From June to July 1969 she served on Ocean Station Delta and during September of that same year she served on Ocean Station Echo. There were no persons aboard. The target was taken under fire by vessels in the anchorage but apparently escaped, damaged, and disappeared flying north toward Geruma Shima. On the 15th a destroyer escort fired across the bow of a fishing boat to keep it clear of the convoy after the fisherman had refused to follow orders. 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. On the 8th she stood out of Gibraltar Harbor in command of Task Force to meet convoy GUS-11 at the straits. On the 22nd, two merchant vessels joined from Bone, Algeria. All escorts were given permission to open fire at will on unidentified aircraft. Command Chief, MKC Austin R. Jennings. On 2 November 1969, She began the year 1971 by serving on Ocean Station Bravo, where she served from 3 to 26 of January. Call Sokolove Law right now at (800) 647-3434 if you've been diagnosed with mesothelioma or another asbestos-related disease. 2 x MK-13 high altitude parachute flare mortars. Bibb was named for U.S. Secretary of the Treasury (July 4, 1844 - March 7, 1845) George M. Bibb . At 0946 she set a course to rendezvous with convoy SC-118. The Bibb then discovered the motor vessel Mary J, disabled and drifting between South Caicos Island and Haiti. One of the destroyer escorts was damaged in collision and returned to Norfolk Navy Yard for repair. On the 11th the convoy became scattered about noon by winds of gale force and heavy seas but was reformed six hours later. Assigned, 5 September 1939, to joint Navy-Coast Guard neutrality patrol in the Atlantic Ocean Reassigned as to ocean weather patrol in the Atlantic in February 1940 Transferred, 11 September 1940, to US Navy jurisdiction 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. In May-June 1958 she served on Ocean Station Echo and in July-August 1958 it was back to Ocean Station Delta. The Bibb also transited the Panama Canal and crossed the equator and the international date line, with appropriate ceremonies for her crew. On the 16th two YMs detached for Bermuda. 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. The Bibb was unable to regain contact and rejoined the convoy. 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. In 1944 Bibb provided convoy escort between the United States and North Africa mainly to Bizerte in Tunisia. This page is for the crew of the USCGC Taney 3 Bells: Copies from publications related to the Taney. By March 1st the Azores group had departed and on the same day the Casablanca section of the convoy, consisting of seven merchant vessels and USS Cossatot (AO-77), with three escorts detached. Thirty-two preliminary designs of a modified Erie-class gunboat were drawn up before one was finally selected. The Bibb was again underway on 31 August 1942 screening the port bow of the eastbound trans-Atlantic convoy SC-97. Difficulty was experienced on the 12th in keeping formation due to high winds and heavy seas. In January of 1970 she served on Ocean Station Charlie, where she participated in a project to test for radioactive carbon dioxide in seawater. On the 27th she went to the assistance of USS Narragansett (ATF-88) and floating drydock ARDC-12. On the 11th she stood down the Block Island swept channel for Norfolk and moored at the Naval Operating Base on the 12th. Later she returned to the wreck and left it in a sinking condition from gun fire and depth charges. At the same time she opened fire with her 20 mm cannons on a periscope reported ahead. At the end of World War II, each Secretary Class cutter was returned to her peace-time makeup. 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. At 0900 Bibb received word that Ingham had the missing ships in company. Then it was on to Guantanamo Bay for more intensive training with the Navy. A second message followed an hour later adding that the vessel was now on fire. Twenty minutes later she sighted a life raft with three men on it end she directed the rescue ship to pick them up. Various members of the Task Force departed as escorts for detachments and others joined for temporary duty. Bibbwas named for U.S. Secretary of the Treasury (July 4, 1844 - March 7, 1845) George M. Bibb. 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. Later that year, When the Grand Banks cruises were discontinued on 27 January 1940. On the 31st she was underway escorting USS Saturn (AF-40) to St. John's Newfoundland, where she arrived at 0900. On the 13th Task Group 21.13 joined, departing the next day. 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. That evening Ingham made an embarrassing attack on what was reported to be a periscope. On the 18th Portent made a depth charge attack on the starboard quarter of the convoy. From April to August of 1945 she participated in the assault on Okinawa, surviving numerous kamikaze attacks. Contents 1 History On 3 November we transferred them to the commercial tug Neptunia for further transfer to the tug Turmoil which then took them to Singapore.". 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. She anchored in Palermo outer harbor, moving next morning to the breakwater. Ordered to Boston Navy Yard for repairs, she searched en route for a Coast Guard plane reported down in the vicinity of White Island. 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. Early on the 30th and again on the 6th of May Bibb fired on enemy aircraft. On the 14th they observed a plane, which was providing air coverage, crash at sea. The Bibb was underway on zig-zag courses at five knots at the time from Norfolk to Casco Day, Maine. At 0336 escorts on the convoy's port side began firing and two minutes later escorts on the starboard side began to open fire. Fire Control Radar: (1945) Mk-26; (1966) Mk-26 MOD 4. A few minutes later a vessel in the convoy fired a machine gun at a reported visual contact. Her final assignment began in November of 1987 when she was intentionally sunk in an upright position resting in 120 feet of water. Each cutter embarked meteorologists from the Weather Bureau who made observations with radiosondes and balloons, and the cutters provided Pan American Airways Boeing 314 flying boats: Yankee Clipper, Dixie Clipper, and American Clipper, with weather and position reports and transmitted radio signals to allow the planes to take accurate bearings. The USCGC Bibb (WPG-31) was a 327-foot (100 m) Secretary-Class (also known as "Treasury Class") Coast Guard ship commissioned in 1936. At 2152 word was received that a vessel in the convoy had been torpedoed. The Bibb remained moored at Casablanca until 6 August 1943 and then stood out of the harbor, forming Task Force 63 consisting of Ingham and five destroyers en route to Gibraltar, where they arrived on the 7th. 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. They rejoined the convoy on the 28th. On the 26th the Delaware section of the convoy departed under escort of Ingham and USS Threat (AM-124) and at 0935 the lead ships were ordered to follow Bibb to the swept channel of New York harbor. On 4 June 1944, CDR H. T. Diehl, USCG, relieved CDR C .A. 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. depth charge on a doubtful sound contact, a school of stunned fish appeared on the surface. 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 Bibb left Toltec at the swept channel buoy No. It turned out to be the stern of a torpedoed tanker, with no signs of life on board, though one boat and one raft remained on board. 1936:3 x 5"/51 (single); 2 x 6-pounders. Eight merchant vessels were detached for Gibraltar on the 15th. On the 16th Bibb attacked a doubtful sound contact with three starboard throwers without results. Raney ignored the order to leave the survivors and went back and rescued 202 men from the icy waters. and her members who help to keep these memories alive. It is believed that the type of rubber suit worn by the survivors contributed greatly to their withstanding the exposure. Another Val, taken under fire by naval units, westward of Geruma Shim was brought down. These operations called for off-shore patrols of up to three weeks. In October of 1950 she served on Ocean Station Dog and in December it was duty on Ocean Station Easy. A submarine periscope was reported close aboard. Executive Officer, LCDR Nicholas A. Forni. The ship was sunk in November 1987 just outside the coral reef tract, about six miles (10km) offshore of the island of Key Largo. Next day six merchant vessels detached for Casablanca while eight joined. Nearby, a second Treasury-Class ship, the USCGC Duane (WPG-33) was also sunk as an artificial reef. 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). Bibb served in the United States Senate from 1811 to 1814 and from 1829 to 1835. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1990. . A Coast Guard press release noted: "Bibb once again utilized its excellent boat operation capabilities to board and search over 40 vessels in the Caribbean Theater during a two month period." On the 30th Cossatot and four escorts detached for Oran and two destroyer escorts joined the task force. Bibb was under the command of Commander Roy L. Raney during the convoy battles to come. 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. This photo provides a good view of her forward 5-inch 51-caliber main batterythe one in the foreground, mounted on the main deck, was removed and replaced with a 3-inch 50 caliber dual-purpose battery. He was born on 30 October 1776 in Prince Edward County, Virginia. Part I [Escorts]. In another significant action on 13 September 1968 Bibb fired on an enemy supply route in Khanh Lam Province. Three ships in the area fired at the aircraft which was knocked down about 1,000 yards to the north of Bibb. Bibb was underway again on 9 June 1943 as flagship of Task Force 66 in company with Ingham and six Navy destroyers and six French escort vessels. Shortly after this flames ware observed on a second ship, just ahead of the first one. The Bibb was awarded the Presidential Unit Citation for her participation in "Operation Sea Lords" from October to December 1968. Three destroyer escorts left to escort three of these detached ships, two of the escorts returning on the 20th and 21st. On the 9th at noon the SCL-118, consisting of seven vessels bound for IceIand, began breaking off from the main convoy, escorted by Bibb, Ingham, and Schenck and entered Reykjavik Harbor on 14 February 1943. Bibb saw service in World War II. The final 327-foot design was based on the Erie-class Navy gunboats; the machinery plant and hull below the waterline were identical. x .50 caliber Browning MG; 2 x depth charge racks; 1 x Y gun depth charge projector.1943: 2 x 5/51 (single mount);4 x 3/50 (single mounts); 2 x 20mm/80 (single); 1 x Hedgehog; 2 (?) Add to cart Buy Now. The Bibb then proceeded to assist Nanaste which was being escorted by USS Bowditch (AGS-21). Later in the day she took station "one" in convoy UGS-39 forming off Norfolk swept chanced as flagship of Task Force 60, with six Coast Guard-manned, and six Navy-manned destroyer escorts. The Bibb rescued 33 more people from the nearby torpedoed freighter S.S. Kalliopi before returning to the convoy. USCGC Bibb (WHEC-31) - Steel Hip Flask - WI3. The Bibb rests at .mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}2459.71N 8022.77W / 24.99517N 80.37950W / 24.99517; -80.37950Coordinates: 2459.71N 8022.77W / 24.99517N 80.37950W / 24.99517; -80.37950. On 31 October 1942 Bibb was again underway escorting SS Nova along the southern coast of Iceland. Seven similar "combat cutters" were built and named for secretaries of the United States Treasury. Later that month she seized the motor vessel SS Rio Panuco with 50 tons of marijuana on board. Thirty-two preliminary designs of a modified Erie-class gunboat were drawn up before one was finally selected. Bibb Cutter File, US Coast Guard Historian's Office. After more than a decade of comparative retirement from the national scene, Bibb returned to the United States Senate in 1828 as a strong supporter of Andrew Jackson. 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. In August, 1949 she served on Ocean Station Dog. 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 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. Later that year Bibb joined a destroyer squadron for the assistance of shipping in the North Atlantic. 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. 4 of us did the Florida Keys Wreck Trek and the Bibb was our first dive. On the 13th, sixteen merchant vessels detached for Algiers while 23 merchant vessels joined from that port. Next day she sighted a merchant ship on the horizon and challenged her by blinker. Through your actions, you have significantly contributed to the United States efforts in countering communist aggression in the Republic of Vietnam." The plane disappeared in a smoke screen. On the 2nd they were en route to Raufarhofn, where Nova discharged and loaded passengers. 71 W. 31). 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. 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) I hope I never see another drowned man as long as I live.. The three vessels arrived off the entrance to Chesapeake Bay on the 17th. It had one 6 cylinder Ruston Stafford 6 CSRKM 4 Stoke diesel engine with a single shaft and one screw. The USCGC Bibb (WPG-31) was a 327-foot (100 m) Secretary-Class (also known as "Treasury Class") Coast Guard ship commissioned in 1936. Dedicated also to the Bibb Shipmates Assc. 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 . The search was unsuccessful but the cutter depth-charged another submarine contact. The Bibb, relieved of this arduous duty, continued carrying out law enforcement and search and rescue patrols. The barometer dropped and the winds rose with a number five sea. Being unable to re-establish the contact the vessels returned to their former course. Robert Scheina. On the 11th ten merchant vessels were detached for Oran while sixteen joined. On the 8th, with Skagie Point abeam to port, the Free French Corvette Roselys joined the task force. On the 22nd she broke off from convoy HXL-229A and began screening ahead of convoy HXL-229. The next day, after an airplane had dropped a charge directly ahead, Bibb fired a Hedgehog barrage of depth charges on a sound contact. 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. 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. First Class Hospitalman James Jones of South Portsmouth, Kentucky, added: "After the fighting we treated one of the South Vietnamese soldiers for wounds in the right arm and leg. On the 22nd Task Force 60 was relieved of escort duty by British vessels and Bibb stood into Bizerte swept channel and moored. The Bibb remained moored at Bizerte until 11 May 1944, and then was underway as flagship of Task Force 60 relieving HMS Pheasant of convoy GUS-39 in the vicinity of Bizerte swept channel. Sometime in May or June of 1937 her named was shortened to Bibb. Then she increased to full speed and dropped a full pattern of depth charges. The cutters. Many of the Bibbs crewmen leapt into the water to assist the nearly frozen survivors, and the cutter Ingham assisted. She received credit for the destruction of one Japanese aircraft. 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. At the end of World War II, each Secretary Class cutter was returned to her peace-time makeup. On the 27th two merchant vessels were detached for New York. Quartermaster Third Class Bill Batson, of Quincy, Massachusetts, reported: "We arrived on scene late in the afternoon of 1 November. 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. Although many of the Mallorys 498 passengers and crew died from hypothermia, the Bibbs crew pulled 202 survivors from the frigid water, while the Inghams crew saved 33. The Bibb joined the convoy on the 19th. Her propelling plant consisted of twin propellers powered by geared turbines supplied with steam from oil fired boilers. 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. An hour later three merchant vessels detached for Casablanca under escort of two USPC vessels and a French destroyer. As they cleared the flying boat, Bibb drifted as close a practicable and threw lines to the men, bringing them safely aboard. Bibb,1955. When completed on the 15th the convoy formation consisted of 12 columns of ships. The next day, the 11th, Bibb sighted a ship on the horizon and proceeded toward it. Commander (Constructor) F. G. Hunnewell, USCG, was the head of the Coast Guard's Construction and Repair Department at that time. 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. 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. 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. 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. No sounds of any kind were heard but the deduction, from visual impressions, was that both ships had been torpedoed. 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. 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. On March 2nd four merchant vessels detached for Gibraltar and Task Force 66 was relieved of escorting the convoy by a British task force. Bibb also provided logistical support to U.S. Navy "Swift" boats and Coast Guard 82-foot patrol boats of Coast Guard Squadron One. U.S. Coast Guard Cutters& Craft of World War II. Description. MK-2 Browning MG, 2 x MK-13 high altitude parachute flare mortars. Residing at Frankfort, he turned his attention back to law and state politics. A former officer on board Bibb, Captain Henry C. Keene, Jr., noted: Raney was a leader. The ship was 327 feet in length, with a draft of 12 and a half feet. The vessel was identified as the Norwegian SS Mosdale bound for Liverpool. While on ocean station, the Bibb came to the rescue of the airliner, the Bermuda Sky Queen. The Bibb also visited many foreign ports on her deployment, many of which she had sailed into during World War II. She also caused 11 secondary fires and three secondary explosions. On August 6th Bibb expended 11 depth charges on a sound contact which was later evaluated as non-submarine. Well done.". 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 ship saw service in World War II. On three patrols she participated in amphibious assaults on Phu Quoc Island. Bibb was underway on 9 November 1942 screening the right flank of a west bound convoy of eight ships. 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. Three hours later Bibb stood into the harbor and moored, remaining there until the 31st. Anti-submarine weaponry was added in mid-1941 and under Executive Order of 11 September 1941, 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, Standing out of Reykjavik harbor on 21 September 1942, 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. CGC Bibb in her post-war configuration and paint. Thirteen merchant ships under escort of Bibb and ComCorDiv 45, consisting of six Coast Guard-manned destroyer escorts, proceeded to New York, while the remainder, under the Navy manned-destroyer escorts of ComCorDiv 67, detached for New York. She was relieved on 30 November by submarine chasers and arrived at Guantanamo Bay on 1 December 1943. 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 9th Roselys sank a floating mine and later dropped one charge on a doubtful contact. Dropping a 600 lb. The rescue ship failed to locate the raft and as the increasingly rough weather and impending snow squall made it imperative that the men not be lost sight of, Bibb rescued the three survivors from SS Coulmore. 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