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. 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. 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. On 4 June 1944, CDR H. T. Diehl, USCG, relieved CDR C .A. Formulates and enforces safety standards for U.S. commercial vessels and offshore structures. 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. She returned to Boston, where she was home-ported until October of 1973. 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. At 0946 she set a course to rendezvous with convoy SC-118. Nothing was found when the airplane, low on fuel, had to head back for land. Entering Reykjavik on the 23rd she proceeded to Hvalfjordur where she entered a floating drydock on the 27th and remained there until the 29th. A submarine periscope was reported close aboard. 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. On the 13th the commander of Task Force 60 was transferred aboard USS Merrill (DE-392) relieving the Bibb as flagship. On the 12th four merchant vessels were detached for Bone, Algeria, while three merchant vessels from that port joined. 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 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. An hour later Bibb was ordered to detach from the convoy and return to Iceland, with SS Toltec. Later that afternoon Bibb dropped an eight charge barrage on a sound contact and whet appeared to be a torpedo wake. 1936:3 x 5"/51 (single); 2 x 6-pounders. The confidence the crew had in their captain seemed to be reflected in his pride and confidence in his crew.. The barometer dropped and the winds rose with a number five sea. That operation involved several different agencies including the Coast Guard, the Navy, the Drug Enforcement Administration, and others. I hope I never see another drowned man as long as I live.". Leaving Trinidad on 20 December, escorting convoy TAG-104, Bibb arrived at Guantanamo Bay on the 25th. On the 14th Bibb obtained two high frequency direction finder bearings and began running them down. The cutter reported to the escort commander on the 20th and was assigned a station. She was built in 1936 in the US Naval Yard in Philadelphia, PA. 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. On the 13th the Bibb set a course for Reykjavik and anchored there on the 25th, later that day proceeding to Hvalfjordur. Rescue operations continued throughout forenoon, 202 survivors being taken from three lifeboats and numerous rafts. 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. On the 16th all electric power on Bibb failed, the rudder jammed and the main turbines stopped. 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. Bibb,1955. 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. 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. Seventh Fleet, RADM Rudden, send her a message: "As you depart the Cruiser-Destroyer Group, Seventh Fleet, your performance is noted with pleasure. During November 1944 through 29 January 1945, When an enemy aircraft was sighted coming in from the northwest on 28 April 1945, The plane disappeared in a smoke screen. This page was last edited on 2 January 2023, at 19:17. Quartermaster Third Class Bill Batson, of Quincy, Massachusetts, reported: "We arrived on scene late in the afternoon of 1 November. She departed Manzanillo on the 3rd and reached Pearl Harbor on the 11th. 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. He, like the other officers who commanded these cutters, knew his business. Next day the Bibb fired her starboard thrower in an embarrassing attack on what was probably a non-submarine. 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. 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. On the 3rd the convoy commenced standing up the Tunisian War Channel and six hours later Task Force 60 was relieved of convoy UGS-39 by HMS Dart at the entrance to Bizerte swept channel. At 0810 on the 13th they effected a rendezvous with the Simpson and the two Russian submarines and set a course for Halifax, delivering the submarines to the Canadian corvette HMCS Liscomb at noon on the 11th. The Bibb closed eastbound trans-Atlantic convoy SC-101 on 30 September 1942, screening the seven ship Iceland bound sector SCL-101 which was breaking off and forming. On the 12th she delivered the two submarines to a local Canadian escort unit off the Sambro Light vessel. On the 14th the task force got under way escorting convoy UGA-8A for Casablanca. A few seconds later the plane crashed in to the USS Terror (CM-5) starboard amidships. 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. After the conversion was completed, she was ordered to Boston, which remained her home port through October of 1973. He moved to Lexington, Ky., in 1798 and soon achieved a position of distinction and leadership there, in politics and in his profession. The Bibb continued searching until sunset when she was relieved by CGC Dallas (WHEC-716) which had sailed from New York. The Bibb then returned to New Bedford. The Penmar had been torpedoed about 2200 on 22 September 1942 and had sunk in about 10 minutes. . Raney ignored the order to leave the survivors and went back and rescued 202 men from the icy waters. In 1981 Bibb conducted a six-week patrol that included two training stops and several rescues. that had fired and dropped three depth charges. 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 14 December two British escort vessels departed with some of the ships of the convoy for St. John's, Newfoundland. A warning of the presence of unidentified aircraft was received on the 12th. The Bibb located Collis P. Huntington and led her safely to anchorage at Reykjavik. On 7 February 1943, the U-402 torpedoed the Mallory as it straggled behind the convoy. 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. At the end of World War II, each Secretary Class cutter was returned to her peace-time makeup. 1945: 2 x 5"/38 (single); 3 x 40mm/60 (twin); 4 x 20mm/80 (single). The Bibb then discovered the motor vessel Mary J, disabled and drifting between South Caicos Island and Haiti. The cutters. The New York section, with the commander Task Force 60 in, On 4 June 1944, CDR H. T. Diehl, USCG, relieved CDR C .A. She remained in South Boston Navy Yard until 16 January 1943 undergoing repairs to her hull and machinery. Seven similar "combat cutters" were built and named for secretaries of the United States Treasury. Before Bibb could reach Nanaste, she received an "SOS " from the 200-foot motor vessel SS Vigilant, which was taking on water rapidly. One merchant vessel was detached for St. John's. With the decrease in the threat by U-boats by 1944 and the increase in the number of available Allied escort vessels, the Navy determined that the 327s would better serve the national security needs of the nation as command and control vessels [known as AGCs] for amphibious landings. A few minutes later a vessel in the convoy fired a machine gun at a reported visual contact. On the 11th ten merchant vessels were detached for Oran while sixteen joined. Later in the day she took station "one" in convoy UGS-39 forming off Norfolk swept chanced as flagship of Task Force 60, with six Coast Guard-manned, and six Navy-manned destroyer escorts. The convoy proceeded toward Bizerte, where, on the 18th, the Bibb was relieved as escort flagship by HMS Pheasant and moored until the 20th. USCG Duane (Wreck) Stern Smoke Stack Bow She is a 327 foot Treasury class US Coast Guard cutter. The target was taken under fire by vessels in the anchorage but apparently escaped, damaged, and disappeared flying north toward Geruma Shima. 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. Again on the 29th Bibb opened fire on an enemy aircraft identified as a Japanese bomber. On the 28th four merchant vessels and one destroyer detached, the vessels to be escorted to Oran by a British task force. 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. She had a sound contact at 900 yards and dropped a full pattern with negative results. The contact was evaluated as probably non-submarine. 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. Bibbwas named for U.S. Secretary of the Treasury (July 4, 1844 - March 7, 1845) George M. Bibb. On the 28th she moored at Argentia. In October of 1950 she served on Ocean Station Dog and in December it was duty on Ocean Station Easy. The broken blower crankshaft of one of the merchant vessels in convoy was repaired on Bibb and transferred to it by breeches buoy. Seven similar "combat cutters" were built and named for secretaries of the United States Treasury. V146 (1939-). On the 19th she proceeded to Casco Bay, Maine, where she engaged in various drills and exercises until tie 28th. The Bibb remained at anchor in Buckner Bay, Okinawa, during August, 1945, as flagship for Commander, Mine Craft, Pacific Fleet. On the 22nd, two merchant vessels joined from Bone, Algeria. 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She then sailed to Mayport, Florida, for a week of training at the Navy Fleet Training Center. The plane crashed into the starboard side of USS Pinkney (APH-2), a transport for the wounded. 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. Those who did not make it into a life raft died from hypothermia. After one successful trip, the gig's engine broke down and the Coast Guardsmen once again launched a pulling boat. Standing out from Boston, after repairs, Bibb received a message from the cutter Modoc (WPG-46) on 13 April that a plane had reported a periscope in her vicinity. When completed on the 15th the convoy formation consisted of 12 columns of ships. 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. She participated in refresher training under the Fleet Training Group at Guantanamo Bay every two years to maintain her military readiness. Hellcat fighters were being vectored to intercept the raid. Bibb Cutter File, US Coast Guard Historian's Office. The healthy sheer forward and the high slope in the deck in the wardrooms was known as the "Hunnewell Hump." The bodies of the navigator and observer were recovered. The cutters Bibb and Ingham were temporarily attached to a British escort force for SC-118s trans-Atlantic journey. The 327's were an attempt to develop a 20-knot cutter capable of carrying an airplane in a hangar. The Bibb was underway on zig-zag courses at five knots at the time from Norfolk to Casco Day, Maine. $29.99. Many of them were suffering from exposure and edema, but after treatment almost all recovered. The ocean station vessels also provided communications and navigation assistance and were always standing by for and search and rescue emergencies. The Coast Guard Health Services community will be fully apprised of this subject so that questions from Coast Guard veterans and retirees can be appropriately answered. 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 (?) The cutter assumed its duties of escort commander of convoy ONSJ-110, with 13 ships, on the 7th, in company with Babbitt. Anderson, USCG, as commanding officer of Bibb. On the 31st she was underway escorting USS Saturn (AF-40) to St. John's Newfoundland, where she arrived at 0900. 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. On 31 October 1942 Bibb was again underway escorting SS Nova along the southern coast of Iceland. The Bibb, relieved of this arduous duty, continued carrying out law enforcement and search and rescue patrols. On the morning of 6 May 1945, at 0846, SOPA warned that bogeys as well as many friendly planes were within four miles. There were no persons aboard. The passengers panicked and leapt overboard into the 50 water. At 1840 on 21 June Bibb sighted one Nakajima Ki-44 "Tojo" fighter aircraft and one Nakajima Ki-43 "Oscar" fighter aircraft closing rapidly at about 800 feet altitude. From 14 August to 6 September of that same year she served on Ocean Station Echo. She was commissioned on 10 March 1937. Seven hours later Bibb fired a barrage of depth charges on a sound contact and a few minutes later the McLeish reported a sound contact which was almost immediately lost. Seven similar "combat cutters" were built and named for secretaries of the United States Treasury. Shortly afterwards, star shells, denoting a submarine attack, appeared in the same area. Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. She departed Boston on 20 December 1947, en route to Ocean Station Charlie via Argentia, relieving CGC Androscoggin (WPG-68) on 26 December 1947. It is believed that the type of rubber suit worn by the survivors contributed greatly to their withstanding the exposure. 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. The following morning the seas had abated somewhat and Cronk ordered a rescue attempt with his personal gig. 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. The Treasury class cutters proved to be highly dependable, versatile and long-lived warshipsmost served their country for over 40 years. While circling the area to renew contact a whale and school of porpoises was also encountered. Later that year Bibb joined a destroyer squadron for the assistance of shipping in the North Atlantic. A U.S. Army liaison officer boarded Bibb and worked with a spotter aircraft in coordinating our fire in support of the troops." The ship fought in the Battle of the Atlantic serving as a convoy escort. The occupants of the lifeboats were in excellent condition when brought aboard. Most recently, these ships-that-wouldn't-die have done duty in fisheries patrol and drug interdiction. USS Bibb, CG (WAGC-31); U.S.C.G.C. She received credit for the destruction of one Japanese aircraft. At the end of World War II, each Secretary Class cutter was returned to her peace-time makeup. 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. It turned out to be the stern of a torpedoed tanker, with no signs of life on board, though one boat and one raft remained on board. During November 1944 through 29 January 1945, Bibb remained at the Charleston Navy Yard, undergoing conversion to an AGC [Amphibious Command & Control] vessel, her designation being then changed to WAGC-31. CG-71) was built at the Charleston Navy Yard, Charleston, South Carolina, and was launched in 1937. Various members of the Task Force departed as escorts for detachments and others joined for temporary duty. One convoyed vessel detached for Horta, Azores on the 20th and two joined. Washington, DC: U.S. Coast Guard, 1 March 1949. pp. 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. Armament:1936:3 x 5/51 (single); 2 x 6-pounders. Also, during the mid-1930s, narcotics smuggling, mostly opium, was on the increase, and long-legged, fairly fast cutters were needed to curtail it. On the 28th one merchant vessel returned to Norfolk unescorted due to machinery failure. The Bibb joined convoy SC-121 and maneuvered to a position near the cutter Spencer (WPG-36). Nearby, a second Treasury-Class ship, the USCGC Duane (WPG-33) was also sunk as an artificial reef. 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. Bibb also provided logistical support to U.S. Navy "Swift" boats and Coast Guard 82-foot patrol boats of Coast Guard Squadron One. On several occasions she was praised for her gunfire support. 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. No lifeboats were believed to have gotten away from the starboard side of the vessel, which had 499 persons on board. On 1 May a radar picket at 0340 reported a "bogey" coming in 45 miles from Bibb's position. 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. Bibb was then directed to coordinate the search efforts for the missing sailing vessel Patriot with six crewmen aboard. The passengers panicked and leapt overboard. On this particular visit the village came under enemy mortar fire just as Bibb's personnel were leaving. The Bibb proceeded to the area and heard faint propeller beats but was unable to obtain a sound contact. With the advent of newer navigation and communication technology the Coast Guard soon discontinued ocean station patrols. She departed Charlie upon relief by Duane on 16 January 1948. Once the conversion was completed she was again classified as WPG-31. Meanwhile, one merchant had joined the convoy and another had detached for Bermuda on the 5th. Using that raft as a bridge between the flying boat and the motor surf boat, the Coast Guardsmen managed to save 28 persons in three trips and get them back to Bibb. Through your actions, you have significantly contributed to the United States efforts in countering communist aggression in the Republic of Vietnam." On 1 May 1965 the Treasury class vessels were re-designated as High Endurance Cutters or WHEC. On 1 March 1943, Bibb was underway to join convoy HX-227, which she did at 1625. 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. She was sunk as an artificial reef off the coast of Florida in 1987. The Bibb departed for gunnery exercises on 20 July 1944 and, having completed these, got underway to take station one of Task Force 60, escorting convoy GUS-46. 71 W. 31). The search was discontinued. On 17 July 1982 Bibb seized the motor vessel SS Grimurkamban 270 miles southeast of Cape Cod with approximately 50 tons of marijuana on board. The Bibb began searching for survivors and lookouts sighted large quantities of debris, including a swamped lifeboat. 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. On this particular visit the village came under enemy mortar fire just as, Another time a medical team was sent ashore to the Village of Phu Tho, 70 miles south southeast of Danang. On the 3rd they stopped at Akueyre. Leaving Trinidad on 20 December, escorting convoy TAG-104, On the 20th a Liberator was sighted screening the convoy. 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 had barely arrived at Casco Bay on 3 April when she was underway again searching for a Navy plane that had been forced down at sea. That evening 11 ships of the convoy bound for Iceland departed the main convoy with Bibb, Ingham and Schenck as escorts. 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. The other merchant ships who detached proceeded in groups, without escorts from the task force. She returned to Kerama Retto, next morning and remained anchored there for the balance of June. The convoy stood up the swept channel to Reykjavik Harbor, Iceland on the 29th and anchored. 1941: 16 officers, 5 warrants, 202 enlisted; On 2 October all ships were inside Grotta Point, Iceland, maneuvering for anchorages. Seven similar "combat cutters" were built and named for secretaries of the United States Treasury. 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 7 February 1943, the, Rescue operations continued throughout forenoon, 202 survivors being taken from three lifeboats and numerous rafts. Garret Conklin garretc@earthlink.net or vern@armory.com Please send stories to webmaster Garret E. 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