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. Again on the 29th Bibb opened fire on an enemy aircraft identified as a Japanese bomber. Then she increased to full speed and dropped a full pattern of depth charges. Executive Officer, LCDR Nicholas A. Forni. In May 1965 she served on Ocean Station Charlie. That afternoon she had an underwater sound contact and made an embarrassing depth charge attack 5,000 yards ahead of the convoy with no visible damage. The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Winnebago (WHEC-40) had the Agenor's 17 crewmen on board. ; 1 x 1-pounder. Bibb continued at anchor in Kerama Retto until 7 July 1945 when she proceeded to Buckner Bay, where she anchored remaining through the 16th. The Bibb continued searching until sunset when she was relieved by CGC Dallas (WHEC-716) which had sailed from New York. The Oscar then took a course northward, climbed to about 1,000 feet, reversed course and began maneuvering for a crash dive, with her probable target Bibb, YMS-331, or USS Kenneth Whiting (AVP-14) all within close range of each other. Then she proceeded towards Iceland and arrived at Reykjavik on the afternoon of the 5th. Aircraft: Curtiss SOC-4, USCG No. In October of 1950 she served on Ocean Station Dog and in December it was duty on Ocean Station Easy. At the end of World War II, each Secretary Class cutter was returned to her peace-time makeup. On the 5th a friendly plane was sighted. On the 14th the task force got under way escorting convoy UGA-8A for Casablanca. On March 2nd four merchant vessels detached for Gibraltar and Task Force 66 was relieved of escorting the convoy by a British task force. It was fortunate for the passengers and crew of the troopship SS Henry Mallory that the Bibb and Ingham were there. An hour later a Netherlands war vessel joined the task force as an anti-aircraft ship. 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. x "K" gun depth charge projectors; 2 x depth charge racks. 1, 35 38' N x 53 21' W and Station No. 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. Sighting Narragansett 15 miles distant, Bibb came alongside and then proceeded to the floating drydock, two and one-half miles away, and took her in tow. 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. On the 28th she moored at Argentia. One convoyed vessel detached for Horta, Azores on the 20th and two joined. 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). The final 327-foot design was based on the Erie-class Navy gunboats; the machinery plant and hull below the waterline were identical. On the 31st, the Casablanca section of the convoy, consisting of 27 ships, began breaking off. The occupants of the lifeboats were in excellent condition when brought aboard. 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. At 0115 Bibb, at general quarters, began making smoke to cover sector one of the convoy. The vessel was identified as the Norwegian SS Mosdale bound for Liverpool. 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 25 October the New York and Delaware sections broke off, escorted six vessels and the others continued to Norfolk. The tow was taken over by the commercial tug Curb and Bibb then proceeded to Boston. The Bibb joined convoy SC-121 and maneuvered to a position near the cutter Spencer (WPG-36). While circling the area to renew contact a whale and school of porpoises was also encountered. 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. 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. Fourteen minutes later a bogey consisting of probably two planes at low altitude, was reported as closing rapidly. 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. Between 5 and 29 August 1971. At 0448 on the 21st she attacked a sound contact with a barrage of depth charges with undetermined results, due to darkness and haze. Bibb was named for U.S. Secretary of the Treasury (July 4, 1844 March 7, 1845) George M. Bibb. Formulates and enforces safety standards for U.S. commercial vessels and offshore structures. 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 later there were numerous red flares and shortly afterwards a lifeboat and raft ware sighted. On August 6th Bibb expended 11 depth charges on a sound contact which was later evaluated as non-submarine. Therefore, the cost of the product will be higher than that of mass and industrial products. CG-71) was built at the Charleston Navy Yard, Charleston, South Carolina, and was launched in 1937. On the same day eight merchant vessels with the oiler Cossatot, escorted by Coast Guard manned destroyer escorts USS Vance (DE-387) and USS Chambers (DE-391), joined the convoy. 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. Just as the plane entered its steep glide, preparing to crash dive, two of Bibb's guns picked up the target and began firing. The 5" battery expended seven rounds. In February 1943, the convoy came under attack and the SSHenry R. Mallory was torpedoed. On 1 October the convoy was augmented by 30 merchant ships and three Navy vessels. Seven similar "combat cutters" were built and named for secretaries of the United States Treasury. A few minutes later another raft was sighted dead ahead and two survivors of SS Bonneville were taken aboard. Then it was on to Guantanamo Bay for more intensive training with the Navy. Escorted by USS Barry (APD-29) Bibb departed Norfolk on the 15th of February and arrived at Panama on the 22nd. On 2 October all ships were inside Grotta Point, Iceland, maneuvering for anchorages. Many of the Bibbs crewmen leapt into the water to assist the nearly frozen survivors, and the cutter Ingham assisted. 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. The weather patrols (later termed "ocean station patrols") consisted of sailing for three weeks on one of four assigned stations in the North Atlantic, and each cutter assigned performed four or five such patrols each year. 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. In September 1972 she medevaced crewman from the Greek merchant vessel SS Christia midway between Bermuda and the Azores. Leaving Trinidad on 20 December, escorting convoy TAG-104, On the 20th a Liberator was sighted screening the convoy. 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. 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. She departed Charlie upon relief by Duane on 16 January 1948. Many of them were suffering from exposure and edema, but after treatment almost all recovered. Bibb served in the United States Senate from 1811 to 1814 and from 1829 to 1835. 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. Aircraft: Curtiss SOC-4, USCG No. 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. In October of 1950 she served on Ocean Station Dog and in December it was duty on Ocean Station Easy. TWS is the largest online community of Veterans existing today and is a powerful Veteran locator. The ship fought in the Battle of the Atlantic serving as a convoy escort. George Mortimer Bibb, born on 30 October 1776 in Prince Edward County, Va., graduated from both Hampden-Sidney and Willian and Mary Colleges and then, after studying law in the office of Richard Venable, was admitted to the Virginia Bar. History Every branch of the military used asbestos during the 20th century. In August, 1949 she served on Ocean Station Dog. On 29 and 30 January 1945 she was depermed, degaussed and tested. USCGC Bibb (WPG-31) The Bibbwas a 327-foot (100 m) Secretary-Class (also known as "Treasury Class") Coast Guard ship commissioned in 1936. 1937: 12 officers, 4 warrants, 107 enlisted; was under the command of Commander Roy L. Raney during the convoy battles to come. After she returned to service, Bibb undertook a cadet cruise to Bermuda and then to Europe. On the 29th a general alarm was sounded on receiving a radar contact at a range of 11 miles, thought to be a possible aircraft. Seven similar "combat cutters" were built and named for secretaries of the United States Treasury. The next day she sighted the bow of the tanker and left it in sinking condition also. On 7 October 1943, Bibb with the four Navy destroyers departed Casablanca for Gibraltar and on the 9th began escorting the Gibraltar section of convoy GUS-17. 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. 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. Bibb left Hvalfjordur for Reykjavik on 18 March 1943 and stood out to sea en route to join Iceland bound convoy HXL-229A. 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 24th, the New York section of 19 ships detached with four escorts. Seven similar "combat cutters" were built and named for secretaries of the United States Treasury. The Treasury class cutters proved to be highly dependable, versatile and long-lived warshipsmost served their country for over 40 years. Vessels joined the convoy at Gibraltar on the 10th. The attack took place at 36 23' N x 00 26.5' E. No planes came within range of Bibb during the entire action. 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. 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. On 9 June 1942 Bibb was underway as escort commander for convoy SCL-85, consisting of 14 ships. The convoy consisted of 69 merchant ships, 19 LSTs and one British aircraft carrier. 2 x MK-13 high altitude parachute flare mortars. 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 plane was in a slight glide, losing altitude, apparently picking out one of the ships in the anchorage as a suicide crash target. At 0330 various escorts reported bandit planes closing over the convoy. 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 the 15th USS. The Portent made a Hedgehog attack and dropped five depth charges on a sound contact one mile north of Bibb's attack. 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 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. When an enemy aircraft was sighted coming in from the northwest on 28 April 1945 Bibb commenced firing. Within two hours after being brought aboard, all survivors had been fed, showered, wrapped in blankets and placed on mattresses on the mess deck and in the engineer's passageway. Through your actions, you have significantly contributed to the United States efforts in countering communist aggression in the Republic of Vietnam." On the 27th Bibb, in company with Ingham, searched for survivors of the torpedoed SS Athan Sultan, but being unable to sight anything, even though both vessels had a radar signal which was about 2 to 8 miles distant, they fired three star-shells. Bibb,1955. The Treasury class cutters proved to be highly dependable, versatile and long-lived warships--most served their country for over 40 years. Regaining the contact ten minutes later she again attacked with a barrage of six charges. She returned to Kerama Retto, next morning and remained anchored there for the balance of June. At 0115. 4 of us did the Florida Keys Wreck Trek and the Bibb was our first dive. Nearby, a second Treasury-Class ship, the USCGC Duane (WPG-33) was also sunk as an artificial reef. Rescue operations continued throughout forenoon, 202 survivors being taken from three lifeboats and numerous rafts. . The Bibb departed Pearl Harbor on 25 March and arrived at Eniwetok on 3 April 1945. Bibb was named for U.S. Secretary of the Treasury George M. Bibb. Standing out of Reykjavik harbor on 21 September 1942 Bibb awaited the assembly of a convoy of two columns of five ships each which was underway by 1600. Next day she sighted a merchant ship on the horizon and challenged her by blinker. Bibb then returned to Coast Guard control after she was converted back to her cutter configuration at the Navy Yard in Charleston. She sailed to Ocean Station Charlie again in April of 1960 and in June and July of 1960 she served on Ocean Station Echo. 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. 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 the 27th two merchant vessels were detached for New York. After the conversion was completed, she was ordered to Boston, which remained her home port through October of 1973. Task Force 66 relieved course and began standing up the Straits of Gibraltar and on the 3rd entered Casablanca Harbor. Another emergency turn was made on the 21st on a radar contact at 300 yards and at 0512 Bibb dropped one depth charge on an underwater sound contact that disappeared at 700 yards. The Duane was directed to stand by while repairs were made. ; 1 x 1-pounder.1941: 1 x 5/51 (single mount); 3 x 3/50 (single mounts);2 (?) It is believed that the type of rubber suit worn by the survivors contributed greatly to their withstanding the exposure. Two merchant ships joined on the 21st; six detached and six joined on the 22nd; and nine detached and seven joined on the 23rd. 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 . In 1944 Bibb provided convoy escort between the United States and North Africa mainly to Bizerte in Tunisia. Various members of the Task Force departed as escorts for detachments and others joined for temporary duty. Four merchant ships were detached for Gibraltar and one joined just before the convoy changed course to stand through the Straits. 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. 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. The next day at 0411 Bibb attacked a doubtful contact which was lost a few minutes later. Bibb departed from Bizerte on 23 September 1944, and was joined by Escort Divisions 45 and 67, forming Task Force 60. On the 16th she got underway in the van of a number of Navy craft who stood out of Buckner Bay and proceeded independently in accordance with the typhoon plan. 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. On the 28th four merchant vessels and one destroyer detached, the vessels to be escorted to Oran by a British task force. The Bibb changed course to join convoy HX-227. She also caused 11 secondary fires and three secondary explosions. The following morning the seas had abated somewhat and Cronk ordered a rescue attempt with his personal gig. Well done.". A former officer on board Bibb, Captain Henry C. Keene, Jr., noted: Raney was a leader. Robert Scheina. $29.99. 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. From 14 August to 6 September of that same year she served on Ocean Station Echo. Because of the weather zigzagging was discontinued. On the 11th the convoy became scattered about noon by winds of gale force and heavy seas but was reformed six hours later. 1936:3 x 5"/51 (single); 2 x 6-pounders. There were no persons aboard. On 2 November 1969 Bibb towed to safety the disabled merchant vessel SS Caravan, which was located 150 miles southeast of Cape Fear. The 327's were an attempt to develop a 20-knot cutter capable of carrying an airplane in a hangar. 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. It was 61.33 m (201.2 ft) long, with a beam of 7.93 m (26.0 ft). 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. Two depth charges were fired on an undersea contact with no visible effects. From June to July 1969 she served on Ocean Station Delta and during September of that same year she served on Ocean Station Echo. In addition to her patrol duties this cutter also performed civic action functions in the form of medical assistance and search and rescue. 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. Ten minutes later the second ship sank, stern first. Also, during the mid-1930s, narcotics smuggling, mostly opium, was on the increase, and long-legged, fairly fast cutters were needed to curtail it. The USCGC Bibb(WPG-31)was a 327-foot (100 m)Secretary-Class (also known as "Treasury Class") Coast Guard ship commissioned in 1936. On the 2nd Bibb received a report from a ship with call letters KFFL that she had been torpedoed. That might at 2011 two bright red lights were sighted in the convoy and it was learned that the steering machinery on one of the vessels, the SS Orbis, had broken down. After conversion to an AGC, done in the Charleston Navy Yard between 17 October 1944 and 29 January 1945. 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 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. )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. The USCGC Bibb appeared in the 1952 film "Walk East on Beacon" at the film's climactic end. 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 contact was not regained after the last attack. The cutter assumed its duties of escort commander of convoy ONSJ-110, with 13 ships, on the 7th, in company with Babbitt. 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. The barometer dropped and the winds rose with a number five sea. A few seconds later the plane crashed in to the USS Terror (CM-5) starboard amidships. That evening gunfire was sighted on the horizon, presumed to be HMS Broadway in contact with an enemy submarine. In April of 1966 she served on Ocean Station Delta and on Ocean Station Charlie in August-September 1967. 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