Next day she intercepted a message from SS Vojvoda Putnik stating that the vessel had been torpedoed and was sinking. Nearby, a second Treasury-Class ship, the USCGC Duane (WPG-33) was also sunk as an artificial reef. On the next day she departed the convoy in company with Schenck and arrived at Hvalfjordur that evening, proceeding to Reykjavik next day. She sailed to Ocean Station Charlie again in April of 1960 and in June and July of 1960 she served on Ocean Station Echo. Bibb was then directed to coordinate the search efforts for the missing sailing vessel Patriot with six crewmen aboard. V172 (1937-1938) She then proceeded to Hvalfjordur, returning to Reykjavik on the 5th. 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. 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. The convoy stood up the swept channel to Reykjavik Harbor, Iceland on the 29th and anchored. 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. On the 27th friendly aircraft were sighted screening the convoy. On 1 October the convoy was augmented by 30 merchant ships and three Navy vessels. The contact was analyzed as doubtful. On the 2nd Bibb made a sweep astern and on the 3 September dropped a large depth charge on a doubtful sound contact. 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. He moved to Lexington, Ky., in 1798 and soon achieved a position of distinction and leadership there, in politics and in his profession. 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. A warning of the presence of unidentified aircraft was received on the 12th. The next day she had a sound contact and carried out an embarrassing attack, dropping two depth charges. The legendary Bibb was named for U.S. Secretary of the Treasury (July 4, 1844 - March 7, 1845) George M. Bibb. 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. At 0730 on 1 October a plane arrived to provide air coverage. On the 17th three merchant vessels detached for Casablanca and, on the 18th, one detached for Gibraltar and two merchant ships and three British submarines joined the convoy. 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. Early on the 30th and again on the 6th of May Bibb fired on enemy aircraft. 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. 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. Seven similar "combat cutters" were built and named for secretaries of the United States Treasury. 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. On one such occasion the commander of U.S. The Bibb laid down an oil slick downwind of the Bermuda Sky Queen prior to crossing her bow to create a lee for the three men. She was soon assigned to duty with Coast Guard Squadron Three in Vietnam which had been established to support the Navy's Operation Market Time. 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. Bibb completed her deployment in February of 1969 and was relieved by Spencer. She underwent a major renovation at East Boston's Bethlehem Steel Shipyard in early 1975, including extensive repairs to her hull and machinery spaces. Residing at Frankfort, he turned his attention back to law and state politics. The cutter Bibb was named for George Motier Bibb, a prominent lawyer and jurist in Kentucky. Various vessels near the path of the plane opened fire. From 14 August to 6 September of that same year she served on Ocean Station Echo. Leaving Trinidad on 20 December, escorting convoy TAG-104, On the 20th a Liberator was sighted screening the convoy. A fire which broke out on Bibb on the 21st proved to be rags burning in a bucket. On the 30th Cossatot and four escorts detached for Oran and two destroyer escorts joined the task force. She began the year 1971 by serving on Ocean Station Bravo, where she served from 3 to 26 of January. The broken blower crankshaft of one of the merchant vessels in convoy was repaired on Bibb and transferred to it by breeches buoy. This standardization saved money--always paramount in the Coast Guard's considerations--and the cutters were built in U.S. Navy shipbuilding yards. These included Pearl Harbor, Guam, Subic Bay, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Yokosuka. Bibbwas named for U.S. Secretary of the Treasury (July 4, 1844 - March 7, 1845) George M. Bibb. Style: Quantity. On 1 March 1945 she released the drydock to Tug ATA-225 and proceeded to Manzanillo, Mexico. An hour later Spencer sighted a submarine dead ahead on the surface at about 2,000 yards and she proceeded to attack. Seven similar "combat cutters" were built and named for secretaries of the United States Treasury. 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. 1966: 10 officers, 3 warrants, 133 enlisted. Fourteen minutes later a bogey consisting of probably two planes at low altitude, was reported as closing rapidly. Bibbwas named for U.S. Secretary of the Treasury (July 4, 1844 - March 7, 1845) George M. Bibb. Also, during the mid-1930s, narcotics smuggling, mostly opium, was on the increase, and long-legged, fairly fast cutters were needed to curtail it. Three merchant ships joined the convoy on the 3rd and four were detached for Casablanca; three more joined on the 7th. On the 28th one merchant vessel returned to Norfolk unescorted due to machinery failure. V146 (1939-). The convoy entered the Straits of Gibraltar on the 24th as six merchant vessels detached and seven joined the convoy. On 14 December two British escort vessels departed with some of the ships of the convoy for St. John's, Newfoundland. 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. Through your actions, you have significantly contributed to the United States efforts in countering communist aggression in the Republic of Vietnam." In the Vietnam War, the Bibb transported John Kerry after he was shot on his Swift boat. 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. On 14 May Bibb was en route to Iceland as the flagship of Task Unit 24.6.2 with the USS Leary (DD-158) and USS Badger (DD-126). Much credit was given to the smoke screen for warding off possible air torpedo attacks. This convoy was part of an east bound trans-Atlantic convoy which had broken off and was headed for Iceland. The convoy consisted of 102 merchant ships. She then sailed to Mayport, Florida, for a week of training at the Navy Fleet Training Center. From 1946 to 1973, Bibb was stationed at Boston. Notable events involving Bibb include: 7 Feb 1943 USCGC Bibb picks up 202 survivors from the American troop transport Henry R. Mallory and 33 survivors from the Greek merchant Kalliopi that were torpedoed and sunk by German U-boat U-402 in convoy SC-118 about 600 nautical miles south-southwest of Iceland. Difficulty was experienced on the 12th in keeping formation due to high winds and heavy seas. V172 (1937-1938)Grumman JF-2, USCG No. The three left onboard Vigilant had to abandon their efforts and they took to a second life raft and Bibb's small boat again set out and successfully rescued them. George M. Bibb (WPG-31), a twin-screw, steel-hulled Coast Guard cutter, was laid down on 15 August 1935 by the Charleston (S.C.) Navy Yard; launched on 14 January 1936; sponsored by Mrs. Byron. She remained in South Boston Navy Yard until 16 January 1943 undergoing repairs to her hull and machinery. In the U.S. Navy, asbestos was considered so important that the U.S. government once mandated its use in shipbuilding. Task Force 63 also included Ingham and seven destroyers. The cutters. A former officer on board Bibb, Captain Henry C. Keene, Jr., noted: Raney was a leader. The Tojo split off, passing Bibb's starboard beam by 250 yards, and crash dived into the starboard side of USS Curtiss (AV-4). 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. 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 Bibb departed Pearl Harbor on 25 March and arrived at Eniwetok on 3 April 1945. That afternoon she had an underwater sound contact and made an embarrassing depth charge attack 5,000 yards ahead of the convoy with no visible damage. Later she returned to the wreck and left it in a sinking condition from gun fire and depth charges. 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. The attack took place at 36 23' N x 00 26.5' E. No planes came within range of Bibb during the entire action. The rescue demonstrated the utility and importance of the ocean station program and historian Robert E. Johnson noted that "The Bermuda Sky Queen incident must rank with the Coast Guard's outstanding rescue feats.". 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 other merchant ships who detached proceeded in groups, without escorts from the task force. On the 19th she proceeded to Casco Bay, Maine, where she engaged in various drills and exercises until tie 28th. He, like the other officers who commanded these cutters, knew his business. On the 30th she departed Boston for Casco Bay, Maine. From time to time on the voyage Bibb rendered medical assistance to crew members and to one German prisoner of war aboard the various convoyed ships. The Navy then designated her as WPG-31. On 9 June 1942 Bibb was underway as escort commander for convoy SCL-85, consisting of 14 ships. Tweet. On the 30th, two merchant ships detached and 10 joined from Algiers. The search was unsuccessful but the cutter depth-charged another submarine contact. .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. Quartermaster Third Class Bill Batson, of Quincy, Massachusetts, reported: "We arrived on scene late in the afternoon of 1 November. On the 17th she departed in convoy to a clear area, when a typhoon was expected to strike. On the 20th a destroyer escort reported picking up Morse Code signals on their underwater sound gear, and an hour later Bibb picked up the same signals. 1941: 16 officers, 5 warrants, 202 enlisted; 1937: 12 officers, 4 warrants, 107 enlisted; was under the command of Commander Roy L. Raney during the convoy battles to come. Fire Control Radar: (1945) Mk-26; (1966) Mk-26 MOD 4. The USCGC Bibb (WPG-31) was 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. February 2023; S M T W T F S The USCGC Bibb (WPG-31) was a 327-foot (100m) Secretary-Class (also known as "Treasury Class") Coast Guard ship commissioned in 1936. 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. 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 9th the Casablanca section, escorted by two destroyers, joined the main convoy. Those who did not make it into a life raft died from hypothermia. Bibb saw service in World War II. Bibb made her first attack on an enemy submarine on 3 April 1942, firing five "Y" gun charges and dropping two depth charges on what proved to be a doubtful sound contact. An hour later Bibb was ordered to detach from the convoy and return to Iceland, with SS Toltec. On the 13th Task Group 21.13 joined, departing the next day. 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 . CG-71) was built at the Charleston Navy Yard, Charleston, South Carolina, and was launched in 1937. Seven similar "combat cutters" were built and named for secretaries of the United States Treasury. Very few ships were able to fire on it as it passed. One convoyed vessel detached for Horta, Azores on the 20th and two joined. The Bibb picked up oil samples and ordering USS Portent (AM-106) to remain in the vicinity, rejoined the convoy. From 1946 to 1973, Bibb was stationed at Boston. Commander (Constructor) F. G. Hunnewell, USCG, was the head of the Coast Guard's Construction and Repair Department at that time. On 7 February 1943, the U-402 torpedoed the Mallory as it straggled behind the convoy. Shortly afterwards an American airplane, which had been patrolling over the main convoy reported two submarines each 24 miles distant on different bearings. Seventh Fleet as a part of Coast Guard Squadron Three. Anderson, USCG, as commanding officer of Bibb. From April to August of 1945 she participated in the assault on Okinawa, surviving numerous kamikaze attacks. Bibb stood out of Argentia Harbor on 7 December 1942 with MacLeish and USS Simpson (DD-221) and on the 11th made rendezvous with two Russian submarines, taking station on them to act as senior escort to Halifax, Nova Scotia. 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. That might at 2011 two bright red lights were sighted in the convoy and it was learned that the steering machinery on one of the vessels, the SS Orbis, had broken down. 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. In October of 1950 she served on Ocean Station Dog and in December it was duty on Ocean Station Easy. On 7 October 1943, Bibb with the four Navy destroyers departed Casablanca for Gibraltar and on the 9th began escorting the Gibraltar section of convoy GUS-17. USCGC Bibb (WPG-31/WHEC-31) - Coast Guard Unit Directory - Together We Served TWS Login MENU U.S. Army U.S. MARINE CORPS U.S. Navy U.S. Air Force U.S. Coast Guard Veterans Network USCGC Bibb (WPG-31/WHEC-31) USCGC Bibb (WPG-31/WHEC-31) If You Served In This Unit, Reconnect With Your Service Friends Today Join Now Watson was an Engineering Officer/Student Engineer (1978-1980).[1][2]. Soon after, a streak of heavy oil, 30 yards long, was sighted. In May-June 1958 she served on Ocean Station Echo and in July-August 1958 it was back to Ocean Station Delta. On the 2nd Bibb received a report from a ship with call letters KFFL that she had been torpedoed. . Task Force 66 relieved course and began standing up the Straits of Gibraltar and on the 3rd entered Casablanca Harbor. .Built for only $2.5 million each, in terms of cost effectiveness we may never see the likes of these cutters again.. 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 2 June 1943, Bibb moored in Delpit Basin, Casablanca. 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. Frequently one, two or three boats were alongside and on one occasion there were as many as nine boats alongside at the same time. 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. that had fired and dropped three depth charges. 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. 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. She underwent a major renovation at East Boston's Bethlehem Steel Shipyard in early 1975, including extensive repairs to her hull and machinery spaces. She received credit for the destruction of one Japanese aircraft. 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 (?) and her members who help to keep these memories alive. The Bibb launched a motor life boat to recover the men in the raft while Bibb was rolling up to 40-degrees in the heavy seas. For three days we provided the men with food and shelter as we stood by the disabled ship. Seven similar "combat cutters" were built and named for secretaries of the United States Treasury. One merchant vessel was detached for St. John's. The Bibb regained contact and slowed for a Hedgehog attack. In the winter of 1939 she was part of the Grand Banks Patrol. A place for old 327 BENO sailors to meet, swap sea stories and tall tales, and share photos. On the 13th Task Group 21.13 joined, departing the next day. The next day she sighted the bow of the tanker and left it in sinking condition also. Bibb,1955. The healthy sheer forward and the high slope in the deck in the wardrooms was known as the "Hunnewell Hump." She arrived at San Juan on 7 January 1944 and departed on the 8th for Guantanamo Bay where she arrived on the 9th. 1943: 2 x 5"/51 (single mount);4 x 3"/50 (single mounts); 2 x 20mm/80 (single); 1 x Hedgehog; 2 (?) 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. As they cleared the flying boat, Bibb drifted as close a practicable and threw lines to the men, bringing them safely aboard. In August, 1949 she served on Ocean Station Dog. At 2152 word was received that a vessel in the convoy had been torpedoed. No lifeboats were believed to have gotten away from the starboard side of the vessel, which had 499 persons on board. Bibb was underway again on 9 June 1943 as flagship of Task Force 66 in company with Ingham and six Navy destroyers and six French escort vessels. 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. On 3 August 1942, Bibb, with escort commander in the cutter Ingham (WPG-35), was again on convoy duty. Garret Conklin garretc@earthlink.net or vern@armory.com Please send stories to webmaster Garret E. Conklin 2525 Crist St Alameda, CA 94501-4623 510-523-1878 garretc@earthlink.net or vern@armory.com FS's: The Little Ships That Could: A History of the Campaigns in the Pacific and the Personal Experiences of the Author on the U.S. Army FS-268. The Bibb was relieved of escort duty on 8 August and proceeded independently to the Brooklyn Navy Yard and moored. At first light on 1 July, a rescue aircraft from Air Station Elizabeth City was on scene and assisting in the search. The Iceland convoy was formed by 0900 and got underway, Bibb screening the rear. During May-June 1949 she served on Ocean Station Able. On three patrols she participated in amphibious assaults on Phu Quoc Island. The ship was 327 feet in length, with a draft of 12 and a half feet. At 1340 on that date the smoke of the main body of Convoy ONS-169 was sighted and two of the escorted vessels joined that convoy. 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. 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 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. Radar: (1945) SK, SG-1; (1966) AN/SPS-29D, AN/SPA-52. On the 29th a general alarm was sounded on receiving a radar contact at a range of 11 miles, thought to be a possible aircraft. All escorts were given permission to open fire at will on unidentified aircraft. Various members of the Task Force departed as escorts for detachments and others joined for temporary duty. After one successful trip, the gig's engine broke down and the Coast Guardsmen once again launched a pulling boat. Bibb was decommissioned in 1985 and remained docked until it was transported to the Florida Keys for use as an artificial reef. The cutter Bibb was named for George Motier Bibb, a prominent lawyer and jurist in Kentucky. A second message followed an hour later adding that the vessel was now on fire. Departing for Palau on the 5th her destination was changed for Ulithi Islands on the 9th and she arrived there next day. USS Bibb, CG (WAGC-31); U.S.C.G.C. She was commissioned on 10 March 1937. In addition to her patrol duties this cutter also performed civic action functions in the form of medical assistance and search and rescue. 1945: 2 x 5"/38 (single); 3 x 40mm/60 (twin); 4 x 20mm/80 (single). x "K" gun depth charge projectors; 2 x depth charge racks. 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. That operation involved several different agencies including the Coast Guard, the Navy, the Drug Enforcement Administration, and others. 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. Then it was on to Guantanamo Bay for more intensive training with the Navy. During her ten-month deployment, she cruised approximately 68,680 miles and was underway for 75 percent of the time she was deployed. First Class Hospitalman James Jones of South Portsmouth, Kentucky, added: "After the fighting we treated one of the South Vietnamese soldiers for wounds in the right arm and leg. These operations called for off-shore patrols of up to three weeks. Most of the armament was removed, except for the addition of a 40mm anti-aircraft battery, a 5-inch 38 caliber main battery and mousetrap anti-submarine armament. The Bibb remained at anchor in Buckner Bay, Okinawa, during August, 1945, as flagship for Commander, Mine Craft, Pacific Fleet. .Built for only $2.5 million each, in terms of cost effectiveness we may never see the likes of these cutters again.". On the 11th the convoy became scattered about noon by winds of gale force and heavy seas but was reformed six hours later. Four hours later Orbis was underway to rejoin. The, A few minutes later another raft was sighted dead ahead and two survivors of SS. At the same time eight merchant vessels under escort of PC vessels were detached for Casablanca, making the total number of ships in the convoy 82, plus the oiler. At the end of World War II, each Secretary Class cutter was returned to her peace-time makeup. USCGC Bibb (WHEC-31) - Steel Hip Flask - WI3. 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. 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 three more destroyer escorts joined the task force. Regaining the contact ten minutes later she again attacked with a barrage of six charges. The Duane was directed to stand by while repairs were made. U.S. Coast Guard Cutters& Craft, 1946-1990. 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. The Bibb made a full pattern attack on a sound contact at 0440 and ten hours later dropped three full patterns on three separate contacts. Then she increased to full speed and dropped a full pattern of depth charges. 2 x MK-13 high altitude parachute flare mortars. Seven similar "combat cutters" were built and named for secretaries of the United States Treasury. 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. The Bibb, relieved of this arduous duty, continued carrying out law enforcement and search and rescue patrols. 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. An hour later the Iceland bound section of the convoy departed the main convoy. Description [ edit] MV Hephaestus was a steel -built tanker with a tonnage of 595 GRT. From 26 November to 16 December she served on Ocean Station Bravo. The ship . Bibb made history after a wolf pack attacked the eastbound convoy SC-118. 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. On the 10th the cutter stood out for Casco Bay, Maine, where she held exercises and drills until the 18th, when she departed for Hampton Roads. On 15 February 1943, the Bibb departed for Hvalfjordur, Iceland. Two minutes later lookouts on, On 10 September 1945, the Commander, Mine Craft, shifted his flag to, Other duties besides conducting weather patrols included search and rescue standby and other patrols for the First Coast Guard District, making reserve training cruises, and occasional search and rescue details at Bermuda and Argentia. Later on the same day Ingham and a destroyer, joined with the Casablanca section and two PC escorts later departed for Casablanca with four vessels from the main convoy. On the 21st Portent stood by to cover one of the convoy vessels that had steering trouble. The vessel fell off to northward and commenced drifting toward the convoy. On 7 March 1944, Bibb departed Casablanca with Task Force 66 and on the 8th relieved the senior British escort in HMS Bittersweet of convoy GUS-32. On the 28 May 37 ships detached for Hampton Roads. Bibb Cutter File, US Coast Guard Historian's Office. $29.99. 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.=====================================================================. Contents 1 History They rejoined the convoy on the 28th. 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. The cutter reported to the escort commander on the 20th and was assigned a station. 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. She returned to Buckner Bay on the 18th and anchored, acting as supply and provision ship for YMS type of vessels. 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. This page was last edited on 2 January 2023, at 19:17.