Lookouts aboard the Bibb sighted one of the Mallorys lifeboats and, disobeying an order to return to the convoy, the Bibbs commanding officer, CDR Roy Raney, ordered his cutter to begin rescuing survivors. Hellcat fighters were being vectored to intercept the raid. USCGC Bibb (WHEC-31) - Steel Hip Flask - WI3. The Coast Guard at War V: Transports and Escorts. 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. On the 25th she proceeded to Argentia in company with USS SC-688 and USS SC-189. She then proceeded with the two Navy destroyers to point "COLD" to rendezvous with two more Russian submarines. British ships took over escorting the convoy on the 3rd and Bibb with four Navy destroyers proceeded toward Casablanca where they arrived on the 14th. USCGC SPENCER (WMEC 905) Commanding Officer, CDR Corey M. Kerns. 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. In February 1943, the convoy came under attack and the SSHenry R. Mallory was torpedoed. On the 28 May 37 ships detached for Hampton Roads. Every branch of the military used asbestos during the 20th century. This page is for the crew of the USCGC Taney 3 Bells: Copies from publications related to the Taney. As Bibb departed the western Pacific for her return to Boston, the commander of the Cruiser-Destroyer Group, U.S. Later she returned to the wreck and left it in a sinking condition from gun fire and depth charges. The next day she had a sound contact and carried out an embarrassing attack, dropping two depth charges. He died in Georgetown, Washington, D.C., on 14 April 1859. 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. Her propelling plant consisted of twin propellers powered by geared turbines supplied with steam from oil fired boilers. 1941: 16 officers, 5 warrants, 202 enlisted;
Bibb was named for U.S. Secretary of the Treasury (July 4, 1844 - March 7, 1845) George M. Bibb . >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 . 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. It was 61.33 m (201.2 ft) long, with a beam of 7.93 m (26.0 ft). Hellcat fighters were being vectored to intercept the raid. Because of the weather zigzagging was discontinued. 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. She was built in 1936 in the US Naval Yard in Philadelphia, PA. On 1 May 1965 the Treasury class vessels were re-designated as High Endurance Cutters or WHEC. 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 On the same day two vessels broke off for Europe Point and the convoy was joined by the Gibraltar section. Fourteen minutes later a bogey consisting of probably two planes at low altitude, was reported as closing rapidly. The ship saw service in World War II. Before Bibb could reach Nanaste, she received an "SOS " from the 200-foot motor vessel SS Vigilant, which was taking on water rapidly. On 14 December two British escort vessels departed with some of the ships of the convoy for St. John's, Newfoundland. On the 25th a plane reported sighting a submarine diving 14 miles from the convoy and the Bibb increased speed to search the area. A submarine periscope was reported close aboard. On 2 October all ships were inside Grotta Point, Iceland, maneuvering for anchorages. A fire which broke out on Bibb on the 21st proved to be rags burning in a bucket. Robert Scheina. On the 16th all electric power on Bibb failed, the rudder jammed and the main turbines stopped. At 1521 she relieved HMS Fleetwood as Task Force Commander. Bibb remained anchored in Reykjavik Harbor, Iceland until 19 October 1942, and then got underway escorting a convoy of five ships westward. On 3 August 1942, Bibb, with escort commander in the cutter Ingham (WPG-35), was again on convoy duty. It had one 6 cylinder Ruston Stafford 6 CSRKM 4 Stoke diesel engine with a single shaft and one screw. MK-2 Browning MG, 2 x MK-13 high altitude parachute flare mortars. 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 28th one merchant vessel returned to Norfolk unescorted due to machinery failure. 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. Taking on ammunition at the Navy Yard until the 4th of February, when she departed for Hampton Roads, Virginia. They then began paddling towards the cutter, but the seas were too great. By the 28th the ships were widely scattered and seldom in contact with each other. The passage across the Atlantic continued without incident. The following year brought a number of notable seizures for drug and fisheries charges. Proceeding to the area she searched with Modoc without results. The Bibb returned on the 21st and proceeded to Buckner Bay, where she remained at anchor during the balance of July. depth charge on a doubtful sound contact, a school of stunned fish appeared on the surface. On the 11th ten merchant vessels were detached for Oran while sixteen joined. On the 24th Bibb changed course to effect a rendezvous with convoy SC-105, joining the convoy on the 26th. Next day she sighted a merchant ship on the horizon and challenged her by blinker. Ten minutes later the second ship sank, stern first. Seven similar "combat cutters" were built and named for secretaries of the United States Treasury. 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 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. The ship fought in the Battle of the Atlantic serving as a convoy escort. 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. 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. On the 26th the escort carrier USS Card (CVE-11) reported a suspected submarine ten miles ahead. The Madil's crew of three had been forced to abandon ship and take to the life rafts, and they were then rescued by the motor vessel Salvatore. Most recently, these ships-that-wouldnt-die have done duty in fisheries patrol and drug interdiction. In 1844, Bibb became Secretary of the Treasury under President John Tyler. On the 13th Bogue reported an attack by her aircraft four miles astern of the convoy and two destroyers were detached to assist the plane, who rejoined later reporting negative results. After providing her crew of seven with provisions, Bibb towed Mary J to Mathew Town, Great Inagua Island. The 327's were an attempt to develop a 20-knot cutter capable of carrying an airplane in a hangar. 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. 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. 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 7 February 1943, the U-402 torpedoed SS Henry S. Mallory, a troop transport, bound for Iceland, after the Mallory straggled behind the convoy. In the fall she steamed to Ocean Station Bravo, where she served from 27 September to 17 October 1973. 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. Departing for Palau on the 5th her destination was changed for Ulithi Islands on the 9th and she arrived there next day. Made in 1940, this U.S. Coast Guard film shows the Cadet Cruise made by the USCG's class of 1940. 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. After establishing communications with Bibb, Martin made a successful landing in the 30-foot seas at 1004 (GCT) near the cutter. 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. Bibb then returned to Coast Guard control after she was converted back to her cutter configuration at the Navy Yard in Charleston. On several occasions she was praised for her gunfire support. 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. The Ingham and two merchant vessels were missing. 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. During these visits, Dr. John Bulette, the on-board medical officer assigned to Bibb by the U.S. Public Health Service, treated over 220 persons. On the fourth trip, the surfboat, taking on water after being battered against the hull of Bibb, began to sink. U.S. Coast Guard Cutters& Craft of World War II. 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. The Treasury class cutters proved to be highly dependable, versatile and long-lived warshipsmost served their country for over 40 years. 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. From 26 November to 16 December she served on Ocean Station Bravo. The next day at 0411 Bibb attacked a doubtful contact which was lost a few minutes later. 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. She received credit for the destruction of one Japanese aircraft. At 0336 escorts on the convoy's port side began firing and two minutes later escorts on the starboard side began to open fire. On 7 March 1943, Bibb got underway from Reykjavik to augment the escort of convoy SC-121. The Duane was directed to stand by while repairs were made. The Bibb also transited the Panama Canal and crossed the equator and the international date line, with appropriate ceremonies for her crew. On the 12th four merchant vessels were detached for Bone, Algeria, while three merchant vessels from that port joined. Later that month she seized the motor vessel SS Rio Panuco with 50 tons of marijuana on board. She then sailed to Mayport, Florida, for a week of training at the Navy Fleet Training Center. On 1 February 1943, Bibb was underway from St. John's to join eastbound convoy SC-118 and reported to commander Task Unit 24.6.1 at 1005. An hour later there were numerous red flares and shortly afterwards a lifeboat and raft ware sighted. 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. Raney ignored the order to leave the survivors and went back and rescued 202 men from the icy waters. USCG Duane (Wreck) Stern Smoke Stack Bow She is a 327 foot Treasury class US Coast Guard cutter. The USCGC Bibb (WPG-31) was a 327-foot (100 m) Secretary-Class (also known as "Treasury Class") Coast Guard ship commissioned in 1936. Sound contacts were attacked that day and the next and on the 16th four more destroyers of Task Group 21.3 joined the escort group. 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. On the 16th two YMs detached for Bermuda. On the 23rd the Bibb sounded the submarine alarm on receiving a sound contact and dropped one depth charge 600 yards ahead of one of the convoy columns. On the 15th USS. Seven similar "combat cutters" were built and named for secretaries of the United States Treasury. This PAGE is dedicated to the memory and preservation of the USCGC George M. Bibb WHEC-31 (W-31, WPG-31) that served from 1937 till 1985 and presently lies as an artificial reef of the coast of Key West, Fl. On the 14th Bibb obtained two high frequency direction finder bearings and began running them down. There were no seriously ill men among those brought aboard but all were weak and many required aid in going below deck. 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. Twenty minutes later she sighted a life raft with three men on it end she directed the rescue ship to pick them up. Bibb served in the United States Senate from 1811 to 1814 and from 1829 to 1835. Bibb was then directed to coordinate the search efforts for the missing sailing vessel Patriot with six crewmen aboard. The barometer dropped and the winds rose with a number five sea. 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. The Bibb continued searching until sunset when she was relieved by CGC Dallas (WHEC-716) which had sailed from New York. An hour later the Iceland bound section of the convoy departed the main convoy. 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. It was a combination ocean station patrol and search and rescue operation that brought Bibb and her crew international recognition when, while operating on Ocean Station Charlie on 14 October 1947, the transoceanic airliner Bermuda Sky Queen was forced to make a landing during a gale with high winds and in rough seas when the flying boat ran low on fuel. During her patrols she undertook 31 naval gunfire support missions in support of Vietnamese Regional Forces amphibious assaults, U.S. Navy, Coast Guard, Army and Marine Corps operations primarily into enemy controlled areas of the Mekong Delta. On the 27th USS Chase (DE-158) departed for Gibraltar and on the 2nd the main convoy stood up the main channel through Gibraltar straits. 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. Fire Control Radar: (1945) Mk-26; (1966) Mk-26 MOD 4. 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. On the 17th a Navy seaman was transferred by pulling boat from one of the convoyed vessels to the Bibb for an appendectomy. In August, 1949 she served on Ocean Station Dog. .Built for only $2.5 million each, in terms of cost effectiveness we may never see the likes of these cutters again.. 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. Their primary task was to report meteorological information, which was used in weather forecasts for the burgeoning trans-Atlantic commercial air traffic as well as for surface vessels. She transferred them to us as she had to depart to fulfill operational commitments. 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). Later that afternoon Bibb dropped an eight charge barrage on a sound contact and whet appeared to be a torpedo wake. On the 8th she stood out of Gibraltar Harbor in command of Task Force to meet convoy GUS-11 at the straits. 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 The bodies of the navigator and observer were recovered. 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. . The Bibb spent much of 1940 and 1941 on weather patrol. Next day the Bibb fired her starboard thrower in an embarrassing attack on what was probably a non-submarine. In August 1956 Bibb was on Ocean Station Delta and served there again in December of 1956. After she returned to service, Bibb undertook a cadet cruise to Bermuda and then to Europe. 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 327-foot cutters were designed to meet changing missions of the service as it emerged from the Prohibition era. The Bibb's fire was thought to be directly responsible for causing the attack to be frustrated and the plane splashing harmlessly into the water. The, The star shells marked the successful attack by a U-boat. The Bibb undergoes conversion for combat as an anti-submarine warship and convoy escort in October, 1941. 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 . On the 14th the task force got under way escorting convoy UGA-8A for Casablanca. On 1 March 1943, Bibb was underway to join convoy HX-227, which she did at 1625. 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 Bibb joined convoy SC-121 and maneuvered to a position near the cutter Spencer (WPG-36). 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