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. Contents 1 History CG-71) was built at the Charleston Navy Yard, Charleston, South Carolina, and was launched in 1937. The following year brought a number of notable seizures for drug and fisheries charges. The same could be said of the other Secretary Class cutters, their officers, and their crews. The next day, the 11th, Bibb sighted a ship on the horizon and proceeded toward it. 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. 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. On the 22nd Bibb had a sound contact and fired a pattern of nine depth charges with no apparent results. Those who did not make it into a life raft died from hypothermia. The convoy began break-off operations on the 7th. The Casablanca section started joining the main convoy from Mediterranean ports. Three hours later Bibb stood into the harbor and moored, remaining there until the 31st. Bibb was named for U.S. Secretary of the Treasury (July 4, 1844 March 7, 1845) George M. Bibb. 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. By the 28th the ships were widely scattered and seldom in contact with each other. The 327's were an attempt to develop a 20-knot cutter capable of carrying an airplane in a hangar. 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) The barometer dropped and the winds rose with a number five sea. 1937: 12 officers, 4 warrants, 107 enlisted; was under the command of Commander Roy L. Raney during the convoy battles to come. Soon afterwards she got underway to join Trillium and relieved her of escort of SS Empire Bunting. Seven similar "combat cutters" were built and named for secretaries of the United States Treasury. On 23 of May 1983 Bibb seized a fishing vessel 50 miles southeast of Cape Cod for fisheries violations. As they cleared the flying boat, Bibb drifted as close a practicable and threw lines to the men, bringing them safely aboard. The Tony crash dived into the stern of the USS St. George (AV-16) causing only superficial damage. 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. Anderson, USCG, as commanding officer of Bibb. She was built in 1936 in the US Naval Yard in Philadelphia, PA. ; 1 x 1-pounder. On the 3rd the convoy commenced standing up the Tunisian War Channel and six hours later Task Force 60 was relieved of convoy UGS-39 by HMS Dart at the entrance to Bizerte swept channel. Also, during the mid-1930s, narcotics smuggling, mostly opium, was on the increase, and long-legged, fairly fast cutters were needed to curtail it. Bibbwas named for U.S. Secretary of the Treasury (July 4, 1844 - March 7, 1845) George M. Bibb. The Portent made a Hedgehog attack and dropped five depth charges on a sound contact one mile north of Bibb's attack. Soon after midnight on the 10th two more vessels in the convoy were torpedoed. There she served as the flagship for Commander, Mine Craft, Pacific Fleet. 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. Dropping a 600 lb. 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. There was also an unoccupied lifeboat awash and two unoccupied rafts. Bibb is credited with destroying one Japanese kamikaze aircraft in action at Karema Retto. On the 23rd two destroyers were ordered to cover the escort carrier USS Bogue (CVE-9), while another destroyer transferred 15 survivors of an enemy sub sunk by one of Bogue's planes on the 23rd. Another time a medical team was sent ashore to the Village of Phu Tho, 70 miles south southeast of Danang. A training program for the personnel was in progress during this time. The Bibb regained contact and slowed for a Hedgehog attack. In May 1965 she served on Ocean Station Charlie. Again on the 13th, off Skagie Point, Iceland, a charge was dropped on a doubtful contact. Next day the Bibb fired her starboard thrower in an embarrassing attack on what was probably a non-submarine. 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 24th Bibb changed course to effect a rendezvous with convoy SC-105, joining the convoy on the 26th. On the 22nd Task Force 60 was relieved of escort duty by British vessels and Bibb stood into Bizerte swept channel and moored. 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. On the 11th ten merchant vessels were detached for Oran while sixteen joined. The plane was in a slight glide, losing altitude, apparently picking out one of the ships in the anchorage as a suicide crash target. The convoy arrived at New York on the 30th and Bibb moored at Brooklyn Navy Yard with an availability period until 10 June 1944. On 25 February 1943, a convoy was formed with Bibb as escort commander, escorting seven vessels, with Babbitt in company. Washington, DC: U.S. Coast Guard, 1 March 1949. pp. All escorts were given permission to open fire at will on unidentified aircraft. She participated in refresher training under the Fleet Training Group at Guantanamo Bay every two years to maintain her military readiness. At the end of World War II, each Secretary Class cutter was returned to her peace-time makeup. Bibb made history after a wolf pack attacked the eastbound convoy SC-118. Aircraft: Curtiss SOC-4, USCG No. On the 12th she delivered the two submarines to a local Canadian escort unit off the Sambro Light vessel. 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. The Bibb remained at anchor in Buckner Bay, Okinawa, during August, 1945, as flagship for Commander, Mine Craft, Pacific Fleet. The Babbitt was directed to join and try to bring her back to convoy. She received credit for the destruction of one Japanese aircraft. At 1015, Simpson was ordered to proceed to the rendezvous position at utmost speed. On the 26th the escort carrier USS Card (CVE-11) reported a suspected submarine ten miles ahead. On the 8th she stood out of Gibraltar Harbor in command of Task Force to meet convoy GUS-11 at the straits. After one successful trip, the gig's engine broke down and the Coast Guardsmen once again launched a pulling boat. USCGC George M. Bibb(WPG-31)was initially assigned to the Fifth Coast Guard District at Norfolk, VA. Call Sokolove Law right now at (800) 647-3434 if you've been diagnosed with mesothelioma or another asbestos-related disease. On the 25th she proceeded to Argentia in company with USS SC-688 and USS SC-189. Two depth charges were dropped on a sound contact on the 7th and the search continued for two hours before rejoining the convoy. She then sailed to Mayport, Florida, for a week of training at the Navy Fleet Training Center. The occupants of the lifeboats were in excellent condition when brought aboard. Bibb, 1955. The USCGC Bibb (WPG-31) was a 327-foot (100m) Secretary-Class (also known as "Treasury Class") Coast Guard ship commissioned in 1936. On the 13th, sixteen merchant vessels detached for Algiers while 23 merchant vessels joined from that port. Early on the 30th and again on the 6th of May Bibb fired on enemy aircraft. In March-April 1954 she served on Ocean Station Bravo. The legendary Bibb was named for U.S. Secretary of the Treasury (July 4, 1844 - March 7, 1845) George M. Bibb. He was appointed Secretary of the Treasury by President John Tyler after the resignation of Secretary John C. Spencer in 1844. 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 Treasury class cutters proved to be highly dependable, versatile and long-lived warshipsmost served their country for over 40 years. On the 14th they observed a plane, which was providing air coverage, crash at sea. The USCGC Bibb (WPG-31) was a 327-foot (100 m) Secretary-Class (also known as "Treasury Class") Coast Guard ship commissioned in 1936. The Bibb began searching for survivors and lookouts sighted large quantities of debris, including a swamped lifeboat. In another significant action on 13 September 1968 Bibb fired on an enemy supply route in Khanh Lam Province. Soon after, a streak of heavy oil, 30 yards long, was sighted. Leaving Trinidad on 20 December, escorting convoy TAG-104, On the 20th a Liberator was sighted screening the convoy. Many of Bibb's crewmen leapt into the water to assist the nearly frozen survivors, and the cutter Ingham assisted. The ocean station vessels also provided communications and navigation assistance and were always standing by for and search and rescue emergencies. At 0448 on the 21st she attacked a sound contact with a barrage of depth charges with undetermined results, due to darkness and haze. History Due to the prohibitive cost of maintaining the aging Bibb, she was decommissioned on 30 September 1984 after a career spanning over 48 years. 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. During these visits, Dr. John Bulette, the on-board medical officer assigned to, She returned to Boston, where she was home-ported until October of 1973. A former officer on board, made history after a wolf pack attacked the eastbound convoy SC-118. On 9 May, 1943 Bibb proceeded to New York and anchored in Sandy Hook Bay on the 13th in company with Task Force 66 consisting of Bibb, as flagship, Ingham and seven Navy destroyers. CG-71) was built at the Charleston Navy Yard, Charleston, South Carolina, and was launched in 1937. Command Chief, MKC Austin R. Jennings. Later that year Bibb joined a destroyer squadron for the assistance of shipping in the North Atlantic. He died in Georgetown, Washington, D.C., on 14 April 1859. 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. 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. Escorted by USS Barry (APD-29) Bibb departed Norfolk on the 15th of February and arrived at Panama on the 22nd. )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. Garret Conklin [email protected] or [email protected] Please send stories to webmaster Garret E. Conklin 2525 Crist St Alameda, CA 94501-4623 510-523-1878 [email protected] or [email protected] The temperature of the water was 50 degrees, so that the survivors who wore winter underclothing suffered less in the water. Fire Control Radar: (1945) Mk-26; (1966) Mk-26 MOD 4. Waters continued: "the 327's battled, through the 'Bloody Winter' of 1942-43 in the North Atlantic--fighting off German U-boats and rescuing survivors from torpedoed convoy ships. She returned to Boston, where she was home-ported until October of 1973. On 30 June 1981 Bibb sailed around Cape Hatteras and right into tropical storm Brett. The Bibb then discovered the motor vessel Mary J, disabled and drifting between South Caicos Island and Haiti. The Penmar had been torpedoed about 2200 on 22 September 1942 and had sunk in about 10 minutes. Bibb was moored at St. Helena Navy Yard in Berkley, Virginia, until 10 February 1944 undergoing overhaul. A few minutes later another raft was sighted dead ahead and two survivors of SS Bonneville were taken aboard. High winds and rough seas from the unexpected storm had put several vessels in distress and Bibb was first directed to assist the motor vessel Madil. 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. A distress message from the disabled SS Agenor gave the Bibb an opportunity to resume its customary peace-time job of search and rescue. He moved to Lexington, Ky., in 1798 and soon achieved a position of distinction and leadership there, in politics and in his profession. 4, Reykjavik, on the 3rd and proceeded out of the channel under orders to locate SS Collis P. Huntington, which was in the vicinity of Sangerdi Light and without navigational information on Iceland. The star shells marked the successful attack by a U-boat. 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. She departed Boston on 20 December 1947, en route to Ocean Station Charlie via Argentia, relieving CGC Androscoggin (WPG-68) on 26 December 1947. Being unable to re-establish the contact the vessels returned to their former course. Each of our products is invested with brains and time to create by the best designers, as well as a dedicated team of ideas. Radar: (1945) SK, SG-1; (1966) AN/SPS-29D, AN/SPA-52. Disposition: Sunk as an artificial reef off the Florida Keys on 28 November 1987, Builder: Charleston Navy Yard, Philadelphia, PA, Propulsion: 2 x Westinghouse double-reduction geared turbines; 2 x Babcock & Wilcox sectional express, air-encased, 400 psi, 200 superheat. 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. 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. From 1946 to 1973, Bibb was stationed at Boston. In 1981 Bibb conducted a six-week patrol that included two training stops and several rescues. 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. Hellcat fighters were being vectored to intercept the raid. 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. On the 27th Bibb departed for Boston and moored at the South Boston Navy Yard on the 28th. 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. While on ocean station, the Bibb came to the rescue of the airliner, the Bermuda Sky Queen. The Bibb was relieved of escort duty on 8 August and proceeded independently to the Brooklyn Navy Yard and moored. She served again on Ocean Station Charlie from 23 October to 17 November 1972. 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. On the 5th a friendly plane was sighted. An official website of the United States government, 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. 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 transferred them to us as she had to depart to fulfill operational commitments. Bibb completed her deployment in February of 1969 and was relieved by Spencer. Later that year she sailed back to Ocean Station Echo, where she steamed from 10 June to 4 July. The cutter reported to the escort commander on the 20th and was assigned a station. An hour later the Iceland bound section of the convoy departed the main convoy. An hour later a Netherlands war vessel joined the task force as an anti-aircraft ship. 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. By noon on the 3rd the convoy was standing up the swept channel towards Reykjavik, Iceland. 1941: 1 x 5"/51 (single mount); 3 x 3"/50 (single mounts);2 (?) Share. The Bibb then proceeded to assist Nanaste which was being escorted by USS Bowditch (AGS-21). 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. An hour later three merchant vessels detached for Casablanca under escort of two USPC vessels and a French destroyer. On the 23rd the convoy entered New York Harbor and Bibb moored at Brooklyn Navy Yard with availability expiring April 2nd. Bibb continued at anchor in Kerama Retto until 7 July 1945 when she proceeded to Buckner Bay, where she anchored remaining through the 16th. 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. 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, due to high seas, only four ships remained in the convoy while three had passed from the radar range and were scattered. Various members of the Task Force departed as escorts for detachments and others joined for temporary duty. Seven similar "combat cutters" were built and named for secretaries of the United States Treasury. Well done.". Eight merchant vessels were detached for Gibraltar on the 15th. 1966: 10 officers, 3 warrants, 133 enlisted. that had fired and dropped three depth charges. Description [ edit] MV Hephaestus was a steel -built tanker with a tonnage of 595 GRT. Complement: 1937: 12 officers, 4 warrants, 107 enlisted; 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. On 1 May seven merchant vessels were detached under escort of a destroyer escort for Algiers. Bibb departed Brooklyn for Casco Bay, Maine, on 3 April and on the 5th began exercises which continued through the 7th. 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. 1936:3 x 5"/51 (single); 2 x 6-pounders. 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. 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. When the Grand Banks cruises were discontinued on 27 January 1940 Bibb was then assigned duty with on the weather stations. Just as the plane entered its steep glide, preparing to crash dive, two of Bibb's guns picked up the target and began firing. 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 the 2nd Bibb made a sweep astern and on the 3 September dropped a large depth charge on a doubtful sound contact. 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. depth charge on a doubtful sound contact, a school of stunned fish appeared on the surface. A few minutes later a vessel in the convoy fired a machine gun at a reported visual contact. Additional star shells were fired an hour later, indicating another torpedoing. The Bibb rescued 33 more people from the nearby torpedoed freighter S.S. Kalliopi before returning to the convoy. The search was unsuccessful but the cutter depth-charged another submarine contact. After conversion to an AGC, done in the Charleston Navy Yard between 17 October 1944 and 29 January 1945. . The Vigilant capsized and sank one hour later. Every branch of the military used asbestos during the 20th century. On the 16th all electric power on Bibb failed, the rudder jammed and the main turbines stopped. Made in 1940, this U.S. Coast Guard film shows the Cadet Cruise made by the USCG's class of 1940. On August 6th Bibb expended 11 depth charges on a sound contact which was later evaluated as non-submarine. On January 6th she left Port of Spain, Trinidad, escorting U. S. Army Transport S-17 to San Juan. On 1 May 1965 the Treasury class vessels were re-designated as High Endurance Cutters or WHEC. 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. During her patrols she undertook 31 naval gunfire support missions in support of Vietnamese Regional Forces amphibious assaults, U.S. Navy, Coast Guard, Army and Marine Corps operations primarily into enemy controlled areas of the Mekong Delta. She began the year 1971 by serving on Ocean Station Bravo, where she served from 3 to 26 of January. 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. On the 13th she stood down Chesapeake Bay swept channel and maneuvered while awaiting the formation of the convoy. Next day she sighted a merchant ship on the horizon and challenged her by blinker. 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. On 1 March 1945 she released the drydock to Tug ATA-225 and proceeded to Manzanillo, Mexico. The 327-foot cutters were designed to meet changing missions of the service as it emerged from the Prohibition era. Fourteen minutes later a bogey consisting of probably two planes at low altitude, was reported as closing rapidly. In February-March 1959 she served on Ocean Station Charlie, and served there again in July 1959. 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. On the 30th she departed Boston for Casco Bay, Maine. 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. On the 16th two YMs detached for Bermuda. U.S. Coast Guard Cutters& Craft of World War II. 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. 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