Books and Government Publications. During May-June 1949 she served on Ocean Station Able. Bibb is credited with destroying one Japanese kamikaze aircraft in action at Karema Retto. The next day she had a sound contact and carried out an embarrassing attack, dropping two depth charges. The Bibb was awarded the Presidential Unit Citation for her participation in "Operation Sea Lords" from October to December 1968. 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. At 0330 various escorts reported bandit planes closing over the convoy. Three hours later Bibb stood into the harbor and moored, remaining there until the 31st. The 327's were an attempt to develop a 20-knot cutter capable of carrying an airplane in a hangar. It was a combination ocean station patrol and search and rescue operation that brought, With the waves cresting at 30 feet and the cutter rolling 30 to 35 degrees, getting the passengers and crew of the, 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, The following morning the seas had abated somewhat and Cronk ordered a rescue attempt with his personal gig. On the 24th Bibb changed course to effect a rendezvous with convoy SC-105, joining the convoy on the 26th. The New York section, with the commander Task Force 60 in Bibb, now consisted of 148 ships in 8 columns. Departing the same day for Trinidad, she arrived at her destination and on the 11th left Trinidad for Guantanamo Bay, arriving on the 19th. CG-71) was built at the Charleston Navy Yard, Charleston, South Carolina, and was launched in 1937. 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). Well done.". Two and a half hours after this rescue, Ingham sighted red flares and Bibb proceeded to cover Ingham while she picked up eight survivors from SS Tennessee. 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. 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. If you have specific questions, please contact our Chief of Operational Medicine, CAPT Jerry Taylor at (202) 475-5211 or Gerald.N.Taylor@uscg.mil. 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 George M. Bibb. HF/DF: (1943) The Bibb was underway on zig-zag courses at five knots at the time from Norfolk to Casco Day, Maine. The ship 327' and is laying on its starboard side, in 130' of water and it was a gr. On the 28th four merchant vessels and one destroyer detached, the vessels to be escorted to Oran by a British task force. At 0730 on 1 October a plane arrived to provide air coverage. Most recently, these ships-that-wouldn't-die have done duty in fisheries patrol and drug interdiction. Price: $ 18.00 (Price Includes Shipping & Handling) AssociationOfficers2021. Robert Scheina. Many of the Bibbs crewmen leapt into the water to assist the nearly frozen survivors, and the cutter Ingham assisted. Ten other destroyers dropped charges on doubtful contacts and Bibb made an embarrassing attack on a contact at 600 yards at 1430. The Bibb undergoes conversion for combat as an anti-submarine warship and convoy escort in October, 1941. The Babbitt was directed to join and try to bring her back to convoy. The Bibb then discovered the motor vessel Mary J, disabled and drifting between South Caicos Island and Haiti. 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. 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. In August 1956 Bibb was on Ocean Station Delta and served there again in December of 1956. Investigating a radar contact astern on the 26th it was found to be the USS SC-689 which had separated from the company during the night. Bibb after the addition of her new Coast Guard racing stripe.. On 23 of May 1983 Bibb seized a fishing vessel 50 miles southeast of Cape Cod for fisheries violations. In 1981 Bibb conducted a six-week patrol that included two training stops and several rescues. Later that year she sailed back to Ocean Station Echo, where she steamed from 10 June to 4 July. 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. By the 28th the ships were widely scattered and seldom in contact with each other. At the end of World War II, each Secretary Class cutter was returned to her peace-time makeup. 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. The final 327-foot design was based on the Erie-class Navy gunboats; the machinery plant and hull below the waterline were identical. Dedicated also to the Bibb Shipmates Assc. 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. 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. The Bibb located Collis P. Huntington and led her safely to anchorage at Reykjavik. On the 27th friendly aircraft were sighted screening the convoy. U.S. Coast Guard Cutters& Craft, 1946-1990. On 25 February 1943, a convoy was formed with Bibb as escort commander, escorting seven vessels, with Babbitt in company. This standardization saved moneyalways paramount in the Coast Guards considerationsand the cutters were built in U.S. Navy shipbuilding yards. 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 . Another merchant vessel from Casablanca joined the convoy. The plane crashed into the starboard side of USS Pinkney (APH-2), a transport for the wounded. Bibb was named for U.S. Secretary of the Treasury (July 4, 1844 March 7, 1845) George M. Bibb. In the U.S. Navy, asbestos was considered so important that the U.S. government once mandated its use in shipbuilding. On 3 November we transferred them to the commercial tug Neptunia for further transfer to the tug Turmoil which then took them to Singapore.". That operation involved several different agencies including the Coast Guard, the Navy, the Drug Enforcement Administration, and others. 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 convoy stood up the swept channel to Reykjavik Harbor, Iceland on the 29th and anchored. Anderson, USCG, as commanding officer of Bibb. Regaining the contact ten minutes later she again attacked with a barrage of six charges. 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. There were no persons aboard. On the 13th Task Group 21.13 joined, departing the next day. She also caused 11 secondary fires and three secondary explosions. Shortly afterwards the convoy was secured from general quarters as the contact proved to be negative. . 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. The cutters Bibb and Ingham were temporarily attached to a British escort force for SC-118s trans-Atlantic journey. On the next morning, 1 September 1942 at 1110, Bibb made a sound contact and five minutes later dropped a barrage of six small and two large depth charges. She was relieved on 30 November by submarine chasers and arrived at Guantanamo Bay on 1 December 1943. The Coast Guard at War V: Transports and Escorts. Those who did not make it into a life raft died from hypothermia. Two minutes later lookouts on Bibb sighted one aircraft identified as an Aichi D4A "Val" dive-bomber at a range of 8,000 yards appearing just over Hokaji Island, at an altitude of about 1,000 feet. Bibb, 1955. Style: Quantity. Soon afterwards she got underway to join Trillium and relieved her of escort of SS Empire Bunting. USCGC SPENCER (WMEC 905) Commanding Officer, CDR Corey M. Kerns. In September 1972 she medevaced crewman from the Greek merchant vessel SS Christia midway between Bermuda and the Azores. TWS is the largest online community of Veterans existing today and is a powerful Veteran locator. She remained there only seven hours and at 1729 stood out of Loch Foyle in company with Ingham and Vulcan for a trip direct to Norfolk, Virginia. Robert Scheina. Very few ships were able to fire on it as it passed. On the 13th she stood down the Norfolk swept channel and than reversed courses and stood up to the Naval Operating Bases for imperative repairs. The Mallory had been torpedoed at 0600. 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. 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. She then proceeded to Hvalfjordur, returning to Reykjavik on the 5th. She departed Boston on 20 December 1947, en route to Ocean Station Charlie via Argentia, relieving CGC Androscoggin (WPG-68) on 26 December 1947. Each of our products is invested with brains and time to create by the best designers, as well as a dedicated team of ideas. This standardization saved money--always paramount in the Coast Guard's considerations--and the cutters were built in U.S. Navy shipbuilding yards. On the 2nd they were en route to Raufarhofn, where Nova discharged and loaded passengers. Bibb continued at anchor in Kerama Retto until 7 July 1945 when she proceeded to Buckner Bay, where she anchored remaining through the 16th. At 0809, a large explosion was observed on a ship in the convoy. 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. RDML William G. Kelly Twice during the next two hours, first two and then one ship in the convoy fired into the water, and one of the escorts, HMS Burnham proceeded alongside one of the ship. Much credit was given to the smoke screen for warding off possible air torpedo attacks. At the end of World War II, each Secretary Class cutter was returned to her peace-time makeup. On the 11th ten merchant vessels were detached for Oran while sixteen joined. On the 2nd five merchant vessels joined the convoy from Algerian ports. From 14 August to 6 September of that same year she served on Ocean Station Echo. A distress message from the disabled SS Agenor gave the Bibb an opportunity to resume its customary peace-time job of search and rescue. She anchored in Palermo outer harbor, moving next morning to the breakwater. The 327-foot cutters were designed to meet changing missions of the service as it emerged from the Prohibition era. 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. It had one 6 cylinder Ruston Stafford 6 CSRKM 4 Stoke diesel engine with a single shaft and one screw. The 5" battery expended seven rounds. 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. At 0900 Bibb received word that Ingham had the missing ships in company. On 1 March 1943, Bibb was underway to join convoy HX-227, which she did at 1625. The ship was sunk in November 1987 just outside the coral reef tract, about six miles (10km) offshore of the island of Key Largo. Just as the plane entered its steep glide, preparing to crash dive, two of Bibb's guns picked up the target and began firing. It is believed that the type of rubber suit worn by the survivors contributed greatly to their withstanding the exposure. An hour later three merchant vessels detached for Casablanca under escort of two USPC vessels and a French destroyer. On the 26th the escort carrier USS Card (CVE-11) reported a suspected submarine ten miles ahead. These men had been some 60 hours in rough seas in an open boat and on rafts and their condition was much better than would be expected. The Nova discharged and took on U. S. Army personnel at Bay dar Fjord on the 1st of November and then proceeded to Seydis Fjord where she remained overnight. On the 20th a Liberator was sighted screening the convoy. 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. V146 (1939-). The Tojo split off, passing Bibb's starboard beam by 250 yards, and crash dived into the starboard side of USS Curtiss (AV-4). She relieved Duane. 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. 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 2 November 1969 Bibb towed to safety the disabled merchant vessel SS Caravan, which was located 150 miles southeast of Cape Fear. 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. Once in South Vietnamese waters, she operated under the Cruiser-Destroyer Group of the U.S. Twenty minutes later she sighted a life raft with three men on it end she directed the rescue ship to pick them up. At the same time eight merchant vessels under escort of PC vessels were detached for Casablanca, making the total number of ships in the convoy 82, plus the oiler. An hour later Spencer sighted a submarine dead ahead on the surface at about 2,000 yards and she proceeded to attack. 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 the 19th and 20th a number of ships were detached for Oran and Algiers, others joining from those ports. Seven similar "combat cutters" were built and named for secretaries of the United States Treasury. 2 x MK-13 high altitude parachute flare mortars. From April to August of 1945 she participated in the assault on Okinawa, surviving numerous kamikaze attacks. All came in at low altitude and seemed to approach a target from the stern, going into a steep glide shout 800 yards on the quarter of their target. Modifications included the removal of one of her 5-inch 50 caliber main batteries, the addition of a total of four 3-inch 50 caliber dual-purpose batteries, lighter anti-aircraft armament (including 20mm cannons and .50 caliber machine guns), Y gun depth charge projectors, two depth charge tracks at the stern and at some point in the coming months, a British-made high-frequency direction finder (known as HF/DF or Huff-Duff), and a surface search radar set. It was the Boeing 314 flying boat Bermuda Sky Queen (NC-18612), on a trans-Atlantic flight from Foynes, Ireland to Gander, Newfoundland with 62 passengers and 7 crew on board. He was born on 30 October 1776 in Prince Edward County, Virginia. Call Sokolove Law right now at (800) 647-3434 if you've been diagnosed with mesothelioma or another asbestos-related disease. On the 20th a destroyer escort reported picking up Morse Code signals on their underwater sound gear, and an hour later Bibb picked up the same signals. 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. The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Winnebago (WHEC-40) had the Agenor's 17 crewmen on board. The legendary Bibb was named for U.S. Secretary of the Treasury (July 4, 1844 - March 7, 1845) George M. Bibb. Notable events involving Bibb include: 7 Feb 1943 USCGC Bibb picks up 202 survivors from the American troop transport Henry R. Mallory and 33 survivors from the Greek merchant Kalliopi that were torpedoed and sunk by German U-boat U-402 in convoy SC-118 about 600 nautical miles south-southwest of Iceland. On March 2nd four merchant vessels detached for Gibraltar and Task Force 66 was relieved of escorting the convoy by a British task force. Nearby, a second Treasury-Class ship, the USCGC Duane (WPG-33) was also sunk as an artificial reef. After one successful trip, the gig's engine broke down and the Coast Guardsmen once again launched a pulling boat. One convoyed vessel detached for Horta, Azores on the 20th and two joined. Six hours later while returning to the convoy, As raft after raft were brought alongside, On 25 February 1943, a convoy was formed with, At 2152 word was received that a vessel in the convoy had been torpedoed. The Bibb was unable to regain contact and rejoined the convoy. Bibb commenced making smoke at 0354, even before SOPA ordered it 14 minutes later. In February 1953 she served on Ocean Station Coca and in July it was duty on Ocean Station Delta. 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. 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. 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. Bibb remained anchored in Reykjavik Harbor, Iceland until 19 October 1942, and then got underway escorting a convoy of five ships westward. One merchant vessel was detached for St. John's. >27,500 (10 days for 50 man crew using 50 gpd : Maximum Range: 4,000 NM @ 12 kts 9,000 NM @ 9 kts : Stopping Distance < 1,000 feet : Circumnavigate Beset 1000' Vessel in Heavy Ice (32" solid level) Yes - within 12 minutes : Sewage Treatment, Trash, & Hazmat Storage : Hold for 10 days (based on 50 person crew) All grey water, all black water . .Built for only $2.5 million each, in terms of cost effectiveness we may never see the likes of these cutters again.". 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