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In January 1945 Bibb left Charleston, South Carolina for service in the Pacific theater where, as an AGC, she served temporarily as the flagship for Commander, Mine Craft, Pacific Fleet. Bibb was named for U.S. Secretary of the Treasury (July 4, 1844 - March 7, 1845) George M. Bibb . On 6 July 1942 the Bibb was moored in Hvalfjordur, Iceland, while part of the officers and soundmen received training on the anti-submarine attack teacher aboard HMS Blenheim. The Bibb returned to Reykjavik Harbor, Iceland on the 10th where she remained until the 25th. On the 30th, two merchant ships detached and 10 joined from Algiers. Another time a medical team was sent ashore to the Village of Phu Tho, 70 miles south southeast of Danang. 71 W. 31). Two minutes later lookouts on, On 10 September 1945, the Commander, Mine Craft, shifted his flag to, Other duties besides conducting weather patrols included search and rescue standby and other patrols for the First Coast Guard District, making reserve training cruises, and occasional search and rescue details at Bermuda and Argentia. Bibb left Hvalfjordur for Reykjavik on 18 March 1943 and stood out to sea en route to join Iceland bound convoy HXL-229A. The 327s were an attempt to develop a 20-knot cutter capable of carrying an airplane in a hangar. She was commissioned on 10 March 1937. The next day another ship was reported torpedoed. An hour later the Iceland bound section of the convoy departed the main convoy. x "K" gun depth charge projectors; 2 x depth charge racks. The Babbitt was directed to join and try to bring her back to convoy. Hellcat fighters were being vectored to intercept the raid. On 7 February 1943, the U-402 torpedoed the Mallory as it straggled behind the convoy. )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 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. She also caused 11 secondary fires and three secondary explosions. On the 27th two merchant vessels were detached for New York. One ship was reported later to have returned to Reykjavik safely. The final 327-foot design was based on the Erie-class Navy gunboats; the machinery plant and hull below the waterline were identical. At 0115. She served again on Ocean Station Charlie from 23 October to 17 November 1972. That operation involved several different agencies including the Coast Guard, the Navy, the Drug Enforcement Administration, and others. 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. 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. The Bibb made a full pattern attack on a sound contact at 0440 and ten hours later dropped three full patterns on three separate contacts. The cutter Bibb was named for George Motier Bibb, a prominent lawyer and jurist in Kentucky. 13-21. One merchant vessel was detached for St. John's. The passage across the Atlantic continued without incident. The rescue demonstrated the utility and importance of the ocean station program and historian Robert E. Johnson noted that "The Bermuda Sky Queen incident must rank with the Coast Guard's outstanding rescue feats.". In 1944 Bibb provided convoy escort between the United States and North Africa mainly to Bizerte in Tunisia. 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. Since the war had stopped the flow of weather data from merchant ships, the Coast Guard drew the duty of maintaining a continuous weather patrol consisting of 327-foot cutters at two stations in the mid-Atlantic located as follows: Station No. On the 30th she departed Boston for Casco Bay, Maine. 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. The Bibb also transited the Panama Canal and crossed the equator and the international date line, with appropriate ceremonies for her crew. Eight merchant vessels were detached for Gibraltar on the 15th. They rejoined the convoy on the 28th. From 5 to 27 December of 1975 she served on Ocean Station Hotel. From 1946 to 1973, Bibb was stationed at Boston. On 23 of May 1983 Bibb seized a fishing vessel 50 miles southeast of Cape Cod for fisheries violations. 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. The New York section of the convoy began breaking off on the 26th, with Ingham, as senior escort with four Navy destroyers, and the rest of the convoy stood into Chesapeake Bay entrance. When an enemy aircraft was sighted coming in from the northwest on 28 April 1945 Bibb commenced firing. The confidence the crew had in their captain seemed to be reflected in his pride and confidence in his crew.. This standardization saved moneyalways paramount in the Coast Guards considerationsand the cutters were built in U.S. Navy shipbuilding yards. The occupants of the lifeboats were in excellent condition when brought aboard. Grumman JF-2, USCG No. Seven similar "combat cutters" were built and named for secretaries of the United States Treasury. 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. USCG Duane (Wreck) Stern Smoke Stack Bow She is a 327 foot Treasury class US Coast Guard cutter. Those who did not make it into a life raft died from hypothermia. 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. On 2 June 1943, Bibb moored in Delpit Basin, Casablanca. Later again that month and into August she seized the fishing vessel Shanti after the crew of the fishing vessel threw approximately three tons of marijuana overboard. The Penmar had been torpedoed about 2200 on 22 September 1942 and had sunk in about 10 minutes. The Tony crash dived into the stern of the USS St. George (AV-16) causing only superficial damage. The pulling boat successfully rescued the remaining passengers and crew and the captain's gig finally got its engine going again and both boats were then brought back aboard Bibb. On the 11th she was underway proceeding to Norfolk and on the 12th was standing down Hampton Roads, anchoring in Lynnhaven Roads. On the 11th she anchored in Buckner Bay and acted as flagship for Task Group 52.9 until 1 December 1945, when she departed for the United States. On 6 April 1943 Bibb got underway in company with USS Vulcan (AR-5) and Ingham and on the 8th moored at the naval anchorage at Moville, Ireland. She participated in refresher training under the Fleet Training Group at Guantanamo Bay every two years to maintain her military readiness. They then began paddling towards the cutter, but the seas were too great. 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. 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. On 1 February 1943, Bibb was underway from St. John's to join eastbound convoy SC-118 and reported to commander Task Unit 24.6.1 at 1005. Once the conversion was completed she was again classified as WPG-31. .Built for only $2.5 million each, in terms of cost effectiveness we may never see the likes of these cutters again.". Assigned, 5 September 1939, to joint Navy-Coast Guard neutrality patrol in the Atlantic Ocean Reassigned as to ocean weather patrol in the Atlantic in February 1940 Transferred, 11 September 1940, to US Navy jurisdiction 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 the 28 May 37 ships detached for Hampton Roads. 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. The Duane was directed to stand by while repairs were made. On the 31st, the Casablanca section of the convoy, consisting of 27 ships, began breaking off. The Bibb, relieved of this arduous duty, continued carrying out law enforcement and search and rescue patrols. Also on that day two British escorts detached. The star shells marked the successful attack by a U-boat. Many of them were suffering from exposure and edema, but after treatment almost all recovered. In February 1953 she served on Ocean Station Coca and in July it was duty on Ocean Station Delta. The following year brought a number of notable seizures for drug and fisheries charges. 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. The ship was 327 feet in length, with a draft of 12 and a half feet. 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. 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 3rd information received was that there were some indications that enemy submarines were nearing 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. 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. Seven similar "combat cutters" were built and named for secretaries of the United States Treasury. Seven similar "combat cutters" were built and named for secretaries of the United States Treasury. On the same day two vessels broke off for Europe Point and the convoy was joined by the Gibraltar section. Two merchant ships joined on the 21st; six detached and six joined on the 22nd; and nine detached and seven joined on the 23rd. On the 15th USS. On 29 and 30 January 1945 she was depermed, degaussed and tested. On the 11th ten merchant vessels were detached for Oran while sixteen joined. The Bibb changed course to join convoy HX-227. On the 12th four merchant vessels were detached for Bone, Algeria, while three merchant vessels from that port joined. While circling the area to renew contact a whale and school of porpoises was also encountered. Men felt it the minute he took command and there was not a man on the ship who would not go the extra mile for the old man. 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. Early on the 30th and again on the 6th of May Bibb fired on enemy aircraft. In the words of one naval historian, John M. Waters, Jr., they were truly their nation's "maritime workhorses." 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. Enforces maritime and other laws pertaining to protection of life and property at sea, suppression of smuggling and illicit drug trafficking, and protection of the marine environment. Other duties besides conducting weather patrols included search and rescue standby and other patrols for the First Coast Guard District, making reserve training cruises, and occasional search and rescue details at Bermuda and Argentia. 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. Shortly after this flames ware observed on a second ship, just ahead of the first one. The convoy consisted of 102 merchant ships. 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. Next day the Bibb fired her starboard thrower in an embarrassing attack on what was probably a non-submarine. She anchored in Palermo outer harbor, moving next morning to the breakwater. 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 three vessels arrived off the entrance to Chesapeake Bay on the 17th. 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. On the 13th, sixteen merchant vessels detached for Algiers while 23 merchant vessels joined from that port. One merchant vessel was detached for St. John's. Bibb,1955. 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 16th all electric power on Bibb failed, the rudder jammed and the main turbines stopped. 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. The Iceland Unit, consisting of seven ships, detached from the main convoy at 1900. The legendary Bibb was named for U.S. Secretary of the Treasury (July 4, 1844 - March 7, 1845) George M. Bibb. 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. CGC Bibb & an 83-foot PB PRINT | E-MAIL 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. 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. The Task Force was escorting convoy UGS-33, consisting of 78 merchant vessels to North African ports and also USS Brant (ARS-32) and six LCIs to the Azores. 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. On the 13th the commander of Task Force 60 was transferred aboard USS Merrill (DE-392) relieving the Bibb as flagship. 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. The convoy proceeded toward Bizerte, where, on the 18th, the Bibb was relieved as escort flagship by HMS Pheasant and moored until the 20th. 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. A fire which broke out on Bibb on the 21st proved to be rags burning in a bucket. The Bibb also visited many foreign ports on her deployment, many of which she had sailed into during World War II. On 2 October all ships were inside Grotta Point, Iceland, maneuvering for anchorages. 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 24 July 1960 she departed on a Reserve Cruise. The cutters Bibb and Ingham were temporarily attached to a British escort force for SC-118s trans-Atlantic journey. 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. Next day she sighted a merchant ship on the horizon and challenged her by blinker. Radar: (1945) SK, SG-1; (1966) AN/SPS-29D, AN/SPA-52. The vessel's power was 410 kW (550 hp) and it had a speed of 11 kn (20 km/h; 13 mph). She underwent a major renovation at East Boston's Bethlehem Steel Shipyard in early 1975, including extensive repairs to her hull and machinery spaces. On 1 October the convoy was augmented by 30 merchant ships and three Navy vessels. 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. 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. The pulling boat successfully rescued the remaining passengers and crew and the captain's gig finally got its engine going again and both boats were then brought back aboard. At noon two boats were lowered and they began bringing 61 survivors aboard, including one naval officer and 23 enlisted men. Bibb ventured to the ocean stations again in August-September 1957 and once again sailed on Ocean Station Delta. During her ten-month deployment, she cruised approximately 68,680 miles and was underway for 75 percent of the time she was deployed. Later that year, When the Grand Banks cruises were discontinued on 27 January 1940. 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. 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. The 327's were an attempt to develop a 20-knot cutter capable of carrying an airplane in a hangar. In September 1972 she medevaced crewman from the Greek merchant vessel SS Christia midway between Bermuda and the Azores. In the U.S. Navy, asbestos was considered so important that the U.S. government once mandated its use in shipbuilding. 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. She relieved Duane. On the 3rd they stopped at Akueyre. The Bibb left Toltec at the swept channel buoy No. An hour later Bibb was ordered to detach from the convoy and return to Iceland, with SS Toltec. On the 12th she delivered the two submarines to a local Canadian escort unit off the Sambro Light vessel. The cutter reported to the escort commander on the 20th and was assigned a station. 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 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. Alton, George. 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. On the morning of 6 May 1945, at 0846, SOPA warned that bogeys as well as many friendly planes were within four miles. 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 Bibb assumed a new patrol station until the 15th, when she departed independently for Charleston, South Carolina. On the 24th Bibb changed course to effect a rendezvous with convoy SC-105, joining the convoy on the 26th. Bibb remained anchored in Reykjavik Harbor, Iceland until 19 October 1942, and then got underway escorting a convoy of five ships westward. Again on the 13th, off Skagie Point, Iceland, a charge was dropped on a doubtful contact. She remained in South Boston Navy Yard until 16 January 1943 undergoing repairs to her hull and machinery. At the end of World War II, each Secretary Class cutter was returned to her peace-time makeup. The Bibb departed Guantanamo Bay on 29 December 1943, escorting convoy GAT-108 and arrived at Trinidad 3 January 1944. On 7 March 1944, Bibb departed Casablanca with Task Force 66 and on the 8th relieved the senior British escort in HMS Bittersweet of convoy GUS-32. She was relieved on 30 November by submarine chasers and arrived at Guantanamo Bay on 1 December 1943. Ordered to Boston Navy Yard for repairs, she searched en route for a Coast Guard plane reported down in the vicinity of White Island. The 327-foot cutters were designed to meet changing missions of the service as it emerged from the Prohibition era. TWS is the largest online community of Veterans existing today and is a powerful Veteran locator. The commander of Task Force 66 was in the Bibb, while ComCortDiv 45, consisted of six Coast Guard-manned destroyer escorts and one Navy-manned destroyer escort. In the Vietnam War, the Bibb transported John Kerry after he was shot on his Swift boat. USCGC George M. Bibb(WPG-31)was initially assigned to the Fifth Coast Guard District at Norfolk, VA. Regaining the contact ten minutes later she again attacked with a barrage of six charges. The cutter assumed its duties of escort commander of convoy ONSJ-110, with 13 ships, on the 7th, in company with Babbitt. Her propelling plant consisted of twin propellers powered by geared turbines supplied with steam from oil fired boilers. 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. 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. Also, during the mid-1930's, narcotics smuggling, mostly opium, was on the increase, and long-legged, fairly fast cutters were needed to curtail it. The Bibb continued searching until sunset when she was relieved by CGC Dallas (WHEC-716) which had sailed from New York. On the 18th Portent made a depth charge attack on the starboard quarter of the convoy. Additional star shells were fired an hour later, indicating another torpedoing. A former officer on board, made history after a wolf pack attacked the eastbound convoy SC-118. The Coast Guard at War V: Transports and Escorts. 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. One of Ingham's 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. Departing the same day for Trinidad, she arrived at her destination and on the 11th left Trinidad for Guantanamo Bay, arriving on the 19th. A minute later at 0359 an enemy aircraft was sighted at a range of about 5,000 yards and about 1,000 feet in altitude. The same could be said of the other Secretary Class cutters, their officers, and their crews. 1966: 10 officers, 3 warrants, 133 enlisted. 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. 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. 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). 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 . 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 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. BIBB (C.G. The Ingham and two merchant vessels were missing. Nearby, a second Treasury-Class ship, the USCGC Duane (WPG-33) was also sunk as an artificial reef. 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. On 2 November 1969, She began the year 1971 by serving on Ocean Station Bravo, where she served from 3 to 26 of January. Executive Officer, LCDR Nicholas A. Forni. Another joined on the 29th. On the 13th the Bibb set a course for Reykjavik and anchored there on the 25th, later that day proceeding to Hvalfjordur. Oil was still rising in the area. 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