Complement: 1937: 12 officers, 4 warrants, 107 enlisted; The temperature of the water was 50 degrees, so that the survivors who wore winter underclothing suffered less in the water. Between the 8th and 12th, Bibb took aboard crew members from three merchant vessels in convoy for medical treatment. Bibb, under the command of CAPT Paul D. Cronk, had picked up an aircraft on radar heading west at 0232 (GCT) on 14 October 1947. At 0336 escorts on the convoy's port side began firing and two minutes later escorts on the starboard side began to open fire. 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The plane had just flown over Tokashika Shima and was approaching the southern anchorage near Bibb. Many of Bibb's crewmen leapt into the water to assist the nearly frozen survivors, and the cutter Ingham assisted. On the 15th USS Edwards (DD-619) departed for Bermuda, her sound gear inoperative. 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. On the 2nd they were en route to Raufarhofn, where Nova discharged and loaded passengers. Six hours later while returning to the convoy, As raft after raft were brought alongside, On 25 February 1943, a convoy was formed with, At 2152 word was received that a vessel in the convoy had been torpedoed. 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 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. 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. Command Chief, MKC Austin R. Jennings. On 31 October 1942 Bibb was again underway escorting SS Nova along the southern coast of Iceland. U.S. Coast Guard Cutters& Craft, 1946-1990. The Duane was directed to stand by while repairs were made. In the various areas of Coast Guard Cutter operations which included Market Time Patrol and Naval Gunfire Support, you leave behind an impressive record of operational excellence. 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. Quartermaster Third Class Bill Batson, of Quincy, Massachusetts, reported: "We arrived on scene late in the afternoon of 1 November. These operations called for off-shore patrols of up to three weeks. Regaining the contact ten minutes later she again attacked with a barrage of six charges. It was a combination ocean station patrol and search and rescue operation that brought Bibb and her crew international recognition when, while operating on Ocean Station Charlie on 14 October 1947, the transoceanic airliner Bermuda Sky Queen was forced to make a landing during a gale with high winds and in rough seas when the flying boat ran low on fuel. The passengers panicked and leapt overboard into the 50 water. Entering Reykjavik on the 23rd she proceeded to Hvalfjordur where she entered a floating drydock on the 27th and remained there until the 29th. The U.S. Coast Guard cutter George M. Bibb (Builder's No. Then she increased to full speed and dropped a full pattern of depth charges. The Mallory had been torpedoed at 0600. The New York section, with the commander Task Force 60 in Bibb, now consisted of 148 ships in 8 columns. Later that month she seized the motor vessel SS Rio Panuco with 50 tons of marijuana on board. An hour later, another ship in convoy fired at an unidentified object and soon afterwards the lookout on Bibb reported a wake crossing the bow from port to starboard at a distance of about 500 yards, which faded. Investigating a radar contact astern on the 26th it was found to be the USS SC-689 which had separated from the company during the night. She was commissioned on 10 March 1937. In the Vietnam War, the Bibb transported John Kerry after he was shot on his Swift boat. 1966: 10 officers, 3 warrants, 133 enlisted. The Bibb remained at anchor in Buckner Bay, Okinawa, during August, 1945, as flagship for Commander, Mine Craft, Pacific Fleet. Hellcat fighters were being vectored to intercept the raid. It was a combination ocean station patrol and search and rescue operation that brought, With the waves cresting at 30 feet and the cutter rolling 30 to 35 degrees, getting the passengers and crew of the, Using that raft as a bridge between the flying boat and the motor surf boat, the Coast Guardsmen managed to save 28 persons in three trips and get them back to, The following morning the seas had abated somewhat and Cronk ordered a rescue attempt with his personal gig. Many had edema of the hands, which resulted, it is believed, from the tight fit these rubber suits have about the wrist. 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. Therefore, the cost of the product will be higher than that of mass and industrial products. Robert Scheina. The 5th was spent covering the rear of the convoy. 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. ; 1 x 1-pounder. Bibb also provided logistical support to U.S. Navy "Swift" boats and Coast Guard 82-foot patrol boats of Coast Guard Squadron One. TWS is the largest online community of Veterans existing today and is a powerful Veteran locator. A warning of the presence of unidentified aircraft was received on the 12th. It was the Boeing 314 flying boat Bermuda Sky Queen (NC-18612), on a trans-Atlantic flight from Foynes, Ireland to Gander, Newfoundland with 62 passengers and 7 crew on board. USCGC George M. Bibb(WPG-31)was initially assigned to the Fifth Coast Guard District at Norfolk, VA. Bibb continued at anchor in Kerama Retto until 7 July 1945 when she proceeded to Buckner Bay, where she anchored remaining through the 16th. She had a sound contact at 900 yards and dropped a full pattern with negative results. Modifications included the removal of one of her 5-inch 50 caliber main batteries, the addition of a total of four 3-inch 50 caliber dual-purpose batteries, lighter anti-aircraft armament (including 20mm cannons and .50 caliber machine guns), Y gun depth charge projectors, two depth charge tracks at the stern and at some point in the coming months, a British-made high-frequency direction finder (known as HF/DF or Huff-Duff), and a surface search radar set. A fire which broke out on Bibb on the 21st proved to be rags burning in a bucket. Shortly afterwards, star shells, denoting a submarine attack, appeared in the same area. A few minutes later a vessel in the convoy fired a machine gun at a reported visual contact. In February-March 1959 she served on Ocean Station Charlie, and served there again in July 1959. On 3 August 1942, Bibb, with escort commander in the cutter Ingham (WPG-35), was again on convoy duty. She returned to Buckner Bay on the 18th and anchored, acting as supply and provision ship for YMS type of vessels. On the 22nd Bibb had a sound contact and fired a pattern of nine depth charges with no apparent results. In August 1956 Bibb was on Ocean Station Delta and served there again in December of 1956. 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. 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. Many had edema of the hands, which resulted, it is believed, from the tight fit these rubber suits have about the wrist. The Bibb spent much of 1940 and 1941 on weather patrol. 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. On the 14th Bibb obtained two high frequency direction finder bearings and began running them down. Later she returned to the wreck and left it in a sinking condition from gun fire and depth charges. Ordered to Boston Navy Yard for repairs, she searched en route for a Coast Guard plane reported down in the vicinity of White Island. 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. 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. In February 1953 she served on Ocean Station Coca and in July it was duty on Ocean Station Delta. The vessel was identified as the Norwegian SS Mosdale bound for Liverpool. On several occasions she was praised for her gunfire support. On January 6th she left Port of Spain, Trinidad, escorting U. S. Army Transport S-17 to San Juan. In October of 1950 she served on Ocean Station Dog and in December it was duty on Ocean Station Easy. When an enemy aircraft was sighted coming in from the northwest on 28 April 1945 Bibb commenced firing. 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. 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. One convoyed vessel detached for Horta, Azores on the 20th and two joined. On the 19th and 20th a number of ships were detached for Oran and Algiers, others joining from those ports. 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. 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 8th, with Skagie Point abeam to port, the Free French Corvette Roselys joined the task force. 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. At 2210 Bibb received a challenge on bearing 340 degrees and answering it, the challenge was identified as the submarine HMS Seawolf on the surface below the horizon. The, A few minutes later another raft was sighted dead ahead and two survivors of SS. Two minutes later lookouts on Bibb sighted one aircraft identified as an Aichi D4A "Val" dive-bomber at a range of 8,000 yards appearing just over Hokaji Island, at an altitude of about 1,000 feet. 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. During the conversion, her wartime armament was removed, structural modifications were made, and towing equipment was installed, preparatory to resuming her peacetime Coast Guard duties. Those who did not make it into a life raft died from hypothermia. The contact was not regained after the last attack. Tweet. That evening gunfire was sighted on the horizon, presumed to be HMS Broadway in contact with an enemy submarine. Three merchant ships joined the convoy on the 3rd and four were detached for Casablanca; three more joined on the 7th. The weather patrols (later termed "ocean station patrols") consisted of sailing for three weeks on one of four assigned stations in the North Atlantic, and each cutter assigned performed four or five such patrols each year. On the 27th Bibb departed for Boston and moored at the South Boston Navy Yard on the 28th. Several hours later she again encountered the abandoned Coulmore. She then proceeded to Hvalfjordur, returning to Reykjavik on the 5th. 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 . On the 2nd Bibb received a report from a ship with call letters KFFL that she had been torpedoed. Twenty minutes later she sighted a life raft with three men on it end she directed the rescue ship to pick them up. 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. At first light on 1 July, a rescue aircraft from Air Station Elizabeth City was on scene and assisting in the search. An hour later a Netherlands war vessel joined the task force as an anti-aircraft ship. depth charge on a doubtful sound contact, a school of stunned fish appeared on the surface. On the morning of 6 May 1945, at 0846, SOPA warned that bogeys as well as many friendly planes were within four miles. While circling the area to renew contact a whale and school of porpoises was also encountered. 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. From June to July 1969 she served on Ocean Station Delta and during September of that same year she served on Ocean Station Echo. 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. In August, 1949 she served on Ocean Station Dog. She then proceeded with the two Navy destroyers to point "COLD" to rendezvous with two more Russian submarines. On 14 April she departed for Guam where she arrived on the 15th and on the 19th rendezvoused with USS Aaron Ward (DD-132) which acted as her escort to Okinawa. On the 12th three more merchant vessels joined. The convoy entered the Straits of Gibraltar on the 24th as six merchant vessels detached and seven joined the convoy. When the Grand Banks cruises were discontinued on 27 January 1940 Bibb was then assigned duty with on the weather stations. From October 1973 until she was decommissioned. After one successful trip, the gig's engine broke down and the Coast Guardsmen once again launched a pulling boat. On the 15th Bibb sighted the west-bound trans-Atlantic convoy and delivered five ships, Ingham having delivered two earlier on the same date. On 24-25 January 1966 Bibb escorted the disabled merchant vessel SS South African Victory to Boston. . 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 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. He moved to Lexington, Ky., in 1798 and soon achieved a position of distinction and leadership there, in politics and in his profession. Escorted by USS Barry (APD-29) Bibb departed Norfolk on the 15th of February and arrived at Panama on the 22nd. Six hours later while returning to the convoy Bibb picked up 33 survivors from the Greek SS Kalliopi. CG-71) was built at the Charleston Navy Yard, Charleston, South Carolina, and was launched in 1937. The convoy began break-off operations on the 7th. On this particular visit the village came under enemy mortar fire just as Bibb's personnel were leaving. Sonar: (1945) QC series; (1966) SQS-11. An hour later three merchant vessels detached for Casablanca under escort of two USPC vessels and a French destroyer. There were no seriously ill men among those brought aboard but all were weak and many required aid in going below deck. He, like the other officers who commanded these cutters, knew his business. 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. 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. Next day she sighted a merchant ship on the horizon and challenged her by blinker. On 14 June 1945 Bibb stood out of Kerama Retto, in company with two other Navy vessels, and escorted by three destroyers, to ride out a reported storm at sea. She was joined by the Ingham. Next day the Bibb fired her starboard thrower in an embarrassing attack on what was probably a non-submarine. Share. One convoyed vessel detached for Horta, Azores on the 20th and two joined. The Coast Guard at War V: Transports and Escorts. 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. 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. Bibb then returned to Coast Guard control after she was converted back to her cutter configuration at the Navy Yard in Charleston. CGC Bibb in her post-war configuration and paint. February 2023; S M T W T F S 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." In peacetime the Bibb spent time on ocean station providing weather information and beacons to trans-Atlantic traffic. Sometime in May or June of 1937 her named was shortened to Bibb. Task Force 63 also included Ingham and seven destroyers. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1982. These men had been some 60 hours in rough seas in an open boat and on rafts and their condition was much better than would be expected. . 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. The following morning the seas had abated somewhat and Cronk ordered a rescue attempt with his personal gig. x .50 caliber Browning MG; 2 x depth charge racks; 1 x "Y" gun depth charge projector. The final 327-foot design was based on the Erie-class Navy gunboats; the machinery plant and hull below the waterline were identical. On 15 February 1943, the Bibb departed for Hvalfjordur, Iceland. 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. All hands can be justifiably proud of this accomplishment and of the fact that they have contributed significantly to the mission of the Seventh Fleet and to the United States efforts in Southeast Asia. The USCGC Bibb appeared in the 1952 film "Walk East on Beacon" at the film's climactic end. In 1944 Bibb provided convoy escort between the United States and North Africa mainly to Bizerte in Tunisia. The Bibb, relieved of this arduous duty, continued carrying out law enforcement and search and rescue patrols. Bibb Cutter File, US Coast Guard Historian's Office. The Bibb also transited the Panama Canal and crossed the equator and the international date line, with appropriate ceremonies for her crew. Bibb was named for U.S. Secretary of the Treasury (July 4, 1844 - March 7, 1845) George M. Bibb . On the 30th Cossatot and four escorts detached for Oran and two destroyer escorts joined the task force. An hour later Spencer sighted a submarine dead ahead on the surface at about 2,000 yards and she proceeded to attack. From 11 April to 2 May 1973 she served on Ocean Station Echo, serving there again from 12 June to 3 July that same year. In September of 1948 Bibb steamed at full speed into forty foot seas to save 40 men and a dog from the sinking Portuguese fishing schooner Gaspar some 300 miles off Newfoundland. Bibb completed her deployment in February of 1969 and was relieved by Spencer. 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