The Bibb was underway on zig-zag courses at five knots at the time from Norfolk to Casco Day, Maine. MK-2 Browning MG, 2 x MK-13 high altitude parachute flare mortars. They then began paddling towards the cutter, but the seas were too great. In March-April 1956 she served on Ocean Station Bravo again and in June 1956 she served on Ocean Station Charlie. The Bibb opened fire on the Oscar before it began reversing and maintained fire until it was in the last phase of the crash dive. 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. 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. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1990. All came in at low altitude and seemed to approach a target from the stern, going into a steep glide shout 800 yards on the quarter of their target. 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. While circling the area to renew contact a whale and school of porpoises was also encountered. When the Grand Banks cruises were discontinued on 27 January 1940 Bibb was then assigned duty with on the weather stations. On 2 October all ships were inside Grotta Point, Iceland, maneuvering for anchorages. On 3 November we transferred them to the commercial tug Neptunia for further transfer to the tug Turmoil which then took them to Singapore.". In May-June 1958 she served on Ocean Station Echo and in July-August 1958 it was back to Ocean Station Delta. She began the year 1971 by serving on Ocean Station Bravo, where she served from 3 to 26 of January. While on ocean station, the Bibb came to the rescue of the airliner, the Bermuda Sky Queen. One merchant vessel detached for the Azores. 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. 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. Next day, due to high seas, only four ships remained in the convoy while three had passed from the radar range and were scattered. Seven similar "combat cutters" were built and named for secretaries of the United States Treasury. During November she served on Ocean Station Charlie. On the 13th, sixteen merchant vessels detached for Algiers while 23 merchant vessels joined from that port. 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. On 6 July 1942 the Bibb was moored in Hvalfjordur, Iceland, while part of the officers and soundmen received training on the anti-submarine attack teacher aboard HMS Blenheim. Alton, George. Fourteen minutes later a bogey consisting of probably two planes at low altitude, was reported as closing rapidly. She then proceeded with the two Navy destroyers to point "COLD" to rendezvous with two more Russian submarines. This standardization saved money--always paramount in the Coast Guard's considerations--and the cutters were built in U.S. Navy shipbuilding yards. Then it was on to Guantanamo Bay for more intensive training with the Navy. At 0730 on 1 October a plane arrived to provide air coverage. Then she increased to full speed and dropped a full pattern of depth charges. RDML William G. Kelly In the words of one naval historian, John M. Waters, Jr., they were truly their nation's "maritime workhorses." The ship was 327 feet in length, with a draft of 12 and a half feet. In January 1945 Bibb left Charleston, South Carolina for service in the Pacific theater where, as an AGC, she served temporarily as the flagship for Commander, Mine Craft, Pacific Fleet. The Tojo split off, passing Bibb's starboard beam by 250 yards, and crash dived into the starboard side of USS Curtiss (AV-4). She also caused 11 secondary fires and three secondary explosions. Dedicated also to the Bibb Shipmates Assc. In August, 1949 she served on Ocean Station Dog. Description [ edit] MV Hephaestus was a steel -built tanker with a tonnage of 595 GRT. An hour later three merchant vessels detached for Casablanca under escort of two USPC vessels and a French destroyer. On the 14th the task force got under way escorting convoy UGA-8A for Casablanca. 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. During May-June 1949 she served on Ocean Station Able. Another merchant vessel from Casablanca joined the convoy. . The New York section, with the commander Task Force 60 in Bibb, now consisted of 148 ships in 8 columns. The contact was not regained after the last attack. She relieved Duane. Proceeding to the area she searched with Modoc without results. On the 30th, two merchant ships detached and 10 joined from Algiers. The Bibb also visited many foreign ports on her deployment, many of which she had sailed into during World War II. 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 arrived Argentia on 19 January and stood by the hull of the Army transport Joseph V. Connolly and assisted in towing her to port. It had one 6 cylinder Ruston Stafford 6 CSRKM 4 Stoke diesel engine with a single shaft and one screw. On several occasions she was praised for her gunfire support. The plane had just flown over Tokashika Shima and was approaching the southern anchorage near Bibb. 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) After one successful trip, the gig's engine broke down and the Coast Guardsmen once again launched a pulling boat. She sailed to Ocean Station Charlie again in April of 1960 and in June and July of 1960 she served on Ocean Station Echo. The Bibb then set a course for Boston and moored at Pier 3, South Boston on the 15th. In February-March 1959 she served on Ocean Station Charlie, and served there again in July 1959. On the 26th at 0710, after sighting a red flare, she proceeded to investigate and three hours later came upon a freshly broken spar, while passing through an area of oil slicks and debris. Hellcat fighters were being vectored to intercept the raid. On the 12th she delivered the two submarines to a local Canadian escort unit off the Sambro Light vessel. 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. 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. Rescue operations continued throughout forenoon, 202 survivors being taken from three lifeboats and numerous rafts. There were no persons aboard. 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. U.S. Coast Guard Cutters& Craft of World War II. 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. On the 6th Bibb, together with USS MacLeish (DD-220) was relieved of further escort duty and departed the convoy setting a course for Argentia, where she arrived on the 7th. The Bibb was relieved of escort duty on 8 August and proceeded independently to the Brooklyn Navy Yard and moored. The search was unsuccessful but the cutter depth-charged another submarine contact. On 30 June 1981 Bibb sailed around Cape Hatteras and right into tropical storm Brett. 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. Bibb was named for U.S. Secretary of the Treasury George M. Bibb. The cutter Bibb was named for George Motier Bibb, a prominent lawyer and jurist in Kentucky. The 327-foot cutters were designed to meet changing missions of the service as it emerged from the Prohibition era. 71 W. 31). She participated in refresher training under the Fleet Training Group at Guantanamo Bay every two years to maintain her military readiness. At first light on 1 July, a rescue aircraft from Air Station Elizabeth City was on scene and assisting in the search. The "Treasury" class Coast Guard cutters (sometimes referred to as the "Secretary" or 327-foot class) were all named for former secretaries of the Treasury Department. On the 13th Task Group 21.13 joined, departing the next day. Mooring at Norfolk on the 11th three more destroyers reported to the task force and they departed the same day to escort convoy UGS-12 to North Africa ports. A training program for the personnel was in progress during this time. depth charge on a doubtful sound contact, a school of stunned fish appeared on the surface. The Bibb left Toltec at the swept channel buoy No. On the 14th she stood out of Norfolk preparatory to acting as escort commander of convoy UGS-18 en route to North African and Mediterranean ports. On 4 July 1944 there were detachments from the convoy for Horta, Azores and for Casablanca on the 9th and 11th. Later again that month and into August she seized the fishing vessel Shanti after the crew of the fishing vessel threw approximately three tons of marijuana overboard. An hour and a half later Bibb sighted a raft close aboard with survivors, and three hours later dropped two charges on a doubtful sound contact, while HMS Dauphin screened the rescue ship. The convoy proceeded toward Bizerte, where, on the 18th, the Bibb was relieved as escort flagship by HMS Pheasant and moored until the 20th. On the 31st, the Casablanca section of the convoy, consisting of 27 ships, began breaking off. On 24-25 January 1966 Bibb escorted the disabled merchant vessel SS South African Victory to Boston. Various members of the Task Force departed as escorts for detachments and others joined for temporary duty. With the advent of newer navigation and communication technology the Coast Guard soon discontinued ocean station patrols. There were no seriously ill men among those brought aboard but all were weak and many required aid in going below deck. Again on the 29th Bibb opened fire on an enemy aircraft identified as a Japanese bomber. In October of 1950 she served on Ocean Station Dog and in December it was duty on Ocean Station Easy. On the 2nd they were en route to Raufarhofn, where Nova discharged and loaded passengers. February 2023; S M T W T F S 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) At 0448 on the 21st she attacked a sound contact with a barrage of depth charges with undetermined results, due to darkness and haze. On the 22nd she broke off from convoy HXL-229A and began screening ahead of convoy HXL-229. Eight merchant vessels were detached for Gibraltar on the 15th. The Ingham and two merchant vessels were missing. On 29 and 30 January 1945 she was depermed, degaussed and tested. 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. The USCG cutter Bibb was deployed to South America with th. On the 8th, with Skagie Point abeam to port, the Free French Corvette Roselys joined the task force. 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. On the same day eight merchant vessels with the oiler Cossatot, escorted by Coast Guard manned destroyer escorts USS Vance (DE-387) and USS Chambers (DE-391), joined the convoy. USCGC Bibb (WPG-31) The Bibbwas a 327-foot (100 m) Secretary-Class (also known as "Treasury Class") Coast Guard ship commissioned in 1936. Robert Scheina. The contact was evaluated as probably non-submarine. Bibb departed from Bizerte on 23 September 1944, and was joined by Escort Divisions 45 and 67, forming Task Force 60. On the 13th Task Group 21.13 joined, departing the next day. Oil was still rising in the area. Seven similar "combat cutters" were built and named for secretaries of the United States Treasury. At the same time she opened fire with her 20 mm cannons on a periscope reported ahead. 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. 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. The next day another ship was reported torpedoed. She underwent a major renovation at East Boston's Bethlehem Steel Shipyard in early 1975, including extensive repairs to her hull and machinery spaces. USCG Duane (Wreck) Stern Smoke Stack Bow She is a 327 foot Treasury class US Coast Guard cutter. The attack took place at 36 23' N x 00 26.5' E. No planes came within range of Bibb during the entire action. 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. Bibb was named for U.S. Secretary of the Treasury (July 4, 1844 March 7, 1845) George M. Bibb. She returned to Boston, where she was home-ported until October of 1973. On 17 July 1982, In 1984 she participated in a multifaceted law enforcement operation code-named "Operation Wagon Wheel" in the Caribbean. On the 17th a Navy seaman was transferred by pulling boat from one of the convoyed vessels to the Bibb for an appendectomy. The plane crashed into the starboard side of USS Pinkney (APH-2), a transport for the wounded. When the cutter arrived, nine of the Vigilant's 12 crewmen had abandoned ship in the heavy seas of tropical storm Brett, with the remaining three attempting to save the vessel. On the morning of 6 May 1945, at 0846, SOPA warned that bogeys as well as many friendly planes were within four miles. 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