On one such occasion the commander of U.S. The Bibb remained at anchor in Buckner Bay, Okinawa, during August, 1945, as flagship for Commander, Mine Craft, Pacific Fleet. At 1340 on that date the smoke of the main body of Convoy ONS-169 was sighted and two of the escorted vessels joined that convoy. Also, during the mid-1930's, narcotics smuggling, mostly opium, was on the increase, and long-legged, fairly fast cutters were needed to curtail it. ALCOAST 090/18: Medical Documentation of Asbestos and Lead Exposures on Coast Guard Cutters Update; ALCOAST 364/17: Medical Documentation of Asbestos and Lead Exposures on Coast Guard Cutters; SF180: Request Pertaining to Military Records; Coast Guard Cutters Constructed Prior to 1991 and In Service from 1990 to 2017; Information for CG Veterans/Retirees Filing for VA Disability Compensation . 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. The other merchant ships who detached proceeded in groups, without escorts from the task force. 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. On the 28 May 37 ships detached for Hampton Roads. On 1 May 1965 the Treasury class vessels were re-designated as High Endurance Cutters or WHEC. In March-April 1956 she served on Ocean Station Bravo again and in June 1956 she served on Ocean Station Charlie. On the 13th, sixteen merchant vessels detached for Algiers while 23 merchant vessels joined from that port. She departed Charlie upon relief by Duane on 16 January 1948. Bibb Cutter File, US Coast Guard Historian's Office. She was joined by the Ingham. 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. Those who did not make it into a life raft died from hypothermia. On 30 June 1981 Bibb sailed around Cape Hatteras and right into tropical storm Brett. The convoy proceeded toward Bizerte, where, on the 18th, the Bibb was relieved as escort flagship by HMS Pheasant and moored until the 20th. Anderson, USCG, as commanding officer of Bibb. 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. A training program for the personnel was in progress during this time. Later she returned to the wreck and left it in a sinking condition from gun fire and depth charges. Those who did not make it into a life raft died from hypothermia. 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. 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. .Built for only $2.5 million each, in terms of cost effectiveness we may never see the likes of these cutters again.". 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. 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. On 27 February 1952 Bibb sustained minor damage when a Navy tug collided with her while maneuvering in Narragansett Bay. Description [ edit] MV Hephaestus was a steel -built tanker with a tonnage of 595 GRT. 1966: 10 officers, 3 warrants, 133 enlisted. 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) 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. Very few ships were able to fire on it as it passed. Once the conversion was completed she was again classified as WPG-31. On 1 March 1943, Bibb was underway to join convoy HX-227, which she did at 1625. Shortly afterwards an American airplane, which had been patrolling over the main convoy reported two submarines each 24 miles distant on different bearings. ; 1 x 1-pounder. 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 4 June 1944, CDR H. T. Diehl, USCG, relieved CDR C .A. That operation involved several different agencies including the Coast Guard, the Navy, the Drug Enforcement Administration, and others. The USCGC Bibb appeared in the 1952 film "Walk East on Beacon" at the film's climactic end. Twenty minutes later she sighted a life raft with three men on it end she directed the rescue ship to pick them up. They then began paddling towards the cutter, but the seas were too great. Bibb was under the command of Commander Roy L. Raney during the convoy battles to come. In 1944 Bibb provided convoy escort between the United States and North Africa mainly to Bizerte in Tunisia. On 1 May 1965 the Treasury class vessels were re-designated as High Endurance Cutters or WHEC. V172 (1937-1938)Grumman JF-2, USCG No. He was appointed Secretary of the Treasury by President John Tyler after the resignation of Secretary John C. Spencer in 1844. On the 23rd the convoy entered New York Harbor and Bibb moored at Brooklyn Navy Yard with availability expiring April 2nd. Radar: (1945) SK, SG-1; (1966) AN/SPS-29D, AN/SPA-52. The Bibb , with Ingham , departed Boston on 8 September 1943, for area "R" off Block Island Sound for anti-submarine warfare practice, which consisted of simulated depth charging and head throw weapon runs on a submerged U.S. submarine and also acted as target for PT boats in combined destroyer and PTB exercises. 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. Departing Guantanamo on the 23rd she arrived at Norfolk on the 26 January 1944. The Vigilant capsized and sank one hour later. On 4 July 1944 there were detachments from the convoy for Horta, Azores and for Casablanca on the 9th and 11th. On the 27th two merchant vessels were detached for New York. On 25 November 1942, Bibb stood out of Reykjavik Harbor to screen in the van of west bound convoy ONS-148 consisting of eight ships. 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. There were no seriously ill men among those brought aboard but all were weak and many required aid in going below deck. One of the destroyer escorts was damaged in collision and returned to Norfolk Navy Yard for repair. 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 Bibb located Collis P. Huntington and led her safely to anchorage at Reykjavik. Eight hours later she dropped one embarrassing charge on a contact believed to be using "pillenwerfer" tactics, whereby a U-boat uses an underwater decoy to enable the submarine to escape. The cutter Bibb was named for George Motier Bibb, a prominent lawyer and jurist in Kentucky. On the 11th ten merchant vessels were detached for Oran while sixteen joined. She arrived at San Juan on 7 January 1944 and departed on the 8th for Guantanamo Bay where she arrived on the 9th. A submarine periscope was reported close aboard. 13-21. 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. 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. 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. At 0250 on the 7th she sighted four star shells in the vicinity of the convoy and a vessel was reported torpedoed. Residing at Frankfort, he turned his attention back to law and state politics. Rescue operations continued throughout forenoon, 202 survivors being taken from three lifeboats and numerous rafts. On the 18th Portent made a depth charge attack on the starboard quarter of the convoy. On the 24th she was underway out of the swept channel with Task Force 60, consisting of six Coast Guard-manned destroyer escorts and six Navy destroyer escorts, the escort oiler USS Mattaponi (AO-41) and two French escorts, escorting convoy UGS-46 to North African ports. The tow was taken over by the commercial tug Curb and Bibb then proceeded to Boston. Seven similar "combat cutters" were built and named for secretaries of the United States Treasury. They went on to serve as amphibious task force flagships, as search-and-rescue (SAR) ships during the Korean War, on weather patrol, and as naval gunfire support ships during Vietnam. In October of 1950 she served on Ocean Station Dog and in December it was duty on Ocean Station Easy. Bibb left Hvalfjordur for Reykjavik on 18 March 1943 and stood out to sea en route to join Iceland bound convoy HXL-229A. On the 15th USS. 1941: 1 x 5"/51 (single mount); 3 x 3"/50 (single mounts);2 (?) Next day she fired her port K-guns on a contact with negative results. 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. On the 11th the convoy became scattered about noon by winds of gale force and heavy seas but was reformed six hours later. 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. 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. Bibb was named for U.S. Secretary of the Treasury George M. Bibb. 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. Washington, DC: U.S. Coast Guard, 1 March 1949. pp. The 327s were an attempt to develop a 20-knot cutter capable of carrying an airplane in a hangar. She then sailed to Mayport, Florida, for a week of training at the Navy Fleet Training Center. Seven similar "combat cutters" were built and named for secretaries of the United States Treasury. These operations called for off-shore patrols of up to three weeks. Commander (Constructor) F. G. Hunnewell, USCG, was the head of the Coast Guard's Construction and Repair Department at that time. 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. The following year brought a number of notable seizures for drug and fisheries charges. Complement: 1937: 12 officers, 4 warrants, 107 enlisted;
In 1981 Bibb conducted a six-week patrol that included two training stops and several rescues. Contents 1 History The Bibb picked up oil samples and ordering USS Portent (AM-106) to remain in the vicinity, rejoined the convoy. USCGC Bibb (WPG-31) The Bibbwas a 327-foot (100 m) Secretary-Class (also known as "Treasury Class") Coast Guard ship commissioned in 1936. On the 28th she moored at Argentia. In the winter of 1939 she was part of the Grand Banks Patrol. On 24 July 1960 she departed on a Reserve Cruise. Five minutes later the ship on which the explosion had occurred sank, bow first. 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. In May 1965 she served on Ocean Station Charlie. On the 9th the Casablanca section, escorted by two destroyers, joined the main convoy. On 2 November 1969 Bibb towed to safety the disabled merchant vessel SS Caravan, which was located 150 miles southeast of Cape Fear. If you served in USCGC Bibb (WPG-31/WHEC-31), Join TWS for free to reconnect with service friends. 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. There were no persons aboard. On the 8th, with Skagie Point abeam to port, the Free French Corvette Roselys joined the task force. The Coast Guard at War V: Transports and Escorts. The convoy entered the Straits of Gibraltar on the 24th as six merchant vessels detached and seven joined the convoy. 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. Next day she sighted a merchant ship on the horizon and challenged her by blinker. On three patrols she participated in amphibious assaults on Phu Quoc Island. 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. On the 13th Task Group 21.13 joined, departing the next day. Share. 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. A former officer on board Bibb, Captain Henry C. Keene, Jr., noted: Raney was a leader. USCGC Bibb (WHEC-31) - Steel Hip Flask - WI3. Next day the Bibb fired her starboard thrower in an embarrassing attack on what was probably a non-submarine. On 10 November 1984 she seized the Turkish motor vessel SS, Due to the prohibitive cost of maintaining the aging, LOGBOOKS - Revenue and Coast Guard Cutters: An Overview, Revenue Cutter and Coast Guard Logbooks 1791-1991, Revenue Cutter and Coast Guard Muster Rolls 1831 - 1949, Revenue Cutter and Coast Guard Muster Rolls 1833-1932, Unbound US Revenue Cutter and CG Muster Rolls 1831-1915, Shipping Articles of the Revenue Cutter Service 1867 - 1916, Payroll of Officers & Enlisted Forces of USCG Cutters (1916 1935), Battle of the Atlantic & Greenland Patrol, SPAR Lillian Vasilas' Oral History Interview, Significant Dates in Coast Guard Aviation, Life-Saving Service and Coast Guard Units, Master Chief Petty Officers of the Coast Guard, Two Standards of Judgement - Michael Healy, Women in Coast Guard: Historical Chronology, Hosted by Defense Media Activity - WEB.mil. On the 30th, two merchant ships detached and 10 joined from Algiers. The Bibb continued searching until sunset when she was relieved by CGC Dallas (WHEC-716) which had sailed from New York. That afternoon Bibb attacked a sound contact with a full nine-charge pattern and some heavy oil and light bits of debris resulted. 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. Again on the 29th Bibb opened fire on an enemy aircraft identified as a Japanese bomber. A minute later at 0359 an enemy aircraft was sighted at a range of about 5,000 yards and about 1,000 feet in altitude. The plane received several visible hits on the left wing, close to the fuselage at the peak of the dive and began trailing black smoke, crashing into the water near the Kenneth Whiting. 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. 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. Departing the same day for Trinidad, she arrived at her destination and on the 11th left Trinidad for Guantanamo Bay, arriving on the 19th. On January 6th she left Port of Spain, Trinidad, escorting U. S. Army Transport S-17 to San Juan. One merchant vessel detached for the Azores. The Bibb returned to Reykjavik Harbor, Iceland on the 10th where she remained until the 25th. The 327's were an attempt to develop a 20-knot cutter capable of carrying an airplane in a hangar. 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. The target was taken under fire by vessels in the anchorage but apparently escaped, damaged, and disappeared flying north toward Geruma Shima. Pin it. The barometer dropped and the winds rose with a number five sea. A U.S. Army liaison officer boarded, In another significant action on 13 September 1968, In addition to her patrol duties this cutter also performed civic action functions in the form of medical assistance and search and rescue. Command Chief, MKC Austin R. Jennings. 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. On the 12th four merchant vessels were detached for Bone, Algeria, while three merchant vessels from that port joined. At 2210 Bibb received a challenge on bearing 340 degrees and answering it, the challenge was identified as the submarine HMS Seawolf on the surface below the horizon. Since the war had stopped the flow of weather data from merchant ships, the Coast Guard drew the duty of maintaining a continuous weather patrol consisting of 327-foot cutters at two stations in the mid-Atlantic located as follows: Station No. 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 One merchant vessel was detached for St. John's. Meanwhile, one merchant had joined the convoy and another had detached for Bermuda on the 5th. 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. The cutter reported to the escort commander on the 20th and was assigned a station. On the 22nd she broke off from convoy HXL-229A and began screening ahead of convoy HXL-229. At 0115. 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. The search was discontinued. On 1 March 1945 she released the drydock to Tug ATA-225 and proceeded to Manzanillo, Mexico. 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. 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. Bibb, 1955. The plane was in a slight glide, losing altitude, apparently picking out one of the ships in the anchorage as a suicide crash target. 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. The Bibb departed Pearl Harbor on 25 March and arrived at Eniwetok on 3 April 1945. At first light on 1 July, a rescue aircraft from Air Station Elizabeth City was on scene and assisting in the search. Standing out of Casco Bay on that day, she moored at Naval Operating Base, Norfolk, on the 9th, moving to Lynnhaven Roads on the 12th. The USCGC Bibb (WPG-31) was a 327-foot (100m) Secretary-Class (also known as "Treasury Class") Coast Guard ship commissioned in 1936. After one successful trip, the gig's engine broke down and the Coast Guardsmen once again launched a pulling boat. Dropping a 600 lb. TWS is the largest online community of Veterans existing today and is a powerful Veteran locator. On the 16th two YMs detached for Bermuda. $29.99. Most recently, these ships-that-wouldnt-die have done duty in fisheries patrol and drug interdiction. Bibb,1955. Bibb saw service in World War II. A warning of the presence of unidentified aircraft was received on the 12th. On the 2nd Bibb made a sweep astern and on the 3 September dropped a large depth charge on a doubtful sound contact. Bibb was named for U.S. Secretary of the Treasury (July 4, 1844 - March 7, 1845) George M. Bibb . On the 13th, sixteen merchant vessels detached for Algiers while 23 merchant vessels joined from that port. Later that afternoon Bibb dropped an eight charge barrage on a sound contact and whet appeared to be a torpedo wake. She served again on Ocean Station Charlie from 23 October to 17 November 1972. 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. Executive Officer, LCDR Nicholas A. Forni. The Bibb was unable to regain contact and rejoined the convoy. The ocean station vessels also provided communications and navigation assistance and were always standing by for and search and rescue emergencies. The Bibb's gun fired one round at the target when it was dead astern but did not fire again because the crew had lost sight of the target. It was 61.33 m (201.2 ft) long, with a beam of 7.93 m (26.0 ft). Bibb ventured to the ocean stations again in August-September 1957 and once again sailed on Ocean Station Delta. 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. 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 left Toltec at the swept channel buoy No. USS Bibb, CG (WAGC-31); U.S.C.G.C. 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. Then it was on to Guantanamo Bay for more intensive training with the Navy. Vessels joined the convoy at Gibraltar on the 10th. Hellcat fighters were being vectored to intercept the raid. The ship . 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