The Bibb also transited the Panama Canal and crossed the equator and the international date line, with appropriate ceremonies for her crew. The Bibb proceeded to the area and screened SS Melrose Abbey, the convoy's appointed rescue ship, as she picked up survivors. Tweet. The Bibb departed Guantanamo Bay on 29 December 1943, escorting convoy GAT-108 and arrived at Trinidad 3 January 1944. Bibb was moored at St. Helena Navy Yard in Berkley, Virginia, until 10 February 1944 undergoing overhaul. On the 27th friendly aircraft were sighted screening the convoy. Again on the 13th, off Skagie Point, Iceland, a charge was dropped on a doubtful contact. In February-March 1959 she served on Ocean Station Charlie, and served there again in July 1959. TWS is the largest online community of Veterans existing today and is a powerful Veteran locator. Her next ocean station assignment was during March-April 1952 when the Bibb served on Ocean Station Charlie and then in November-December 1952 she served on Ocean Station Echo. The ship 327' and is laying on its starboard side, in 130' of water and it was a gr. Ordered to Boston Navy Yard for repairs, she searched en route for a Coast Guard plane reported down in the vicinity of White Island. 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 29 and 30 January 1945 she was depermed, degaussed and tested. Seventh Fleet as a part of Coast Guard Squadron Three. Ten other destroyers dropped charges on doubtful contacts and Bibb made an embarrassing attack on a contact at 600 yards at 1430. That operation involved several different agencies including the Coast Guard, the Navy, the Drug Enforcement Administration, and others. A training program for the personnel was in progress during this time. At 0900 Bibb received word that Ingham had the missing ships in company. The Bibb departed Boston on 8 November 1943 in company with Ingham en route San Juan, Puerto Rico, for duty with Task Group 26.4 and arrived there on the 13th. 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. Between 5 and 29 August 1971. The Bibb spent much of 1940 and 1941 on weather patrol. On the 22nd Task Force 60 was relieved of escort duty by British vessels and Bibb stood into Bizerte swept channel and moored. A former officer on board Bibb, Captain Henry C. Keene, Jr., noted: Raney was a leader. 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. 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. 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. 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 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. On the 28 May 37 ships detached for Hampton Roads. As they cleared the flying boat, Bibb drifted as close a practicable and threw lines to the men, bringing them safely aboard. V172 (1937-1938) 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. Next day she intercepted a message from SS Vojvoda Putnik stating that the vessel had been torpedoed and was sinking. The ship saw service in World War II. The convoy proceeded toward Bizerte, where, on the 18th, the Bibb was relieved as escort flagship by HMS Pheasant and moored until the 20th. On 1 October the convoy was augmented by 30 merchant ships and three Navy vessels. 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. In 1981 Bibb conducted a six-week patrol that included two training stops and several rescues. She was sunk as an artificial reef off the coast of Florida in 1987. A few minutes later another raft was sighted dead ahead and two survivors of SS Bonneville were taken aboard. The support included providing fuel, food, water, ammunition, maintenance repair, battle damage repair, and medical services. On this particular visit the village came under enemy mortar fire just as Bibb's personnel were leaving. 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. 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. High winds and rough seas from the unexpected storm had put several vessels in distress and Bibb was first directed to assist the motor vessel Madil. 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. Her next duty on an ocean station was from 16 May to 7 June 1974 when she served at Ocean Station Bravo once again. Radio Call Sign: NRDBCost: $2,468,460.00Keel Laid: 15 August 1935Launched: 14 January 1937Commissioned: 10 March 1937Decommissioned: 30 September 1985Disposition: Sunk as an artificial reef off the Florida Keys on 28 November 1987Builder: Charleston Navy Yard, Philadelphia, PADisplacement: 2,350 (1936)Length: 327 0Beam: 41 0Draft: 12 6 (max. On the 13th Task Group 21.13 joined, departing the next day. CG-71) was built at the Charleston Navy Yard, Charleston, South Carolina, and was launched in 1937. In August 1956 Bibb was on Ocean Station Delta and served there again in December of 1956. Ten minutes later a kawasaki Ki-61 "Tony" fighter aircraft was sighted at about 5,000 yards, and Bibb commenced firing, but the firing was checked as the bearing became foul. 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. She had a sound contact at 900 yards and dropped a full pattern with negative results. Radar: (1945) SK, SG-1; (1966) AN/SPS-29D, AN/SPA-52. Shortly after this flames ware observed on a second ship, just ahead of the first one. I hope I never see another drowned man as long as I live.". Aircraft: Curtiss SOC-4, USCG No. When the Grand Banks cruises were discontinued on 27 January 1940 Bibb was then assigned duty with on the weather stations. Various vessels near the path of the plane opened fire. Three ships in the area fired at the aircraft which was knocked down about 1,000 yards to the north of Bibb. On the 13th the commander of Task Force 60 was transferred aboard USS Merrill (DE-392) relieving the Bibb as flagship. The occupants of the lifeboats were in excellent condition when brought aboard. On the 12th she delivered the two submarines to a local Canadian escort unit off the Sambro Light vessel. Most of the armament was removed, except for the addition of a 40mm anti-aircraft battery, a 5-inch 38 caliber main battery and mousetrap anti-submarine armament. Departing for Palau on the 5th her destination was changed for Ulithi Islands on the 9th and she arrived there next day. The legendary Bibb was named for U.S. Secretary of the Treasury (July 4, 1844 - March 7, 1845) George M. Bibb. The Bibb joined convoy SC-121 and maneuvered to a position near the cutter Spencer (WPG-36). It lies on its side at a depth of about 130 feet (40m). On the 18th Bibb dropped the escort of Vulcan and stood out of the swept channel in company with Ingham en route Boston, where she arrived on the 19th for ten days availability. Commander (Constructor) F. G. Hunnewell, USCG, was the head of the Coast Guard's Construction and Repair Department at that time. On January 6th she left Port of Spain, Trinidad, escorting U. S. Army Transport S-17 to San Juan. By noon on the 3rd the convoy was standing up the swept channel towards Reykjavik, Iceland. 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. She was commissioned on 10 March 1937. The USCGC Bibb(WPG-31)was a 327-foot (100 m)Secretary-Class (also known as "Treasury Class") Coast Guard ship commissioned in 1936. When completed on the 15th the convoy formation consisted of 12 columns of ships. The broken blower crankshaft of one of the merchant vessels in convoy was repaired on Bibb and transferred to it by breeches buoy. On the 16th two YMs detached for Bermuda. 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 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. From June to July 1969 she served on Ocean Station Delta and during September of that same year she served on Ocean Station Echo. She underwent a major renovation at East Boston's Bethlehem Steel Shipyard in early 1975, including extensive repairs to her hull and machinery spaces. Task Force 63 also included Ingham and seven destroyers. 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 23 of May 1983 Bibb seized a fishing vessel 50 miles southeast of Cape Cod for fisheries violations. 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. During May-June 1949 she served on Ocean Station Able. On 2 November 1969, She began the year 1971 by serving on Ocean Station Bravo, where she served from 3 to 26 of January. Because of the weather zigzagging was discontinued. 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. She departed Manzanillo on the 3rd and reached Pearl Harbor on the 11th. She received credit for the destruction of one Japanese aircraft. Formulates and enforces safety standards for U.S. commercial vessels and offshore structures. 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 9 June 1942 Bibb was underway as escort commander for convoy SCL-85, consisting of 14 ships. Many had edema of the hands, which resulted, it is believed, from the tight fit these rubber suits have about the wrist. On the 28th she moored at Argentia. The convoy stood up the swept channel to Reykjavik Harbor, Iceland on the 29th and anchored. In May-June 1958 she served on Ocean Station Echo and in July-August 1958 it was back to Ocean Station Delta. On the 14th Bibb obtained two high frequency direction finder bearings and began running them down. On the 8th, with Skagie Point abeam to port, the Free French Corvette Roselys joined the task force. An hour later three merchant vessels detached for Casablanca under escort of two USPC vessels and a French destroyer. The convoy began break-off operations on the 7th. An hour later Bibb was ordered to detach from the convoy and return to Iceland, with SS Toltec. On 14 June 1945 Bibb stood out of Kerama Retto, in company with two other Navy vessels, and escorted by three destroyers, to ride out a reported storm at sea. Two merchant ships joined on the 21st; six detached and six joined on the 22nd; and nine detached and seven joined on the 23rd. At first light on 1 July, a rescue aircraft from Air Station Elizabeth City was on scene and assisting in the search. The other merchant ships who detached proceeded in groups, without escorts from the task force. The Mallory had been torpedoed at 0600. On 27 February 1952 Bibb sustained minor damage when a Navy tug collided with her while maneuvering in Narragansett Bay. During May-June 1949 she served on Ocean Station Able. They rejoined the convoy on the 28th. On the 15th USS Edwards (DD-619) departed for Bermuda, her sound gear inoperative. In the U.S. Navy, asbestos was considered so important that the U.S. government once mandated its use in shipbuilding. Her task was to prevent the infiltration of arms, ammunition, and supplies to communist forces in South Vietnam by stopping, boarding and searching vessels in her area of operation. Departing the same day for Trinidad, she arrived at her destination and on the 11th left Trinidad for Guantanamo Bay, arriving on the 19th. 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. Bibb was then directed to coordinate the search efforts for the missing sailing vessel Patriot with six crewmen aboard. On 2 June 1943, Bibb moored in Delpit Basin, Casablanca. The same could be said of the other Secretary Class cutters, their officers, and their crews. . 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. She arrived on the 17th, remaining there for the rest of October. The Bibb was unable to regain contact and rejoined the convoy. On 30 June 1981 Bibb sailed around Cape Hatteras and right into tropical storm Brett. The 327s were an attempt to develop a 20-knot cutter capable of carrying an airplane in a hangar. 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. By the 28th the ships were widely scattered and seldom in contact with each other. 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. 1966: 10 officers, 3 warrants, 133 enlisted. 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 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. From April to August of 1945 she participated in the assault on Okinawa, surviving numerous kamikaze attacks. The Ingham and two merchant vessels were missing. Seven similar "combat cutters" were built and named for secretaries of the United States Treasury. HF/DF: (1943) 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. 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. 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. All escorts were given permission to open fire at will on unidentified aircraft. Later she returned to the wreck and left it in a sinking condition from gun fire and depth charges. The Bibb changed course to join convoy HX-227. 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. 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. At 0250 on the 7th she sighted four star shells in the vicinity of the convoy and a vessel was reported torpedoed. 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. On 31 October 1942 Bibb was again underway escorting SS Nova along the southern coast of Iceland. After establishing communications with Bibb, Martin made a successful landing in the 30-foot seas at 1004 (GCT) near the cutter. 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. Most recently, these ships-that-wouldnt-die have done duty in fisheries patrol and drug interdiction. 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. x .50 caliber Browning MG; 2 x depth charge racks; 1 x Y gun depth charge projector.1943: 2 x 5/51 (single mount);4 x 3/50 (single mounts); 2 x 20mm/80 (single); 1 x Hedgehog; 2 (?) Bibb continued at anchor in Kerama Retto until 7 July 1945 when she proceeded to Buckner Bay, where she anchored remaining through the 16th. Add to cart Buy Now. Early on the 30th and again on the 6th of May Bibb fired on enemy aircraft. 1936:3 x 5"/51 (single); 2 x 6-pounders. He died in Georgetown, Washington, D.C., on 14 April 1859. The Bibb then returned to New Bedford. The USCGC Bibb was a 327-foot Secretary-Class Coast Guard ship commissioned in 1936. The Bibb rescued 33 more people from the nearby torpedoed freighter S.S. Kalliopi before returning to the convoy. At 0330 various escorts reported bandit planes closing over the convoy. The cutter reported to the escort commander on the 20th and was assigned a station. 1945: 2 x 5"/38 (single); 3 x 40mm/60 (twin); 4 x 20mm/80 (single). After one successful trip, the gig's engine broke down and the Coast Guardsmen once again launched a pulling boat. The Vigilant capsized and sank one hour later. With the advent of newer navigation and communication technology the Coast Guard soon discontinued ocean station patrols. New navigation and communication systems were also added. On 14 April she departed for Guam where she arrived on the 15th and on the 19th rendezvoused with USS Aaron Ward (DD-132) which acted as her escort to Okinawa. On 15 February 1943, the Bibb departed for Hvalfjordur, Iceland. On the 14th the task force got under way escorting convoy UGA-8A for Casablanca. Again on the 29th, On the morning of 6 May 1945, at 0846, SOPA warned that bogeys as well as many friendly planes were within four miles. Standing down New York Harbor on 8 July 1943, in company with Task Force 63, consisting of four Navy destroyers, 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 vessel fell off to northward and commenced drifting toward the convoy. Raney ignored the order to leave the survivors and went back and rescued 202 men from the icy waters. 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. On the 23rd the convoy entered New York Harbor and, On the 12th four merchant vessels were detached for Bone, Algeria, while three merchant vessels from that port joined. One convoyed vessel detached for Horta, Azores on the 20th and two joined. From 14 August to 6 September of that same year she served on Ocean Station Echo. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1982. depth charge on a doubtful sound contact, a school of stunned fish appeared on the surface. 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.=====================================================================. 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. 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. 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