The Bibb then set a course for Boston and moored at Pier 3, South Boston on the 15th. On the 2nd five merchant vessels joined the convoy from Algerian ports. Seventh Fleet, RADM Rudden, send her a message: "As you depart the Cruiser-Destroyer Group, Seventh Fleet, your performance is noted with pleasure. In May 1965 she served on Ocean Station Charlie. 1943: 2 x 5"/51 (single mount);4 x 3"/50 (single mounts); 2 x 20mm/80 (single); 1 x Hedgehog; 2 (?) On the 27th she went to the assistance of USS Narragansett (ATF-88) and floating drydock ARDC-12. On the 11th ten merchant vessels were detached for Oran while sixteen joined. On 1 October the convoy was augmented by 30 merchant ships and three Navy vessels. V172 (1937-1938) Seven similar "combat cutters" were built and named for secretaries of the United States Treasury. The vessel was identified as the Norwegian SS Mosdale bound for Liverpool. On the 13th Task Group 21.13 joined, departing the next day. On August 6th Bibb expended 11 depth charges on a sound contact which was later evaluated as non-submarine. Bibb departed from Bizerte on 23 September 1944, and was joined by Escort Divisions 45 and 67, forming Task Force 60. On 2 November 1969 Bibb towed to safety the disabled merchant vessel SS Caravan, which was located 150 miles southeast of Cape Fear. On the 27th Bibb departed for Boston and moored at the South Boston Navy Yard on the 28th. 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. 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. Next day the Bibb fired her starboard thrower in an embarrassing attack on what was probably a non-submarine. USCGC SPENCER (WMEC 905) Commanding Officer, CDR Corey M. Kerns. At first light on 1 July, a rescue aircraft from Air Station Elizabeth City was on scene and assisting in the search. The star shells marked the successful attack by a U-boat. 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 25 November 1942, Bibb stood out of Reykjavik Harbor to screen in the van of west bound convoy ONS-148 consisting of eight ships. That evening 11 ships of the convoy bound for Iceland departed the main convoy with Bibb, Ingham and Schenck as escorts. 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. Bibb commenced making smoke at 0354, even before SOPA ordered it 14 minutes later. The Bibb returned on the 21st and proceeded to Buckner Bay, where she remained at anchor during the balance of July. Another emergency turn was made on the 21st on a radar contact at 300 yards and at 0512 Bibb dropped one depth charge on an underwater sound contact that disappeared at 700 yards. It was a clear night with a bright, full moon which made visibility very good. She received credit for the destruction of one Japanese aircraft. Aircraft: Curtiss SOC-4, USCG No. Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. On the 15th USS Edwards (DD-619) departed for Bermuda, her sound gear inoperative. . Bibb also provided logistical support to U.S. Navy "Swift" boats and Coast Guard 82-foot patrol boats of Coast Guard Squadron One. 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." The 327-foot cutters were designed to meet changing missions of the service as it emerged from the Prohibition era. Nothing was found when the airplane, low on fuel, had to head back for land. 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. The 5th was spent covering the rear of the convoy. Obtaining permission to leave the ocean station and return to Boston with all of the souls who had been on board the Queen, the cutter arrived to a hero's welcome. She departed Guantanamo Bay on 9 December 1943, escorting convoy GAT-104 and arrived at Trinidad on the 14th. 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. Various members of the Task Force departed as escorts for detachments and others joined for temporary duty. Bibb was underway on 9 November 1942 screening the right flank of a west bound convoy of eight ships. 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. A distress message from the disabled SS Agenor gave the Bibb an opportunity to resume its customary peace-time job of search and rescue. On the 2nd they were en route to Raufarhofn, where Nova discharged and loaded passengers. On the 28th she moored at Argentia. At 0250 on the 7th she sighted four star shells in the vicinity of the convoy and a vessel was reported torpedoed. Grumman JF-2, USCG No. 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. She was commissioned on 10 March 1937. >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 . Once in South Vietnamese waters, she operated under the Cruiser-Destroyer Group of the U.S. The planes drew away at 0440, the escorts ceased firing, and at 0448 the all clear was sounded and Bibb, ceasing to make smoke, was secured from general quarters. The Bibb departed Guantanamo Bay on 29 December 1943, escorting convoy GAT-108 and arrived at Trinidad 3 January 1944. The healthy sheer forward and the high slope in the deck in the wardrooms was known as the "Hunnewell Hump." 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. Shortly afterwards the convoy was secured from general quarters as the contact proved to be negative. Another Val, taken under fire by naval units, westward of Geruma Shim was brought down. The three left onboard Vigilant had to abandon their efforts and they took to a second life raft and Bibb's small boat again set out and successfully rescued them. 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. The ship 327' and is laying on its starboard side, in 130' of water and it was a gr. On 2 November 1969, She began the year 1971 by serving on Ocean Station Bravo, where she served from 3 to 26 of January. From 1946 to 1973, Bibb was stationed at Boston. 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. On the 24th Bibb changed course to effect a rendezvous with convoy SC-105, joining the convoy on the 26th. The Bibb was relieved of escort duty on 8 August and proceeded independently to the Brooklyn Navy Yard and moored. After conversion to an AGC, done in the Charleston Navy Yard between 17 October 1944 and 29 January 1945, Bibb was assigned to duty in the Pacific. She was sunk as an artificial reef off the coast of Florida in 1987. Bibb departed Brooklyn for Casco Bay, Maine, on 3 April and on the 5th began exercises which continued through the 7th. 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 22nd Task Force 60 was relieved of escort duty by British vessels and Bibb stood into Bizerte swept channel and moored. On the 8th she stood out of Gibraltar Harbor in command of Task Force to meet convoy GUS-11 at the straits. One merchant vessel was detached for St. John's. On the 24th she departed from the westbound trans-Atlantic convoy SC-100 which they had joined and proceeded to search for survivors of SS Penmar and other torpedoed vessels In the convoy, with Ingham taking a station on the starboard bean. On 23 of May 1983 Bibb seized a fishing vessel 50 miles southeast of Cape Cod for fisheries violations. On the 21st a doctor from Babbitt was transferred to Bibb to treat that ship's doctor who had been stricken with pneumonia. On the 13th the commander of Task Force 60 was transferred aboard USS Merrill (DE-392) relieving the Bibb as flagship. Bibb was named for U.S. Secretary of the Treasury (July 4, 1844 March 7, 1845) George M. Bibb. Seven similar "combat cutters" were built and named for secretaries of the United States Treasury. The cutters. 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. There was also an unoccupied lifeboat awash and two unoccupied rafts. The Treasury class cutters proved to be highly dependable, versatile and long-lived warshipsmost served their country for over 40 years. On the 28 May 37 ships detached for Hampton Roads. At the end of World War II, each Secretary Class cutter was returned to her peace-time makeup. Saw lots of mail bags, boxes, wood, wood splinters, empty life jackets, oars, upturned boats, empty life rafts, bodies, parts of bodies, clothes, cork, and a million other things that ships have in them. The ship was 327 feet in length, with a draft of 12 and a half feet. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. On March 2nd four merchant vessels detached for Gibraltar and Task Force 66 was relieved of escorting the convoy by a British task force. The USCGC Bibb was a 327-foot Secretary-Class Coast Guard ship commissioned in 1936. Each of our products is invested with brains and time to create by the best designers, as well as a dedicated team of ideas. After establishing communications with Bibb, Martin made a successful landing in the 30-foot seas at 1004 (GCT) near the cutter. He left office on 4 March 1845 when President James K. Polk was inaugurated, but stayed in the national capital practicing law until he died there on 14 April 1859.=====================================================================. The Bibb, relieved of this arduous duty, continued carrying out law enforcement and search and rescue patrols. After maneuvering close to the Bibb to secure a mooring line, the flying boat lost control and collided with the cutter's hull, damaging the nose of the aircraft as well as both wings and their attached floats. On the 31st she was underway escorting USS Saturn (AF-40) to St. John's Newfoundland, where she arrived at 0900. Those who did not make it into a life raft died from hypothermia. She relieved Duane. These had only recently been implemented on a suggestion by then CDR Edward H. "Iceberg" Smith, LCDR George B. Gelly, and a more influential suggestion by President Franklin Roosevelt. On 1 March 1945 she released the drydock to Tug ATA-225 and proceeded to Manzanillo, Mexico. She anchored in Palermo outer harbor, moving next morning to the breakwater. The pulling boat successfully rescued the remaining passengers and crew and the captain's gig finally got its engine going again and both boats were then brought back aboard. Most of the armament was removed, except for the addition of a 40mm anti-aircraft battery, a 5-inch 38 caliber main battery and mousetrap anti-submarine armament. The passengers panicked and leapt overboard into the 50 water. 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. )Propulsion: 2 x Westinghouse double-reduction geared turbines; 2 x Babcock & Wilcox sectional express, air-encased, 400 psi, 200 superheatSHP: 5,250 (total)Maximum Speed: 19.5 knotsCruising: 13.0 knots, 7,000 mile rangeComplement: 1937: 12 officers, 4 warrants, 107 enlisted;1941: 16 officers, 5 warrants, 202 enlisted;1966: 10 officers, 3 warrants, 133 enlisted. On the 30th she departed Boston for Casco Bay, Maine. An hour later the Iceland bound section of the convoy departed the main convoy. A place for old 327 BENO sailors to meet, swap sea stories and tall tales, and share photos. Attempting various methods, including using a pulling boat and various rubber rafts from both the cutter and the flying boat, three passengers of the latter volunteered, only two hours before sunset, to attempt to make it to the cutter using one of the flying boat's small rafts. On 7 February 1943, the, Rescue operations continued throughout forenoon, 202 survivors being taken from three lifeboats and numerous rafts. 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. The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Winnebago (WHEC-40) had the Agenor's 17 crewmen on board. At 0809, a large explosion was observed on a ship in the convoy. 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 the 13th Task Group 21.13 joined, departing the next day. 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. The legendary Bibb was named for U.S. Secretary of the Treasury (July 4, 1844 - March 7, 1845) George M. Bibb. On the 28th one merchant vessel returned to Norfolk unescorted due to machinery failure. Those who did not make it into a life raft died from hypothermia. The pulling boat successfully rescued the remaining passengers and crew and the captain's gig finally got its engine going again and both boats were then brought back aboard Bibb. Commander (Constructor) F. G. Hunnewell, USCG, was the head of the Coast Guard's Construction and Repair Department at that time. Dedicated also to the Bibb Shipmates Assc. The Ingham and two merchant vessels were missing. 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. V146 (1939-). Then she departed for Norfolk and moored there for the rest of August. 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. 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. Style: Quantity. Departing Guantanamo on the 23rd she arrived at Norfolk on the 26 January 1944. 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. The support included providing fuel, food, water, ammunition, maintenance repair, battle damage repair, and medical services. On the 27th Bibb, in company with Ingham, searched for survivors of the torpedoed SS Athan Sultan, but being unable to sight anything, even though both vessels had a radar signal which was about 2 to 8 miles distant, they fired three star-shells. The Bibb picked up oil samples and ordering USS Portent (AM-106) to remain in the vicinity, rejoined the convoy. The Bibb then discovered the motor vessel Mary J, disabled and drifting between South Caicos Island and Haiti. No sounds of any kind were heard but the deduction, from visual impressions, was that both ships had been torpedoed. USCGC Mackinaw (WAGB-83) 282' Medium Endurance Cutter (WMEC) [ edit] USCGC Alex Haley (WMEC-39) USCGC Alex Haley (WMEC-39) 270' Medium Endurance Cutter (WMEC) [ edit] Main article: Famous-class cutter USCGC Thetis (WMEC-910), a Famous-class cutter USCGC Bear (WMEC-901) USCGC Tampa (WMEC-902) USCGC Harriet Lane (WMEC-903) USCGC Northland (WMEC-904) From June to July 1969 she served on Ocean Station Delta and during September of that same year she served on Ocean Station Echo. Executive Officer, LCDR Nicholas A. Forni. Ten minutes later a kawasaki Ki-61 "Tony" fighter aircraft was sighted at about 5,000 yards, and Bibb commenced firing, but the firing was checked as the bearing became foul. At 0115. 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. In the fall she steamed to Ocean Station Bravo, where she served from 27 September to 17 October 1973. One of the destroyer escorts was damaged in collision and returned to Norfolk Navy Yard for repair. The Bibb now maneuvered near Coulmore and found her in good condition and floating on an even keel, even with the torpedo hole in her bow. I hope I never see another drowned man as long as I live.". Between 5 and 29 August 1971. On 25 October the New York and Delaware sections broke off, escorted six vessels and the others continued to Norfolk. MK-2 Browning MG, 2 x MK-13 high altitude parachute flare mortars. The ship was sunk in November 1987 just outside the coral reef tract, about six miles (10km) offshore of the island of Key Largo. These included Pearl Harbor, Guam, Subic Bay, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Yokosuka. Between the 8th and 12th, Bibb took aboard crew members from three merchant vessels in convoy for medical treatment. 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. In peacetime the Bibb spent time on ocean station providing weather information and beacons to trans-Atlantic traffic. Two depth charges were dropped on a sound contact on the 7th and the search continued for two hours before rejoining the convoy. The convoy entered the Straits of Gibraltar on the 24th as six merchant vessels detached and seven joined the convoy. On the 27th two merchant vessels were detached for New York. 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 the 9th Roselys sank a floating mine and later dropped one charge on a doubtful contact. 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. 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 On 2 June 1943, Bibb moored in Delpit Basin, Casablanca. On 17 July 1982, In 1984 she participated in a multifaceted law enforcement operation code-named "Operation Wagon Wheel" in the Caribbean. 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. Auxiliary diesel power for radio and lighting systems was cut in and the cutter shifted to hand steering. Next day she identified convoy ON-176 and delivered the section from Iceland. She had a sound contact at 900 yards and dropped a full pattern with negative results. Six hours later while returning to the convoy Bibb picked up 33 survivors from the Greek SS Kalliopi. 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. V172 (1937-1938)Grumman JF-2, USCG No. On 3 August 1942, Bibb, with escort commander in the cutter Ingham (WPG-35), was again on convoy duty. 2 x MK-13 high altitude parachute flare mortars. . 2, 37 44' N x 41 13' W. Here the cutters steamed continuously within a 100 square mile area from the center of the station with each patrol lasting approximately 21 days. 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 cutter, 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. 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. RDML William G. Kelly The next day another ship was reported torpedoed. The Bibb began searching for survivors and lookouts sighted large quantities of debris, including a swamped lifeboat. Contents 1 History He, like the other officers who commanded these cutters, knew his business. The, A few minutes later another raft was sighted dead ahead and two survivors of SS. She arrived on the 17th, remaining there for the rest of October. 1966: 10 officers, 3 warrants, 133 enlisted. An hour later there were numerous red flares and shortly afterwards a lifeboat and raft ware sighted. 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. U.S. Coast Guard Cutters& Craft, 1946-1990. CG-71) was built at the Charleston Navy Yard, Charleston, South Carolina, and was launched in 1937. In April of 1966 she served on Ocean Station Delta and on Ocean Station Charlie in August-September 1967. 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