The Iceland convoy was formed by 0900 and got underway, Bibb screening the rear. She transferred them to us as she had to depart to fulfill operational commitments. Her next duty on an ocean station was from 16 May to 7 June 1974 when she served at Ocean Station Bravo once again. 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 first assignment of George M. Bibb after her commissioning was to the Fifth Coast Guard District, with Norfolk as her home port. There was also an unoccupied lifeboat awash and two unoccupied rafts. 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. After one successful trip, the gig's engine broke down and the Coast Guardsmen once again launched a pulling boat. Bibb was named for U.S. Secretary of the Treasury (July 4, 1844 March 7, 1845) George M. Bibb. Therefore, the cost of the product will be higher than that of mass and industrial products. There were no seriously ill men among those brought aboard but all were weak and many required aid in going below deck. Bibb remained anchored in Reykjavik Harbor, Iceland until 19 October 1942, and then got underway escorting a convoy of five ships westward. This standardization saved money--always paramount in the Coast Guard's considerations--and the cutters were built in U.S. Navy shipbuilding yards. Executive Officer, LCDR Nicholas A. Forni. Sometime in May or June of 1937 her named was shortened to Bibb. The USS Johnson (DE-683) detached temporarily from the task force on the same day and proceeded to Bermuda for repairs, rejoining on the 6th. 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. From 1946 to 1973, Bibb was stationed at Boston. On the 16th Bibb attacked a doubtful sound contact with three starboard throwers without results. The New York section, with the commander Task Force 60 in, On 4 June 1944, CDR H. T. Diehl, USCG, relieved CDR C .A. Many had edema of the hands, which resulted, it is believed, from the tight fit these rubber suits have about the wrist. Bibb was decommissioned in 1985 and remained docked until it was transported to the Florida Keys for use as an artificial reef. Books and Government Publications. 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 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. 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. 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. 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. On 25 October the New York and Delaware sections broke off, escorted six vessels and the others continued to Norfolk. 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. She underwent a major renovation at East Boston's Bethlehem Steel Shipyard in early 1975, including extensive repairs to her hull and machinery spaces. Electronics:HF/DF: (1943)Radar: (1945) SK, SG-1; (1966) AN/SPS-29D, AN/SPA-52.Fire Control Radar: (1945) Mk-26; (1966) Mk-26 MOD 4Sonar: (1945) QC series; (1966) SQS-11. One convoyed vessel detached for Horta, Azores on the 20th and two joined. 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. Task Force 63 also included Ingham and seven destroyers. Robert Scheina. Being unable to re-establish the contact the vessels returned to their former course. 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. At the end of World War II, each Secretary Class cutter was returned to her peace-time makeup. On the 13th, sixteen merchant vessels detached for Algiers while 23 merchant vessels joined from that port. 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. She passed through to canal and departed Balboa on the 23rd for Pearl Harbor. The 327-foot cutters were designed to meet changing missions of the service as it emerged from the Prohibition era. The same could be said of the other Secretary Class cutters, their officers, and their crews. Many of them were suffering from exposure and edema, but after treatment almost all recovered. In May-June 1958 she served on Ocean Station Echo and in July-August 1958 it was back to Ocean Station Delta. 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. x K gun depth charge projectors; 2 x depth charge racks.1945: 2 x 5/38 (single); 3 x 40mm/60 (twin); 4 x 20mm/80 (single).1946: 1 x 5/38 (single); 1 x 40mm;/60 (twin); 2 x 20mm/80 (single); 1 x Hedgehog.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. Radar: (1945) SK, SG-1; (1966) AN/SPS-29D, AN/SPA-52. 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. The Penmar had been torpedoed about 2200 on 22 September 1942 and had sunk in about 10 minutes. Anderson, USCG, as commanding officer of, On 4 July 1944 there were detachments from the convoy for Horta, Azores and for Casablanca on the 9th and 11th. He moved to Lexington, Ky., in 1798 and soon achieved a position of distinction and leadership there, in politics and in his profession. 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. 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. 4, Reykjavik, on the 3rd and proceeded out of the channel under orders to locate SS Collis P. Huntington, which was in the vicinity of Sangerdi Light and without navigational information on Iceland. Various members of the Task Force departed as escorts for detachments and others joined for temporary duty. At the end of World War II, each Secretary Class cutter was returned to her peace-time makeup. The breakdown had been caused by the tripping of circuit breakers on the main switchboard and within 35 minutes Bibb had again shifted to power steering. 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. In April of 1966 she served on Ocean Station Delta and on Ocean Station Charlie in August-September 1967. On 2 September 1944, Bibb stood down Chesapeake Bay channel and departed for North African ports as flagship of Task Force 60, escorting, convoy UGS-53. On three patrols she participated in amphibious assaults on Phu Quoc Island. Because the air passenger trade was expanding both at home and overseas, the Coast Guard believed that cutter-based aircraft would be essential for future high-seas search and rescue. Description [ edit] MV Hephaestus was a steel -built tanker with a tonnage of 595 GRT. Crew of the USCGC Hamilton Home Browse by Topic Assets Water All Cutters (65 ft or greater) Cutter Resources Cutter Listing by Class Collapse All Expand All 420' Healy Class Icebreaker (WAGB) 399' Polar Class Icebreaker (WAGB) 378' High Endurance Cutter (WHEC) 338' Alamosa Class Cutter (WAK) 327' Treasury Class Cutter (WPG) On the 9th the Casablanca section, escorted by two destroyers, joined the main convoy. Ten minutes later escort vessels of the inner screen dropped one depth charge each, followed at short intervals by two more sets of charges, by each escort vessel of the inner screen. The convoy consisted of 102 merchant ships. On the 25th she proceeded to Argentia in company with USS SC-688 and USS SC-189. 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. As Bibb departed the western Pacific for her return to Boston, the commander of the Cruiser-Destroyer Group, U.S. Watson was an Engineering Officer/Student Engineer (1978-1980).[1][2]. She relieved Duane. He, like the other officers who commanded these cutters, knew his business. On the 28th she moored at Argentia. CGC Bibb in her post-war configuration and paint. On 7 February 1943, the U-402 torpedoed the Mallory as it straggled behind the convoy. On the 28 May 37 ships detached for Hampton Roads. After the conversion was completed, she was ordered to Boston, which remained her home port through October of 1973. A warning of the presence of unidentified aircraft was received on the 12th. Leaving Trinidad on 20 December, escorting convoy TAG-104, Bibb arrived at Guantanamo Bay on the 25th. She then proceeded with the two Navy destroyers to point "COLD" to rendezvous with two more Russian submarines. The Mallory had been torpedoed at 0600. They rejoined the convoy on the 28th. The barometer dropped and the winds rose with a number five sea. 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. 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. On the 13th the Bibb set a course for Reykjavik and anchored there on the 25th, later that day proceeding to Hvalfjordur. She departed Manzanillo on the 3rd and reached Pearl Harbor on the 11th. Later she returned to the wreck and left it in a sinking condition from gun fire and depth charges. 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. On 17 July 1982, In 1984 she participated in a multifaceted law enforcement operation code-named "Operation Wagon Wheel" in the Caribbean. 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 Bibb departed Pearl Harbor on 25 March and arrived at Eniwetok on 3 April 1945. On the 7th she stood up Chesapeake Bay and carried out various exercises and then proceeded to Norfolk, mooring at the Navy Yard there on 12 February 1945. Dropping a 600 lb. On March 2nd four merchant vessels detached for Gibraltar and Task Force 66 was relieved of escorting the convoy by a British task force. New navigation and communication systems were also added. Fortunately Bibb was able to pull all 21 survivors and Coast Guardsmen on board the surfboat and in the raft to safety, leaving 22 on board the Queen. At 0115. Bibb Cutter File, US Coast Guard Historian's Office. In August 1956 Bibb was on Ocean Station Delta and served there again in December of 1956. The cutter Bibb was named for George Motier Bibb, a prominent lawyer and jurist in Kentucky. I hope I never see another drowned man as long as I live.". All these planes were suicide planes which chose medium sized and large ships at anchor as their targets, and used various tactics, some attacking at night, some at dusk and others during daylight. 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. She had a sound contact at 900 yards and dropped a full pattern with negative results. Ten other destroyers dropped charges on doubtful contacts and Bibb made an embarrassing attack on a contact at 600 yards at 1430. 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. 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 Ingham and two merchant vessels were missing. 2 x MK-13 high altitude parachute flare mortars. She first underwent an equipment test by the Naval Underwater Systems Center in Long Island Sound. At the same time she opened fire with her 20 mm cannons on a periscope reported ahead. 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. Later that year she sailed back to Ocean Station Echo, where she steamed from 10 June to 4 July. Those who did not make it into a life raft died from hypothermia. Dedicated also to the Bibb Shipmates Assc. After providing her crew of seven with provisions, Bibb towed Mary J to Mathew Town, Great Inagua Island. Bibb was underway on 9 November 1942 screening the right flank of a west bound convoy of eight ships. On the 27th she went to the assistance of USS Narragansett (ATF-88) and floating drydock ARDC-12. Shortly afterwards the convoy was secured from general quarters as the contact proved to be negative. On 23 of May 1983 Bibb seized a fishing vessel 50 miles southeast of Cape Cod for fisheries violations. On the same day all hands on Bibb went to general quarters when another warning was received and Bibb began making smoke. The Vigilant capsized and sank one hour later. These operations called for off-shore patrols of up to three weeks. 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 morning of 6 May 1945, at 0846, SOPA warned that bogeys as well as many friendly planes were within four miles. On the 22nd Bibb had a sound contact and fired a pattern of nine depth charges with no apparent results. A fire which broke out on Bibb on the 21st proved to be rags burning in a bucket. On the 15th USS Edwards (DD-619) departed for Bermuda, her sound gear inoperative. If you served in USCGC Bibb (WPG-31/WHEC-31), Join TWS for free to reconnect with service friends. Many of Bibb's crewmen leapt into the water to assist the nearly frozen survivors, and the cutter Ingham assisted. In August, 1949 she served on Ocean Station Dog. It lies on its side at a depth of about 130 feet (40m). Bibb,1955. On the 22nd she broke off from convoy HXL-229A and began screening ahead of convoy HXL-229. A warning of the presence of unidentified aircraft was received on the 12th. The Bibb was again underway on 31 August 1942 screening the port bow of the eastbound trans-Atlantic convoy SC-97. The USCGC Bibb (WPG-31) was a 327-foot (100 m) Secretary-Class (also known as "Treasury Class") Coast Guard ship commissioned in 1936. One convoyed vessel detached for Horta, Azores on the 20th and two joined. Ordered to Boston Navy Yard for repairs, she searched en route for a Coast Guard plane reported down in the vicinity of White Island. At 0336 escorts on the convoy's port side began firing and two minutes later escorts on the starboard side began to open fire. The Duane was directed to stand by while repairs were made. In September 1972 she medevaced crewman from the Greek merchant vessel SS Christia midway between Bermuda and the Azores. She was commissioned on 10 March 1937. An hour later three merchant vessels detached for Casablanca under escort of two USPC vessels and a French destroyer. At first light on 1 July, a rescue aircraft from Air Station Elizabeth City was on scene and assisting in the search. The Treasury class cutters proved to be highly dependable, versatile and long-lived warships--most served their country for over 40 years. Each of our products is invested with brains and time to create by the best designers, as well as a dedicated team of ideas. One of the destroyer escorts was damaged in collision and returned to Norfolk Navy Yard for repair. She was soon assigned to duty with Coast Guard Squadron Three in Vietnam which had been established to support the Navy's Operation Market Time. Anti-submarine weaponry was added in mid-1941 and under Executive Order of 11 September 1941, Bibb became eligible for transfer to the Navy by agreement between the Chief of Naval Operations and the Commandant of the Coast Guard. I hope I never see another drowned man as long as I live.. 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. In the Vietnam War, the Bibb transported John Kerry after he was shot on his Swift boat. On the 24th Bibb changed course to effect a rendezvous with convoy SC-105, joining the convoy on the 26th. USCGC Bibb (WPG-31) The Bibbwas a 327-foot (100 m) Secretary-Class (also known as "Treasury Class") Coast Guard ship commissioned in 1936. Next day the Bibb fired her starboard thrower in an embarrassing attack on what was probably a non-submarine. 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. 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. On 10 September 1945, the Commander, Mine Craft, shifted his flag to Terror, and the Bibb became relief flagship for RADM Arthur D. Struble, USN, newly appointed Commander, Mine Craft. 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. The Bibb picked up oil samples and ordering USS Portent (AM-106) to remain in the vicinity, rejoined the convoy. At 0946 she set a course to rendezvous with convoy SC-118. The 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. She then proceeded to Hvalfjordur, returning to Reykjavik on the 5th. .Built for only $2.5 million each, in terms of cost effectiveness we may never see the likes of these cutters again.". On the 19th and 20th a number of ships were detached for Oran and Algiers, others joining from those ports. Eight merchant vessels were detached for Gibraltar on the 15th. Her propelling plant consisted of twin propellers powered by geared turbines supplied with steam from oil fired boilers. 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. Escorted by USS Barry (APD-29) Bibb departed Norfolk on the 15th of February and arrived at Panama on the 22nd. Early on the 30th and again on the 6th of May Bibb fired on enemy aircraft. On 2 October all ships were inside Grotta Point, Iceland, maneuvering for anchorages. On several occasions she was praised for her gunfire support. Two hours later a white wake was sighted passing astern from port to starboard and Bibb maneuvered on various courses at 15 knots for a sound contact, resuming normal patrol speed an hour later. 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. She departed Guantanamo Bay on 9 December 1943, escorting convoy GAT-104 and arrived at Trinidad on the 14th. Bibb continued at anchor in Kerama Retto until 7 July 1945 when she proceeded to Buckner Bay, where she anchored remaining through the 16th. Departing for Palau on the 5th her destination was changed for Ulithi Islands on the 9th and she arrived there next day. 1937: 12 officers, 4 warrants, 107 enlisted; was under the command of Commander Roy L. Raney during the convoy battles to come. From October 1973 until she was decommissioned, Bibb was stationed at New Bedford. She was built in 1936 in the US Naval Yard in Philadelphia, PA. The vessel's power was 410 kW (550 hp) and it had a speed of 11 kn (20 km/h; 13 mph). The mid-1970s were a period of transition for the Coast Guard with the passage of the Fisheries Conservation and Management Act and the nation's shift towards increased interdiction of narcotics smugglers. While circling the area to renew contact a whale and school of porpoises was also encountered. The Bibb joined the convoy on the 19th. She received credit for the destruction of one Japanese aircraft. Seventh Fleet as a part of Coast Guard Squadron Three. 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. 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. No sounds of any kind were heard but the deduction, from visual impressions, was that both ships had been torpedoed. Departing the same day for Trinidad, she arrived at her destination and on the 11th left Trinidad for Guantanamo Bay, arriving on the 19th. An hour later Bibb was ordered to detach from the convoy and return to Iceland, with SS Toltec. By the 28th the ships were widely scattered and seldom in contact with each other. 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. A U.S. Army liaison officer boarded Bibb and worked with a spotter aircraft in coordinating our fire in support of the troops." U.S. Coast Guard Cutters& Craft, 1946-1990. 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. 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