Grumman JF-2, USCG No. Thirty-two preliminary designs of a modified Erie-class gunboat were drawn up before one was finally selected. In peacetime the Bibb spent time on ocean station providing weather information and beacons to trans-Atlantic traffic. Four hours later Orbis was underway to rejoin. History A second message followed an hour later adding that the vessel was now on fire. 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. The vessel fell off to northward and commenced drifting toward the convoy. Between 5 and 29 August 1971. RDML William G. Kelly On the 23rd two destroyers were ordered to cover the escort carrier USS Bogue (CVE-9), while another destroyer transferred 15 survivors of an enemy sub sunk by one of Bogue's planes on the 23rd. On three patrols she participated in amphibious assaults on Phu Quoc Island. 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. An hour later three merchant vessels detached for Casablanca under escort of two USPC vessels and a French destroyer. Ordered to Boston Navy Yard for repairs, she searched en route for a Coast Guard plane reported down in the vicinity of White Island. Call Sokolove Law right now at (800) 647-3434 if you've been diagnosed with mesothelioma or another asbestos-related disease. In January of 1970 she served on Ocean Station Charlie, where she participated in a project to test for radioactive carbon dioxide in seawater. She departed Manzanillo on the 3rd and reached Pearl Harbor on the 11th. Eight merchant vessels were detached for Gibraltar on the 15th. On 2 November 1969, She began the year 1971 by serving on Ocean Station Bravo, where she served from 3 to 26 of January. At the same time she opened fire with her 20 mm cannons on a periscope reported ahead. There she served as the flagship for Commander, Mine Craft, Pacific Fleet. USCGC George M. Bibb(WPG-31)was initially assigned to the Fifth Coast Guard District at Norfolk, VA. On the 27th two merchant vessels were detached for New York. A former officer on board Bibb, Captain Henry C. Keene, Jr., noted: Raney was a leader. Vessels joined the convoy at Gibraltar on the 10th. Just as the plane entered its steep glide, preparing to crash dive, two of Bibb's guns picked up the target and began firing. 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. Seven similar "combat cutters" were built and named for secretaries of the United States Treasury. Meanwhile, one merchant had joined the convoy and another had detached for Bermuda on the 5th. She participated in refresher training under the Fleet Training Group at Guantanamo Bay every two years to maintain her military readiness. 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 Leaving Trinidad on 20 December, escorting convoy TAG-104, Bibb arrived at Guantanamo Bay on the 25th. That afternoon she had an underwater sound contact and made an embarrassing depth charge attack 5,000 yards ahead of the convoy with no visible damage. The plane received several visible hits on the left wing, close to the fuselage at the peak of the dive and began trailing black smoke, crashing into the water near the Kenneth Whiting. The target was taken under fire by vessels in the anchorage but apparently escaped, damaged, and disappeared flying north toward Geruma Shima. USS Bibb, CG (WAGC-31); U.S.C.G.C. 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. CGC Bibb in her post-war configuration and paint. Her propelling plant consisted of twin propellers powered by geared turbines supplied with steam from oil fired boilers. In another significant action on 13 September 1968 Bibb fired on an enemy supply route in Khanh Lam Province. 71 W. 31). On the 28 May 37 ships detached for Hampton Roads. On the 17th she departed in convoy to a clear area, when a typhoon was expected to strike. Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in 1987, "USCG: Flag/SES Bios - Commander Coast Guard Atlantic Area", List of cutters of the United States Coast Guard, Table Mountain National Park Marine Protected Area, Bullhead Point Historical and Archeological District, Maritime Heritage Trail Battle of Saipan, List of shipwrecks in the Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=USCGC_Bibb&oldid=1131140070, Ships built in Charleston, South Carolina, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, 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 5,250 (total shaft horse power), 1937: 12 officers, 4 warrants, 107 enlisted, 1941: 16 officers, 5 warrants, 202 enlisted. The search was discontinued. On 9 June 1942 Bibb was underway as escort commander for convoy SCL-85, consisting of 14 ships. Bibb was named for U.S. Secretary of the Treasury George M. Bibb. Among those serving on Bibb was James A. Watson, a rear admiral who was the onsite ranking officer in the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. 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. On the 13th, sixteen merchant vessels detached for Algiers while 23 merchant vessels joined from that port. Vessels joined the convoy at Gibraltar on the 10th. Add to cart Buy Now. 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. 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) The plane was in a slight glide, losing altitude, apparently picking out one of the ships in the anchorage as a suicide crash target. On the 27th she went to the assistance of USS Narragansett (ATF-88) and floating drydock ARDC-12. The 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. 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. The Bibb proceeded to the area and screened SS Melrose Abbey, the convoy's appointed rescue ship, as she picked up survivors. V172 (1937-1938) On the 14th Bibb obtained two high frequency direction finder bearings and began running them down. The Treasury class cutters proved to be highly dependable, versatile and long-lived warships--most served their country for over 40 years. On the 30th, two merchant ships detached and 10 joined from Algiers. The ship was sunk in November 1987 just outside the coral reef tract, about six miles (10km) offshore of the island of Key Largo. On the 22nd, two merchant vessels joined from Bone, Algeria. In October of 1950 she served on Ocean Station Dog and in December it was duty on Ocean Station Easy. Task Force 66 relieved course and began standing up the Straits of Gibraltar and on the 3rd entered Casablanca Harbor. The Casablanca section started joining the main convoy from Mediterranean ports. On the 28th four merchant vessels and one destroyer detached, the vessels to be escorted to Oran by a British task force. Radar: (1945) SK, SG-1; (1966) AN/SPS-29D, AN/SPA-52. Formulates and enforces safety standards for U.S. commercial vessels and offshore structures. Then she increased to full speed and dropped a full pattern of depth charges. She was commissioned on 10 March 1937. The Bibb now maneuvered near Coulmore and found her in good condition and floating on an even keel, even with the torpedo hole in her bow. 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 had a sound contact at 900 yards and dropped a full pattern with negative results. This convoy was part of an east bound trans-Atlantic convoy which had broken off and was headed for Iceland. In the fall she steamed to Ocean Station Bravo, where she served from 27 September to 17 October 1973. Much credit was given to the smoke screen for warding off possible air torpedo attacks. Next day six merchant vessels detached for Casablanca while eight joined. The attack took place at 36 23' N x 00 26.5' E. No planes came within range of Bibb during the entire action. 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. BIBB (C.G. Entering Reykjavik on the 23rd she proceeded to Hvalfjordur where she entered a floating drydock on the 27th and remained there until the 29th. The USCGC Bibb was a 327-foot Secretary-Class Coast Guard ship commissioned in 1936. 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. On August 6th Bibb expended 11 depth charges on a sound contact which was later evaluated as non-submarine. An hour later a Netherlands war vessel joined the task force as an anti-aircraft ship. 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. Radar: (1945) SK, SG-1; (1966) AN/SPS-29D, AN/SPA-52. TWS is the largest online community of Veterans existing today and is a powerful Veteran locator. On the 8th she stood out of Gibraltar Harbor in command of Task Force to meet convoy GUS-11 at the straits. An hour later there were numerous red flares and shortly afterwards a lifeboat and raft ware sighted. This designation indicated a multi-mission ship able to operate at sea for 30-45 days without support and, On three patrols she participated in amphibious assaults on Phu Quoc Island. Hellcat fighters were being vectored to intercept the raid. The next day, after an airplane had dropped a charge directly ahead, Bibb fired a Hedgehog barrage of depth charges on a sound contact. I hope I never see another drowned man as long as I live.". 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. Part I [Escorts]. On January 6th she left Port of Spain, Trinidad, escorting U. S. Army Transport S-17 to San Juan. In 1844, Bibb became Secretary of the Treasury under President John Tyler. 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. 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. CG-71) was built at the Charleston Navy Yard, Charleston, South Carolina, and was launched in 1937. ALCOAST 090/18: Medical Documentation of Asbestos and Lead Exposures on Coast Guard Cutters Update; ALCOAST 364/17: Medical Documentation of Asbestos and Lead Exposures on Coast Guard Cutters; SF180: Request Pertaining to Military Records; Coast Guard Cutters Constructed Prior to 1991 and In Service from 1990 to 2017; Information for CG Veterans/Retirees Filing for VA Disability Compensation . On the 21st a doctor from Babbitt was transferred to Bibb to treat that ship's doctor who had been stricken with pneumonia. On the 31st, the Casablanca section of the convoy, consisting of 27 ships, began breaking off. 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. This standardization saved money--always paramount in the Coast Guard's considerations--and the cutters were built in U.S. Navy shipbuilding yards. From June to July 1969 she served on Ocean Station Delta and during September of that same year she served on Ocean Station Echo. Contents 1 History Between 5 and 29 August 1971 Bibb served on Ocean Station Charlie, then on Ocean Station Delta from 14 October to 7 November 1971 and again on Ocean Station Charlie from 31 December 1971 to 22 January 1972. The passage across the Atlantic continued without incident. Auxiliary diesel power for radio and lighting systems was cut in and the cutter shifted to hand steering. On the 24th, the New York section of 19 ships detached with four escorts. 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. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1990. The Bibb assumed a new patrol station until the 15th, when she departed independently for Charleston, South Carolina. The cutter Bibb was named for George Motier Bibb, a prominent lawyer and jurist in Kentucky. 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. She returned to Buckner Bay on the 18th and anchored, acting as supply and provision ship for YMS type of vessels. 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 13th the commander of Task Force 60 was transferred aboard USS Merrill (DE-392) relieving the Bibb as flagship. The U.S. Coast Guard cutter George M. Bibb (Builder's No. 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. In the U.S. Navy, asbestos was considered so important that the U.S. government once mandated its use in shipbuilding. 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. At 0115. On 7 March 1943, Bibb got underway from Reykjavik to augment the escort of convoy SC-121. On the 3rd they stopped at Akueyre. He left office on 4 March 1845 when President James K. Polk was inaugurated, but stayed in the national capital practicing law until he died there on 14 April 1859.=====================================================================. 2, 37 44' N x 41 13' W. Here the cutters steamed continuously within a 100 square mile area from the center of the station with each patrol lasting approximately 21 days. On the 25th a plane reported sighting a submarine diving 14 miles from the convoy and the Bibb increased speed to search the area. This standardization saved moneyalways paramount in the Coast Guards considerationsand the cutters were built in U.S. Navy shipbuilding yards. Oil was still rising in the area. He moved to Lexington, Ky., in 1798 and soon achieved a position of distinction and leadership there, in politics and in his profession. On the 2nd Bibb received a report from a ship with call letters KFFL that she had been torpedoed. 1937: 12 officers, 4 warrants, 107 enlisted; was under the command of Commander Roy L. Raney during the convoy battles to come. He, like the other officers who commanded these cutters, knew his business. 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 (?) One convoyed vessel detached for Horta, Azores on the 20th and two joined. On the 2nd five merchant vessels joined the convoy from Algerian ports. She arrived on the 17th, remaining there for the rest of October. Command Chief, MKC Austin R. Jennings. The cutters Bibb and Ingham were temporarily attached to a British escort force for SC-118s trans-Atlantic journey. 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. The Bibb continued searching until sunset when she was relieved by CGC Dallas (WHEC-716) which had sailed from New York. The passengers panicked and leapt overboard into the 50 water. The Bibb located Collis P. Huntington and led her safely to anchorage at Reykjavik. 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. From time to time on the voyage Bibb rendered medical assistance to crew members and to one German prisoner of war aboard the various convoyed ships. 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 was joined by the Ingham. During May-June 1949 she served on Ocean Station Able. On the 24th she was underway out of the swept channel with Task Force 60, consisting of six Coast Guard-manned destroyer escorts and six Navy destroyer escorts, the escort oiler USS Mattaponi (AO-41) and two French escorts, escorting convoy UGS-46 to North African ports. As they cleared the flying boat, Bibb drifted as close a practicable and threw lines to the men, bringing them safely aboard. Anderson, USCG, as commanding officer of Bibb. 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. 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. After one successful trip, the gig's engine broke down and the Coast Guardsmen once again launched a pulling boat. The New York section, with the commander Task Force 60 in Bibb, now consisted of 148 ships in 8 columns. 4 of us did the Florida Keys Wreck Trek and the Bibb was our first dive. The legendary Bibb was named for U.S. Secretary of the Treasury (July 4, 1844 - March 7, 1845) George M. Bibb. HF/DF: (1943) On the 6th two other destroyers, USS Schenk (DD-159) and USS Babbitt (DD-128) were relieved, and USS Decatur (DD-341) and cutter Duane (WPG-33) joined the escort, which had met the 13-ship convoy ONSJ-94 on a southerly course to Iceland. Vectored to intercept the raid a lifeboat and raft ware sighted Force 60 was transferred aboard Merrill... 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