CGC Bibb in her post-war configuration and paint. 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. At 2152 word was received that a vessel in the convoy had been torpedoed. In March-April 1956 she served on Ocean Station Bravo again and in June 1956 she served on Ocean Station Charlie. 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. Between the 8th and 12th, Bibb took aboard crew members from three merchant vessels in convoy for medical treatment. Price: $ 18.00 (Price Includes Shipping & Handling) AssociationOfficers2021. 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 She was built in 1936 in the US Naval Yard in Philadelphia, PA. 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. Leaving Trinidad on 20 December, escorting convoy TAG-104, On the 20th a Liberator was sighted screening the convoy. Departing Guantanamo on the 23rd she arrived at Norfolk on the 26 January 1944. 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. 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. On 1 May 1965 the Treasury class vessels were re-designated as High Endurance Cutters or WHEC. The ship saw service in World War II. Waters continued: "the 327's battled, through the 'Bloody Winter' of 1942-43 in the North Atlantic--fighting off German U-boats and rescuing survivors from torpedoed convoy ships. Three hours later smoke was sighted on the horizon and Bibb advanced speed to investigate, but friendly aircraft in the vicinity, for air coverage, identified the smoke as coming from friendly vessels. On the 17th three merchant vessels detached for Casablanca and, on the 18th, one detached for Gibraltar and two merchant ships and three British submarines joined the convoy. She returned to Buckner Bay on the 18th and anchored, acting as supply and provision ship for YMS type of vessels. A warning of the presence of unidentified aircraft was received on the 12th. In August 1956 Bibb was on Ocean Station Delta and served there again in December of 1956. On the 8th she stood out of Gibraltar Harbor in command of Task Force to meet convoy GUS-11 at the straits. 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. These operations called for off-shore patrols of up to three weeks. The USCGC Bibb (WPG-31) was a 327-foot (100 m) Secretary-Class (also known as "Treasury Class") Coast Guard ship commissioned in 1936. The 5" battery expended seven rounds. Style: Quantity. Three destroyer escorts left to escort three of these detached ships, two of the escorts returning on the 20th and 21st. Anderson, USCG, as commanding officer of Bibb. The search was unsuccessful but the cutter depth-charged another submarine contact. $29.99. Eight merchant vessels were detached for Gibraltar on the 15th. An official website of the United States government, 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. The confidence the crew had in their captain seemed to be reflected in his pride and confidence in his crew.. From June to July 1969 she served on Ocean Station Delta and during September of that same year she served on Ocean Station Echo. V172 (1937-1938)Grumman JF-2, USCG No. Naval Forces, Vietnam, said: "The outstanding naval gunfire support provided by officers and men of USCGC BIBB (WHEC-31) to Advisory team 93, Kien Hoa Province in indicative of your devotion to duty and exemplary professionalism. 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. Radar: (1945) SK, SG-1; (1966) AN/SPS-29D, AN/SPA-52. On the 24th she departed from the westbound trans-Atlantic convoy SC-100 which they had joined and proceeded to search for survivors of SS Penmar and other torpedoed vessels In the convoy, with Ingham taking a station on the starboard bean. 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. 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. One convoyed vessel detached for Horta, Azores on the 20th and two joined. On the 23rd the Bibb sounded the submarine alarm on receiving a sound contact and dropped one depth charge 600 yards ahead of one of the convoy columns. After one successful trip, the gig's engine broke down and the Coast Guardsmen once again launched a pulling boat. 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. 1966: 10 officers, 3 warrants, 133 enlisted. Once in South Vietnamese waters, she operated under the Cruiser-Destroyer Group of the U.S. Ten minutes later the second ship sank, stern first. Share. All hands can be justifiably proud of this accomplishment and of the fact that they have contributed significantly to the mission of the Seventh Fleet and to the United States efforts in Southeast Asia. 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. Nothing was found when the airplane, low on fuel, had to head back for land. Bibb after the addition of her new Coast Guard racing stripe.. Vessels joined the convoy at Gibraltar on the 10th. Ordered to Boston Navy Yard for repairs, she searched en route for a Coast Guard plane reported down in the vicinity of White Island. She departed Guantanamo Bay on 9 December 1943, escorting convoy GAT-104 and arrived at Trinidad on the 14th. 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 0330 various escorts reported bandit planes closing over the convoy. 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. On the 25th she proceeded to Argentia in company with USS SC-688 and USS SC-189. Between 5 and 29 August 1971. Find USCGC Bibb (WPG-31/WHEC-31) unit information, patches, operation history, veteran photos and more on TogetherWeServed.com. Each cutter embarked meteorologists from the Weather Bureau who made observations with radiosondes and balloons, and the cutters provided Pan American Airways Boeing 314 flying boats: Yankee Clipper, Dixie Clipper, and American Clipper, with weather and position reports and transmitted radio signals to allow the planes to take accurate bearings. 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. After conversion to an AGC, done in the Charleston Navy Yard between 17 October 1944 and 29 January 1945, Bibb was assigned to duty in the Pacific. Another joined on the 29th. Each of our products is invested with brains and time to create by the best designers, as well as a dedicated team of ideas. The Bibb then set a course for Boston and moored at Pier 3, South Boston on the 15th. Again on the 29th Bibb opened fire on an enemy aircraft identified as a Japanese bomber. Much credit was given to the smoke screen for warding off possible air torpedo attacks. On 1 May 1965 the Treasury class vessels were re-designated as High Endurance Cutters or WHEC. On the 27th Bibb was en route to New York where she anchored in Gravesend Bay, moving over to Brooklyn on the 28th to moor. Another merchant vessel from Casablanca joined the convoy. It had one 6 cylinder Ruston Stafford 6 CSRKM 4 Stoke diesel engine with a single shaft and one screw. On the 22nd, two merchant vessels joined from Bone, Algeria. Next day she intercepted a message from SS Vojvoda Putnik stating that the vessel had been torpedoed and was sinking. She relieved Duane. 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. Twenty minutes later she sighted a life raft with three men on it end she directed the rescue ship to pick them up. It is believed that the type of rubber suit worn by the survivors contributed greatly to their withstanding the exposure. 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. In the various areas of Coast Guard Cutter operations which included Market Time Patrol and Naval Gunfire Support, you leave behind an impressive record of operational excellence. Eight hours later she dropped one embarrassing charge on a contact believed to be using "pillenwerfer" tactics, whereby a U-boat uses an underwater decoy to enable the submarine to escape. 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. Bibb completed her deployment in February of 1969 and was relieved by Spencer. An hour and a half later Bibb sighted a raft close aboard with survivors, and three hours later dropped two charges on a doubtful sound contact, while HMS Dauphin screened the rescue ship. On 2 June 1943, Bibb moored in Delpit Basin, Casablanca. During these missions she fired 2,760 rounds from her 5"/38 main battery, destroying 30 structures, 11 sampans, and four bunkers, while damaging 145 structures, 11 sampans and four bunkers--killing three and wounding 30 of the enemy. There were no seriously ill men among those brought aboard but all were weak and many required aid in going below deck. On 25 February the convoy dispersed in heavy weather with four escorts rounding up the stragglers. 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. They then began paddling towards the cutter, but the seas were too great. The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Winnebago (WHEC-40) had the Agenor's 17 crewmen on board. For three days we provided the men with food and shelter as we stood by the disabled ship. 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. Capt. The USCGC Bibb (WPG-31) was a 327-foot (100 m) Secretary-Class (also known as "Treasury Class") Coast Guard ship commissioned in 1936. 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. Then she proceeded towards Iceland and arrived at Reykjavik on the afternoon of the 5th. Tweet. Garret Conklin garretc@earthlink.net or vern@armory.com Please send stories to webmaster Garret E. Conklin 2525 Crist St Alameda, CA 94501-4623 510-523-1878 garretc@earthlink.net or vern@armory.com Another Val, taken under fire by naval units, westward of Geruma Shim was brought down. Shortly after this flames ware observed on a second ship, just ahead of the first one. CG-71) was built at the Charleston Navy Yard, Charleston, South Carolina, and was launched in 1937. On 1 May a radar picket at 0340 reported a "bogey" coming in 45 miles from Bibb's position. On the 13th she stood down Chesapeake Bay swept channel and maneuvered while awaiting the formation of the convoy. 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. The Bibb, relieved of this arduous duty, continued carrying out law enforcement and search and rescue patrols. Bibb,1955. In October of 1950 she served on Ocean Station Dog and in December it was duty on Ocean Station Easy. At 0115. At 0809, a large explosion was observed on a ship in the convoy. The vessel was identified as the Norwegian SS Mosdale bound for Liverpool. On the 2nd five merchant vessels joined the convoy from Algerian ports. The 327-foot cutters were designed to meet changing missions of the service as it emerged from the Prohibition era. Frequently one, two or three boats were alongside and on one occasion there were as many as nine boats alongside at the same time. She returned to Kerama Retto, next morning and remained anchored there for the balance of June. On the 27th she stood out of Palermo and on the 28th, following gunnery and tactical exercises, the task force relieved HMS Shield as escort for convoy GUS-53. That evening Ingham made an embarrassing attack on what was reported to be a periscope. On 3 August 1942, Bibb, with escort commander in the cutter Ingham (WPG-35), was again on convoy duty. From October 1973 until she was decommissioned. On 25 October the New York and Delaware sections broke off, escorted six vessels and the others continued to Norfolk. 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. On the 2nd they were en route to Raufarhofn, where Nova discharged and loaded passengers. Bibb remained anchored in Reykjavik Harbor, Iceland until 19 October 1942, and then got underway escorting a convoy of five ships westward. It was a clear night with a bright, full moon which made visibility very good. New navigation and communication systems were also added. 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. The Babbitt was directed to join and try to bring her back to convoy. On the 17th a Navy seaman was transferred by pulling boat from one of the convoyed vessels to the Bibb for an appendectomy. )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. On 1 October the convoy was augmented by 30 merchant ships and three Navy vessels. Her propelling plant consisted of twin propellers powered by geared turbines supplied with steam from oil fired boilers. With these modifications, she was well suited to assume the additional tasks to be performed on weather patrols as well as routing search and rescue work. 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. 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. Departing for Palau on the 5th her destination was changed for Ulithi Islands on the 9th and she arrived there next day. .Built for only $2.5 million each, in terms of cost effectiveness we may never see the likes of these cutters again.". Bibb's term in office began on 4 July 1844 and he served until 7 March 1845, serving two days in the administration of President Zachary Tyler. 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. Two and a half hours after this rescue, Ingham sighted red flares and Bibb proceeded to cover Ingham while she picked up eight survivors from SS Tennessee. 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. 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 18th Portent made a depth charge attack on the starboard quarter of the convoy. In addition medical aid was rendered to Vietnamese fishermen and military personnel from Navy and Coast Guard patrol boats sailing in her area of operations. 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. That afternoon Bibb attacked a sound contact with a full nine-charge pattern and some heavy oil and light bits of debris resulted. 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. Five minutes later the ship on which the explosion had occurred sank, bow first. Next day she identified convoy ON-176 and delivered the section from Iceland. In the words of one naval historian, John M. Waters, Jr., they were truly their nation's "maritime workhorses." Among those serving on Bibb was James A. Watson, a rear admiral who was the onsite ranking officer in the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. 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. 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. In 1944 Bibb provided convoy escort between the United States and North Africa mainly to Bizerte in Tunisia. Description. 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. In October of 1950 she served on Ocean Station Dog and in December it was duty on Ocean Station Easy. The tow was taken over by the commercial tug Curb and Bibb then proceeded to Boston. Aircraft: Curtiss SOC-4, USCG No. 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. Ten other destroyers dropped charges on doubtful contacts and Bibb made an embarrassing attack on a contact at 600 yards at 1430. On the 10th the cutter stood out for Casco Bay, Maine, where she held exercises and drills until the 18th, when she departed for Hampton Roads. Contents 1 History On the 13th Bogue reported an attack by her aircraft four miles astern of the convoy and two destroyers were detached to assist the plane, who rejoined later reporting negative results. ; 1 x 1-pounder. The, A few minutes later another raft was sighted dead ahead and two survivors of SS. . 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. Task Force 63 also included Ingham and seven destroyers. In the fall she steamed to Ocean Station Bravo, where she served from 27 September to 17 October 1973. On 31 October 1942 Bibb was again underway escorting SS Nova along the southern coast of Iceland. One ship was reported later to have returned to Reykjavik safely. A fire which broke out on Bibb on the 21st proved to be rags burning in a bucket. In January of 1970 she served on Ocean Station Charlie, where she participated in a project to test for radioactive carbon dioxide in seawater. 1945: 2 x 5"/38 (single); 3 x 40mm/60 (twin); 4 x 20mm/80 (single). The Penmar had been torpedoed about 2200 on 22 September 1942 and had sunk in about 10 minutes. On the 3rd they stopped at Akueyre. From 1946 to 1973, Bibb was stationed at Boston. TWS is the largest online community of Veterans existing today and is a powerful Veteran locator. During her ten-month deployment, she cruised approximately 68,680 miles and was underway for 75 percent of the time she was deployed. Radar: (1945) SK, SG-1; (1966) AN/SPS-29D, AN/SPA-52. 1936:3 x 5"/51 (single); 2 x 6-pounders. Many of Bibb's crewmen leapt into the water to assist the nearly frozen survivors, and the cutter Ingham assisted. 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. Many had edema of the hands, which resulted, it is believed, from the tight fit these rubber suits have about the wrist. 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. Hellcat fighters were being vectored to intercept the raid. The Bibb departed Pearl Harbor on 25 March and arrived at Eniwetok on 3 April 1945. 71 W. 31). 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 . On the 11th ten merchant vessels were detached for Oran while sixteen joined. The Bibb also transited the Panama Canal and crossed the equator and the international date line, with appropriate ceremonies for her crew. The Bibb opened fire on the Oscar before it began reversing and maintained fire until it was in the last phase of the crash dive. RDML William G. Kelly Her final assignment began in November of 1987 when she was intentionally sunk in an upright position resting in 120 feet of water. On the 27th two merchant vessels were detached for New York. On the 30th Cossatot and four escorts detached for Oran and two destroyer escorts joined the task force. The support included providing fuel, food, water, ammunition, maintenance repair, battle damage repair, and medical services. 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. Eight merchant vessels were detached for Gibraltar on the 15th. At 2210 Bibb received a challenge on bearing 340 degrees and answering it, the challenge was identified as the submarine HMS Seawolf on the surface below the horizon. 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. A few seconds later the plane crashed in to the USS Terror (CM-5) starboard amidships. The next day she had a sound contact and carried out an embarrassing attack, dropping two depth charges. The cutters. Again on the 13th, off Skagie Point, Iceland, a charge was dropped on a doubtful contact. 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. 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