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. 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 cutter Bibb was named for George Motier Bibb, a prominent lawyer and jurist in Kentucky. On the 23rd the convoy entered New York Harbor and Bibb moored at Brooklyn Navy Yard with availability expiring April 2nd. The following year brought a number of notable seizures for drug and fisheries charges. Add to cart Buy Now. The 327's were an attempt to develop a 20-knot cutter capable of carrying an airplane in a hangar. Another Val, taken under fire by naval units, westward of Geruma Shim was brought down. Nearby, a second Treasury-Class ship, the USCGC Duane (WPG-33) was also sunk as an artificial reef. With the waves cresting at 30 feet and the cutter rolling 30 to 35 degrees, getting the passengers and crew of the Bermuda Sky Queen aboard Bibb proved to be a tremendous challenge. The Navy then designated her as WPG-31. The ocean station vessels also provided communications and navigation assistance and were always standing by for and search and rescue emergencies. Then she began firing on an apparent target on the port beam, but was stopped a minute later because the target could be neither seen nor heard. 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. On the 27th she went to the assistance of USS Narragansett (ATF-88) and floating drydock ARDC-12. In October of 1950 she served on Ocean Station Dog and in December it was duty on Ocean Station Easy. Residing at Frankfort, he turned his attention back to law and state politics. 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." Departing Guantanamo on the 23rd she arrived at Norfolk on the 26 January 1944. At 0115. On the 18th Bibb dropped the escort of Vulcan and stood out of the swept channel in company with Ingham en route Boston, where she arrived on the 19th for ten days availability. The Bibb was underway on zig-zag courses at five knots at the time from Norfolk to Casco Day, Maine. Through your actions, you have significantly contributed to the United States efforts in countering communist aggression in the Republic of Vietnam." On the 16th two YMs detached for Bermuda. 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 . The New York section, with the commander Task Force 60 in Bibb, now consisted of 148 ships in 8 columns. On the 14th several high frequency direction finder bearings were reported and on the 19th the convoy made an emergency turn on a contact which later proved to be non-submarine. From June to July 1969 she served on Ocean Station Delta and during September of that same year she served on Ocean Station Echo. Seven similar "combat cutters" were built and named for secretaries of the United States Treasury. Eight merchant vessels were detached for Gibraltar on the 15th. One ship was reported later to have returned to Reykjavik safely. depth charge on a doubtful sound contact, a school of stunned fish appeared on the surface. 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. She served on Ocean Station Hotel from 11 to 20 January 1973 and then on Ocean Station Delta from 26 January to 15 February. From 14 August to 6 September of that same year she served on Ocean Station Echo. The Task Force was escorting convoy UGS-33, consisting of 78 merchant vessels to North African ports and also USS Brant (ARS-32) and six LCIs to the Azores. She was sunk as an artificial reef off the coast of Florida in 1987. On 3 November we transferred them to the commercial tug Neptunia for further transfer to the tug Turmoil which then took them to Singapore.". On 1 March 1945 she released the drydock to Tug ATA-225 and proceeded to Manzanillo, Mexico. 1966: 10 officers, 3 warrants, 133 enlisted. )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 11th ten merchant vessels were detached for Oran while sixteen joined. It is believed that the type of rubber suit worn by the survivors contributed greatly to their withstanding the exposure. In another significant action on 13 September 1968 Bibb fired on an enemy supply route in Khanh Lam Province. On 1 March 1943, Bibb was underway to join convoy HX-227, which she did at 1625. On the 24th, the New York section of 19 ships detached with four escorts. While circling the area to renew contact a whale and school of porpoises was also encountered. Robert Scheina. On the 9th Roselys sank a floating mine and later dropped one charge on a doubtful contact. 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. 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. The healthy sheer forward and the high slope in the deck in the wardrooms was known as the "Hunnewell Hump." 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. 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. Watson was an Engineering Officer/Student Engineer (1978-1980).[1][2]. On the 15th USS. She remained in South Boston Navy Yard until 16 January 1943 undergoing repairs to her hull and machinery. An hour later there were numerous red flares and shortly afterwards a lifeboat and raft ware sighted. Shortly afterwards the convoy was secured from general quarters as the contact proved to be negative. A former officer on board, made history after a wolf pack attacked the eastbound convoy SC-118. On the 19th and 20th a number of ships were detached for Oran and Algiers, others joining from those ports. She then sailed to Mayport, Florida, for a week of training at the Navy Fleet Training Center. The Bibb proceeded to the area and screened SS Melrose Abbey, the convoy's appointed rescue ship, as she picked up survivors. On the 30th Cossatot and four escorts detached for Oran and two destroyer escorts joined the task force. 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. She served again on Ocean Station Charlie from 23 October to 17 November 1972. CG-71) was built at the Charleston Navy Yard, Charleston, South Carolina, and was launched in 1937. Description [ edit] MV Hephaestus was a steel -built tanker with a tonnage of 595 GRT. On 3 April 1943 Bibb left for Reykjavik and later got underway standing out of the harbor to form convoy ONJ-176, consisting of three vessels with USS Symbol (AM-123) in company as escort. The first assignment of George M. Bibb after her commissioning was to the Fifth Coast Guard District, with Norfolk as her home port. The Bibb departed Pearl Harbor on 25 March and arrived at Eniwetok on 3 April 1945. Seven similar "combat cutters" were built and named for secretaries of the United States Treasury. On the 28 May 37 ships detached for Hampton Roads. .The U.S. Coast Guard Gunboat Bibb (WPG-31) departs Pearl Harbor.; The Bibb departs for duty in Vietnamese waters, where she served from 4 July 1968 to 28 February, 1969 with Coast Guard Squadron One. The next day, the 11th, Bibb sighted a ship on the horizon and proceeded toward it. 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. 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 Nova discharged and took on U. S. Army personnel at Bay dar Fjord on the 1st of November and then proceeded to Seydis Fjord where she remained overnight. .Built for only $2.5 million each, in terms of cost effectiveness we may never see the likes of these cutters again.. Ten minutes later the second ship sank, stern first. He died in Georgetown, Washington, D.C., on 14 April 1859. A training program for the personnel was in progress during this time. 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. Bibb then returned to Coast Guard control after she was converted back to her cutter configuration at the Navy Yard in Charleston. An hour later the Iceland bound section of the convoy departed the main convoy. 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. Her task was to prevent the infiltration of arms, ammunition, and supplies to communist forces in South Vietnam by stopping, boarding and searching vessels in her area of operation. After one successful trip, the gig's engine broke down and the Coast Guardsmen once again launched a pulling boat. On the 26th, the escort duty completed, Bibb proceeded to South Boston Navy Yard Annex, mooring there on the 28th and remaining through the balance of October. In April of 1966 she served on Ocean Station Delta and on Ocean Station Charlie in August-September 1967. Appointed to the Kentucky Court of Appeals in 1808, he became its chief justice in the following year but resigned in 1810 and was sent to the United States Senate in 1811. Leaving Trinidad on 20 December, escorting convoy TAG-104, Bibb arrived at Guantanamo Bay on the 25th. All were experienced seamen who were prepared to carry the war directly to the U-boats although their training in fighting submarines was scarce to non-existent. Again on the 13th, off Skagie Point, Iceland, a charge was dropped on a doubtful contact. The same could be said of the other Secretary Class cutters, their officers, and their crews. MK-2 Browning MG, 2 x MK-13 high altitude parachute flare mortars. Six hours later while returning to the convoy Bibb picked up 33 survivors from the Greek SS Kalliopi. On the 9th the Casablanca section, escorted by two destroyers, joined the main convoy. Bibb Cutter File, US Coast Guard Historian's Office. On the 15th USS Edwards (DD-619) departed for Bermuda, her sound gear inoperative. 1943: 2 x 5"/51 (single mount);4 x 3"/50 (single mounts); 2 x 20mm/80 (single); 1 x Hedgehog; 2 (?) The 327-foot cutters were designed to meet changing missions of the service as it emerged from the Prohibition era. On 1 May a radar picket at 0340 reported a "bogey" coming in 45 miles from Bibb's position. Two depth charges were fired on an undersea contact with no visible effects. Just as the plane entered its steep glide, preparing to crash dive, two of Bibb's guns picked up the target and began firing. 1966: 10 officers, 3 warrants, 133 enlisted. 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. 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. All escorts were given permission to open fire at will on unidentified aircraft. Next day six merchant vessels detached for Casablanca while eight joined. x .50 caliber Browning MG; 2 x depth charge racks; 1 x "Y" gun depth charge projector. On 1 October the convoy was augmented by 30 merchant ships and three Navy vessels. 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. She was commissioned on 10 March 1937. 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. Seven similar "combat cutters" were built and named for secretaries of the United States Treasury. The Penmar had been torpedoed about 2200 on 22 September 1942 and had sunk in about 10 minutes. Regaining the contact ten minutes later she again attacked with a barrage of six charges. On the 14th three more destroyer escorts joined the task force. 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. It had one 6 cylinder Ruston Stafford 6 CSRKM 4 Stoke diesel engine with a single shaft and one screw. The contact was evaluated as probably non-submarine. Made in 1940, this U.S. Coast Guard film shows the Cadet Cruise made by the USCG's class of 1940. A distress message from the disabled SS Agenor gave the Bibb an opportunity to resume its customary peace-time job of search and rescue. 2 x MK-13 high altitude parachute flare mortars. 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. 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 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 the 22nd Task Force 60 was relieved of escort duty by British vessels and Bibb stood into Bizerte swept channel and moored. 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. 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. If a type of glove had been incorporated in the suit instead of the tight fitting wrist bands, this edema, it is believed, would not have occurred. Early on the 30th and again on the 6th of May Bibb fired on enemy aircraft. Escorted by USS Barry (APD-29) Bibb departed Norfolk on the 15th of February and arrived at Panama on the 22nd. 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. In October of 1950 she served on Ocean Station Dog and in December it was duty on Ocean Station Easy. The convoy entered the Straits of Gibraltar on the 24th as six merchant vessels detached and seven joined the convoy. 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 U.S. Coast Guard cutter George M. Bibb (Builder's No. She then proceeded to Hvalfjordur, returning to Reykjavik on the 5th. The convoy stood up the swept channel to Reykjavik Harbor, Iceland on the 29th and anchored. The nearby cutter was able to repel the attack with five-inch gunfire while coming close inshore in relatively shallow water to retrieve her Medical Civil Action Program team. 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 (?) Soon after, a streak of heavy oil, 30 yards long, was sighted. On the 14th they observed a plane, which was providing air coverage, crash at sea. Bibb was named for U.S. Secretary of the Treasury George M. Bibb. Her next ocean station assignment was during March-April 1952 when the Bibb served on Ocean Station Charlie and then in November-December 1952 she served on Ocean Station Echo. $29.99. Two merchant ships joined on the 21st; six detached and six joined on the 22nd; and nine detached and seven joined on the 23rd. 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. After one successful trip, the gig's engine broke down and the Coast Guardsmen once again launched a pulling boat. Many of Bibb's crewmen leapt into the water to assist the nearly frozen survivors, and the cutter Ingham assisted. In February 1953 she served on Ocean Station Coca and in July it was duty on Ocean Station Delta. Frequently one, two or three boats were alongside and on one occasion there were as many as nine boats alongside at the same time. The USCGC Bibb was a 327-foot Secretary-Class Coast Guard ship commissioned in 1936. Then she increased to full speed and dropped a full pattern of depth charges. The legendary Bibb was named for U.S. Secretary of the Treasury (July 4, 1844 - March 7, 1845) George M. Bibb. Later she returned to the wreck and left it in a sinking condition from gun fire and depth charges. They rejoined the convoy on the 28th. Later that year, When the Grand Banks cruises were discontinued on 27 January 1940. 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." Also, during the mid-1930s, narcotics smuggling, mostly opium, was on the increase, and long-legged, fairly fast cutters were needed to curtail it. On the 6th two other destroyers, USS Schenk (DD-159) and USS Babbitt (DD-128) were relieved, and USS Decatur (DD-341) and cutter Duane (WPG-33) joined the escort, which had met the 13-ship convoy ONSJ-94 on a southerly course to Iceland. In September 1972 she medevaced crewman from the Greek merchant vessel SS Christia midway between Bermuda and the Azores. The next day at 0411 Bibb attacked a doubtful contact which was lost a few minutes later. One merchant vessel was detached for St. John's. The Bibb joined convoy SC-121 and maneuvered to a position near the cutter Spencer (WPG-36). 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. Bibb is credited with destroying one Japanese kamikaze aircraft in action at Karema Retto. In peacetime the Bibb spent time on ocean station providing weather information and beacons to trans-Atlantic traffic. On the 25th she proceeded to Argentia in company with USS SC-688 and USS SC-189. The Bibb was relieved of escort duty on 8 August and proceeded independently to the Brooklyn Navy Yard and moored. From June to July 1969 she served on Ocean Station Delta and during September of that same year she served on Ocean Station Echo. Raney ignored the order to leave the survivors and went back and rescued 202 men from the icy waters. Four merchant ships were detached for Gibraltar and one joined just before the convoy changed course to stand through the Straits. Much credit was given to the smoke screen for warding off possible air torpedo attacks. Seventh Fleet as a part of Coast Guard Squadron Three. 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. 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. 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. V172 (1937-1938)
The ship was sunk in November 1987 just outside the coral reef tract, about six miles (10km) offshore of the island of Key Largo. 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. Commander (Constructor) F. G. Hunnewell, USCG, was the head of the Coast Guard's Construction and Repair Department at that time. On the fourth trip, the surfboat, taking on water after being battered against the hull of Bibb, began to sink. 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. The Bibb, relieved of this arduous duty, continued carrying out law enforcement and search and rescue patrols. After providing her crew of seven with provisions, Bibb towed Mary J to Mathew Town, Great Inagua Island. 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. The commander of Task Force 66 was in the Bibb, while ComCortDiv 45, consisted of six Coast Guard-manned destroyer escorts and one Navy-manned destroyer escort. Aircraft: Curtiss SOC-4, USCG No. Again on the 29th, On the morning of 6 May 1945, at 0846, SOPA warned that bogeys as well as many friendly planes were within four miles. 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. This standardization saved money--always paramount in the Coast Guard's considerations--and the cutters were built in U.S. Navy shipbuilding yards. After she returned to service, Bibb undertook a cadet cruise to Bermuda and then to Europe. 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