The smoke hung low, never rising above 100 feet, the wind was steady and moderate and from a most favorable position dead ahead of the convoy. She then proceeded with the two Navy destroyers to point "COLD" to rendezvous with two more Russian submarines. With the decrease in the threat by U-boats by 1944 and the increase in the number of available Allied escort vessels, the Navy determined that the 327s would better serve the national security needs of the nation as command and control vessels [known as AGCs] for amphibious landings. On the 13th she stood down Chesapeake Bay swept channel and maneuvered while awaiting the formation of the convoy. On 7 February 1943, the, Rescue operations continued throughout forenoon, 202 survivors being taken from three lifeboats and numerous rafts. .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. 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. On 23 of May 1983 Bibb seized a fishing vessel 50 miles southeast of Cape Cod for fisheries violations. On 1 May a radar picket at 0340 reported a "bogey" coming in 45 miles from Bibb's position. 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. The same could be said of the other Secretary Class cutters, their officers, and their crews. During May-June 1949 she served on Ocean Station Able. In February 1943, the convoy came under attack and the SSHenry R. Mallory was torpedoed. Also, during the mid-1930's, narcotics smuggling, mostly opium, was on the increase, and long-legged, fairly fast cutters were needed to curtail it. Soon afterwards she got underway to join Trillium and relieved her of escort of SS Empire Bunting. After she returned to service, Bibb undertook a cadet cruise to Bermuda and then to Europe. 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. Description [ edit] MV Hephaestus was a steel -built tanker with a tonnage of 595 GRT. The New York section of the convoy began breaking off on the 26th, with Ingham, as senior escort with four Navy destroyers, and the rest of the convoy stood into Chesapeake Bay entrance. On 4 July 1944 there were detachments from the convoy for Horta, Azores and for Casablanca on the 9th and 11th. At the end of World War II, each Secretary Class cutter was returned to her peace-time makeup. At 1521 she relieved HMS Fleetwood as Task Force Commander. The final 327-foot design was based on the Erie-class Navy gunboats; the machinery plant and hull below the waterline were identical. Twenty minutes later she sighted a life raft with three men on it end she directed the rescue ship to pick them up. 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. 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. Each cutter embarked meteorologists from the Weather Bureau who made observations with radiosondes and balloons, and the cutters provided Pan American Airways Boeing 314 flying boats: Yankee Clipper, Dixie Clipper, and American Clipper, with weather and position reports and transmitted radio signals to allow the planes to take accurate bearings. This convoy was part of an east bound trans-Atlantic convoy which had broken off and was headed for Iceland. The Bibb located Collis P. Huntington and led her safely to anchorage at Reykjavik. She was joined by the Ingham. On the 16th Bibb attacked a doubtful sound contact with three starboard throwers without results. Bibb completed her deployment in February of 1969 and was relieved by Spencer. Style: Quantity. That afternoon Bibb attacked a sound contact with a full nine-charge pattern and some heavy oil and light bits of debris resulted. Once in South Vietnamese waters, she operated under the Cruiser-Destroyer Group of the U.S. Add to cart Buy Now. The ship . An hour later the Iceland bound section of the convoy departed the main convoy. She returned to Kerama Retto, next morning and remained anchored there for the balance of June. On one such occasion the commander of U.S. 1946: 1 x 5"/38 (single); 1 x 40mm;/60 (twin); 2 x 20mm/80 (single); 1 x Hedgehog. The 327s were an attempt to develop a 20-knot cutter capable of carrying an airplane in a hangar. 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. The Bibb assumed a new patrol station until the 15th, when she departed independently for Charleston, South Carolina. On the 11th she stood down the Block Island swept channel for Norfolk and moored at the Naval Operating Base on the 12th. Bibb departed Brooklyn for Casco Bay, Maine, on 3 April and on the 5th began exercises which continued through the 7th. Bibb,1955. She participated in refresher training under the Fleet Training Group at Guantanamo Bay every two years to maintain her military readiness. The torpedo struck in a hold occupied by Marines, which probably accounted for the relatively small number of Marines rescued. The Vigilant was first located by a Coast Guard aircraft from Air Station Elizabeth City, North Carolina, and this aircraft directed Bibb onto the scene. One more attempt was made with a pulling boat that night, but again the rough seas and darkness prevented their success and captains Cronk and Martin agreed to wait until the next morning to save the remaining passengers and crew. 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. Two hours later a white wake was sighted passing astern from port to starboard and Bibb maneuvered on various courses at 15 knots for a sound contact, resuming normal patrol speed an hour later. The rafts were of the doughnut type and, due to the height of the sea, it was rarely possible to see more than two or three rafts at a time. An hour later Spencer sighted a submarine dead ahead on the surface at about 2,000 yards and she proceeded to attack. Among those serving on Bibb was James A. Watson, a rear admiral who was the onsite ranking officer in the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Assigned, 5 September 1939, to joint Navy-Coast Guard neutrality patrol in the Atlantic Ocean Reassigned as to ocean weather patrol in the Atlantic in February 1940 Transferred, 11 September 1940, to US Navy jurisdiction Anti-submarine weaponry was added in mid-1941 and under Executive Order of 11 September 1941, Bibb became eligible for transfer to the Navy by agreement between the Chief of Naval Operations and the Commandant of the Coast Guard. Bibb was named for U.S. Secretary of the Treasury (July 4, 1844 - March 7, 1845) George M. Bibb . The Bibb departed Guantanamo Bay on 29 December 1943, escorting convoy GAT-108 and arrived at Trinidad 3 January 1944. 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) The convoy stood up the swept channel to Reykjavik Harbor, Iceland on the 29th and anchored. )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 17th she was underway to report to the escort commander of convoy HX-226. 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 support included providing fuel, food, water, ammunition, maintenance repair, battle damage repair, and medical services. Another time a medical team was sent ashore to the Village of Phu Tho, 70 miles south southeast of Danang. USCGC SPENCER (WMEC 905) Commanding Officer, CDR Corey M. Kerns. 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. This method would prove impossible for the women and children on board, so the cutter launched her motor surfboat that towed a 15-man raft to the Queen. Also on that day two British escorts detached. 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. Standing down New York Harbor on 8 July 1943, in company with Task Force 63, consisting of four Navy destroyers, Bibb reported at Buoy 'BW' and the force stood out to sea on the 9th, covering a section of convoy UGS-12 to Norfolk. 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. The Bibb closed eastbound trans-Atlantic convoy SC-101 on 30 September 1942, screening the seven ship Iceland bound sector SCL-101 which was breaking off and forming. 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. She received credit for the destruction of one Japanese aircraft. Share. The contact was analyzed as doubtful. 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. After conversion to an AGC, done in the Charleston Navy Yard between 17 October 1944 and 29 January 1945. At 0250 on the 7th she sighted four star shells in the vicinity of the convoy and a vessel was reported torpedoed. 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. In August, 1949 she served on Ocean Station Dog. 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. Ten minutes later the second ship sank, stern first. The convoy entered the Straits of Gibraltar on the 24th as six merchant vessels detached and seven joined the convoy. Bibb left Hvalfjordur for Reykjavik on 18 March 1943 and stood out to sea en route to join Iceland bound convoy HXL-229A. 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. 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. Those who did not make it into a life raft died from hypothermia. For three days we provided the men with food and shelter as we stood by the disabled ship. As Bibb departed the western Pacific for her return to Boston, the commander of the Cruiser-Destroyer Group, U.S. On the 13th Task Group 21.13 joined, departing the next day. On the 22nd Bibb had a sound contact and fired a pattern of nine depth charges with no apparent results. No lifeboats were believed to have gotten away from the starboard side of the vessel, which had 499 persons on board. The ocean station vessels also provided communications and navigation assistance and were always standing by for and search and rescue emergencies. It was a clear night with a bright, full moon which made visibility very good. USCGC Bibb (WPG-31) The Bibbwas a 327-foot (100 m) Secretary-Class (also known as "Treasury Class") Coast Guard ship commissioned in 1936. Ordered to Boston Navy Yard for repairs, she searched en route for a Coast Guard plane reported down in the vicinity of White Island. Nearby, a second Treasury-Class ship, the USCGC Duane (WPG-33) was also sunk as an artificial reef. 1941: 16 officers, 5 warrants, 202 enlisted;
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 final 327-foot design was based on the Erie-class Navy gunboats; the machinery plant and hull below the waterline were identical. The Tony crash dived into the stern of the USS St. George (AV-16) causing only superficial damage. I hope I never see another drowned man as long as I live.". Nothing was found when the airplane, low on fuel, had to head back for land. 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. He was born on 30 October 1776 in Prince Edward County, Virginia. History When the Grand Banks cruises were discontinued on 27 January 1940 Bibb was then assigned duty with on the weather stations. Bibb is credited with destroying one Japanese kamikaze aircraft in action at Karema Retto. She remained in South Boston Navy Yard until 16 January 1943 undergoing repairs to her hull and machinery. At 1015, Simpson was ordered to proceed to the rendezvous position at utmost speed. On the 16th all electric power on Bibb failed, the rudder jammed and the main turbines stopped. The convoy arrived at New York on the 30th and Bibb moored at Brooklyn Navy Yard with an availability period until 10 June 1944. The healthy sheer forward and the high slope in the deck in the wardrooms was known as the Hunnewell Hump. Commander (Constructor) F. G. Hunnewell, USCG, was the head of the Coast Guards Construction and Repair Department at that time. On 4 June 1944, CDR H. T. Diehl, USCG, relieved CDR C .A. 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. On the 11th she was underway proceeding to Norfolk and on the 12th was standing down Hampton Roads, anchoring in Lynnhaven Roads. 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. There were no persons aboard. The Bibb then set a course for Boston and moored at Pier 3, South Boston on the 15th. Commander (Constructor) F. G. Hunnewell, USCG, was the head of the Coast Guard's Construction and Repair Department at that time. In May 1965 she served on Ocean Station Charlie. The target was taken under fire by vessels in the anchorage but apparently escaped, damaged, and disappeared flying north toward Geruma Shima. On the 19th and 20th a number of ships were detached for Oran and Algiers, others joining from those ports. 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. BIBB (C.G. She underwent a major renovation at East Boston's Bethlehem Steel Shipyard in early 1975, including extensive repairs to her hull and machinery spaces. On the 16th two YMs detached for Bermuda. Bibb was decommissioned in 1985 and remained docked until it was transported to the Florida Keys for use as an artificial reef. In another significant action on 13 September 1968 Bibb fired on an enemy supply route in Khanh Lam Province. She anchored in Palermo outer harbor, moving next morning to the breakwater. Next day she sighted a merchant ship on the horizon and challenged her by blinker. The plane received several visible hits on the left wing, close to the fuselage at the peak of the dive and began trailing black smoke, crashing into the water near the Kenneth Whiting. Then she proceeded towards Iceland and arrived at Reykjavik on the afternoon of the 5th. The Iceland Unit, consisting of seven ships, detached from the main convoy at 1900. 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. The search was discontinued. Well done.". Because of the weather zigzagging was discontinued. 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. Description. Made in 1940, this U.S. Coast Guard film shows the Cadet Cruise made by the USCG's class of 1940. She remained there only seven hours and at 1729 stood out of Loch Foyle in company with Ingham and Vulcan for a trip direct to Norfolk, Virginia. Another Val, taken under fire by naval units, westward of Geruma Shim was brought down. When an enemy aircraft was sighted coming in from the northwest on 28 April 1945 Bibb commenced firing. The cutter assumed its duties of escort commander of convoy ONSJ-110, with 13 ships, on the 7th, in company with Babbitt. Various members of the Task Force departed as escorts for detachments and others joined for temporary duty. Being unable to re-establish the contact the vessels returned to their former course. 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. Bibb, 1955. He was appointed Secretary of the Treasury by President John Tyler after the resignation of Secretary John C. Spencer in 1844. 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. Many of them were suffering from exposure and edema, but after treatment almost all recovered. Bibb,1955. On 3 August 1942, Bibb, with escort commander in the cutter Ingham (WPG-35), was again on convoy duty. 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. 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. 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. On the 15th USS. 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. The cutters. The Bibb picked up oil samples and ordering USS Portent (AM-106) to remain in the vicinity, rejoined the convoy. Three merchant ships joined the convoy on the 3rd and four were detached for Casablanca; three more joined on the 7th. 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. On the 28th she moored at Argentia. During her ten-month deployment, she cruised approximately 68,680 miles and was underway for 75 percent of the time she was deployed. The barometer dropped and the winds rose with a number five sea. Aircraft: Curtiss SOC-4, USCG No. V172 (1937-1938)Grumman JF-2, USCG No. 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. Later that year she sailed back to Ocean Station Echo, where she steamed from 10 June to 4 July. At 0946 she set a course to rendezvous with convoy SC-118. These operations called for off-shore patrols of up to three weeks. The Penmar had been torpedoed about 2200 on 22 September 1942 and had sunk in about 10 minutes. 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. The Ingham and two merchant vessels were missing. Anderson, USCG, as commanding officer of, On 4 July 1944 there were detachments from the convoy for Horta, Azores and for Casablanca on the 9th and 11th. U.S. Coast Guard Cutters& Craft of World War II. 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. She arrived on the 17th, remaining there for the rest of October. The occupants of the lifeboats were in excellent condition when brought aboard. She passed through to canal and departed Balboa on the 23rd for Pearl Harbor. .Built for only $2.5 million each, in terms of cost effectiveness we may never see the likes of these cutters again.. 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. On 7 February 1943, the U-402 torpedoed the Mallory as it straggled behind the convoy. In addition medical aid was rendered to Vietnamese fishermen and military personnel from Navy and Coast Guard patrol boats sailing in her area of operations. Grumman JF-2, USCG No. 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. The Babbitt was directed to join and try to bring her back to convoy. 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. depth charge on a doubtful sound contact, a school of stunned fish appeared on the surface. On the 28th one merchant vessel returned to Norfolk unescorted due to machinery failure. 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. 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