 100 feet above the water. Task Force 63 also included Ingham and seven destroyers. The vessel's power was 410 kW (550 hp) and it had a speed of 11 kn (20 km/h; 13 mph). Seventh Fleet, RADM Rudden, send her a message: "As you depart the Cruiser-Destroyer Group, Seventh Fleet, your performance is noted with pleasure. 1941: 1 x 5"/51 (single mount); 3 x 3"/50 (single mounts);2 (?) 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. The vessel fell off to northward and commenced drifting toward the convoy. She then sailed to Mayport, Florida, for a week of training at the Navy Fleet Training Center. 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. He was born on 30 October 1776 in Prince Edward County, Virginia. She passed through to canal and departed Balboa on the 23rd for Pearl Harbor. The Bibb regained contact and slowed for a Hedgehog attack. On the 29th a general alarm was sounded on receiving a radar contact at a range of 11 miles, thought to be a possible aircraft. The tow was taken over by the commercial tug Curb and Bibb then proceeded to Boston. On 25 February the convoy dispersed in heavy weather with four escorts rounding up the stragglers. CG-71) was built at the Charleston Navy Yard, Charleston, South Carolina, and was launched in 1937. The Bibb joined convoy SC-121 and maneuvered to a position near the cutter Spencer (WPG-36). V172 (1937-1938)Grumman JF-2, USCG No. That evening Ingham made an embarrassing attack on what was reported to be a periscope. 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). At the end of World War II, each Secretary Class cutter was returned to her peace-time makeup. The Bibb was awarded the Presidential Unit Citation for her participation in "Operation Sea Lords" from October to December 1968. 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. On the 5th a friendly plane was sighted. At 0809, a large explosion was observed on a ship in the convoy. 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. 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. On 7 February 1943, the U-402 torpedoed the Mallory as it straggled behind the convoy. Bibb was underway on 9 November 1942 screening the right flank of a west bound convoy of eight ships. In March-April 1956 she served on Ocean Station Bravo again and in June 1956 she served on Ocean Station Charlie. Formulates and enforces safety standards for U.S. commercial vessels and offshore structures. 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. Three hours later Bibb stood into the harbor and moored, remaining there until the 31st. On the fourth trip, the surfboat, taking on water after being battered against the hull of Bibb, began to sink. 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. By March 1st the Azores group had departed and on the same day the Casablanca section of the convoy, consisting of seven merchant vessels and USS Cossatot (AO-77), with three escorts detached. She departed Charlie upon relief by Duane on 16 January 1948. 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 convoy stood up the swept channel to Reykjavik Harbor, Iceland on the 29th and anchored. This page is for the crew of the USCGC Taney 3 Bells: Copies from publications related to the Taney. 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. The Bibb proceeded to the area and heard faint propeller beats but was unable to obtain a sound contact. The Ingham and two merchant vessels were missing. On 24-25 January 1966 Bibb escorted the disabled merchant vessel SS South African Victory to Boston. With the waves cresting at 30 feet and the cutter rolling 30 to 35 degrees, getting the passengers and crew of the Bermuda Sky Queen aboard Bibb proved to be a tremendous challenge. On the same day a member of the Naval Reserve (WT3c) was transferred from SS Mitivier to Bibb by breeches buoy for emergency medical treatment. 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 sunk as an artificial reef off the coast of Florida in 1987. Seven similar "combat cutters" were built and named for secretaries of the United States Treasury. The legendary Bibb was named for U.S. Secretary of the Treasury (July 4, 1844 - March 7, 1845) George M. Bibb. An hour later the Iceland bound section of the convoy departed the main convoy. 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. On the 16th all electric power on Bibb failed, the rudder jammed and the main turbines stopped. The ship 327' and is laying on its starboard side, in 130' of water and it was a gr. Bibb after the addition of her new Coast Guard racing stripe.. A place for old 327 BENO sailors to meet, swap sea stories and tall tales, and share photos. On the 17th she departed in convoy to a clear area, when a typhoon was expected to strike. The passengers panicked and leapt overboard into the 50 water. For three days we provided the men with food and shelter as we stood by the disabled ship. On the 30th she departed Boston for Casco Bay, Maine. Seven similar "combat cutters" were built and named for secretaries of the United States Treasury. This photo provides a good view of her forward 5-inch 51-caliber main batterythe one in the foreground, mounted on the main deck, was removed and replaced with a 3-inch 50 caliber dual-purpose battery. The smoke hung low, never rising above 100 feet, the wind was steady and moderate and from a most favorable position dead ahead of the convoy. On the 16th Bibb attacked a doubtful sound contact with three starboard throwers without results. Another time a medical team was sent ashore to the Village of Phu Tho, 70 miles south southeast of Danang. There were no seriously ill men among those brought aboard but all were weak and many required aid in going below deck. Later that year she sailed back to Ocean Station Echo, where she steamed from 10 June to 4 July. On 2 October all ships were inside Grotta Point, Iceland, maneuvering for anchorages. At first light on 1 July, a rescue aircraft from Air Station Elizabeth City was on scene and assisting in the search. She was relieved on 30 November by submarine chasers and arrived at Guantanamo Bay on 1 December 1943. A submarine periscope was reported close aboard. New navigation and communication systems were also added. She remained underway except for three days, until 11 October, carrying out typhoon plan X-RAY. 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. Three ships in the area fired at the aircraft which was knocked down about 1,000 yards to the north of Bibb. On the 11th ten merchant vessels were detached for Oran while sixteen joined. 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 25th she proceeded to Argentia in company with USS SC-688 and USS SC-189. 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 departed Pearl Harbor on 25 March and arrived at Eniwetok on 3 April 1945. The Bibb left Toltec at the swept channel buoy No. Later that month she seized the motor vessel SS Rio Panuco with 50 tons of marijuana on board. depth charge on a doubtful sound contact, a school of stunned fish appeared on the surface. 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. Dropping a 600 lb. That evening gunfire was sighted on the horizon, presumed to be HMS Broadway in contact with an enemy submarine. Standing out of Casco Bay on that day, she moored at Naval Operating Base, Norfolk, on the 9th, moving to Lynnhaven Roads on the 12th. One ship was reported later to have returned to Reykjavik safely. She sailed to Ocean Station Charlie again in April of 1960 and in June and July of 1960 she served on Ocean Station Echo. 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