The torpedo struck in a hold occupied by Marines, which probably accounted for the relatively small number of Marines rescued. The Bibb proceeded to the area and heard faint propeller beats but was unable to obtain a sound contact. In 1984 she participated in a multifaceted law enforcement operation code-named "Operation Wagon Wheel" in the Caribbean. Complement: 1937: 12 officers, 4 warrants, 107 enlisted; Meanwhile, one merchant had joined the convoy and another had detached for Bermuda on the 5th. 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 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. After flying beyond Bibb, the pilot of the flying boat, Captain Charles M. Martin, decided to return to the cutter to attempt an emergency landing because unexpectedly strong head winds had caused the aircraft to consume too much fuel for them to make landfall safely. On 25 October the New York and Delaware sections broke off, escorted six vessels and the others continued to Norfolk. On the 17th Bibb was patrolling the southeast entrance to Vieques Sound, being relieved by submarine chasers and then escorted the French aircraft carrier Bearn departing San Juan on the 27th. In 1844, Bibb became Secretary of the Treasury under President John Tyler. At the same time she opened fire with her 20 mm cannons on a periscope reported ahead. In May-June 1958 she served on Ocean Station Echo and in July-August 1958 it was back to Ocean Station Delta. Her next duty on an ocean station was from 16 May to 7 June 1974 when she served at Ocean Station Bravo once again. 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. 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 4 June 1944, CDR H. T. Diehl, USCG, relieved CDR C .A. Those who did not make it into a life raft died from hypothermia. On the 2nd five merchant vessels joined the convoy from Algerian ports. She arrived on the 17th, remaining there for the rest of October. It was 61.33 m (201.2 ft) long, with a beam of 7.93 m (26.0 ft). On 1 May seven merchant vessels were detached under escort of a destroyer escort for Algiers. On the 21st Portent stood by to cover one of the convoy vessels that had steering trouble. In October of 1950 she served on Ocean Station Dog and in December it was duty on Ocean Station Easy. On 23 of May 1983 Bibb seized a fishing vessel 50 miles southeast of Cape Cod for fisheries violations. Commander (Constructor) F. G. Hunnewell, USCG, was the head of the Coast Guard's Construction and Repair Department at that time. The ocean station vessels also provided communications and navigation assistance and were always standing by for and search and rescue emergencies. Anderson, USCG, as commanding officer of Bibb. Bibb was named for U.S. Secretary of the Treasury (July 4, 1844 March 7, 1845) George M. Bibb. The next day, the 11th, Bibb sighted a ship on the horizon and proceeded toward it. From 1946 to 1973, Bibb was stationed at Boston. Her next ocean station assignment was during March-April 1952 when the Bibb served on Ocean Station Charlie and then in November-December 1952 she served on Ocean Station Echo. On the 14th several high frequency direction finder bearings were reported and on the 19th the convoy made an emergency turn on a contact which later proved to be non-submarine. 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. On the 3rd they stopped at Akueyre. There were no seriously ill men among those brought aboard but all were weak and many required aid in going below deck. The final 327-foot design was based on the Erie-class Navy gunboats; the machinery plant and hull below the waterline were identical. The healthy sheer forward and the high slope in the deck in the wardrooms was known as the "Hunnewell Hump." On 2 September 1944, Bibb stood down Chesapeake Bay channel and departed for North African ports as flagship of Task Force 60, escorting, convoy UGS-53. Regaining the contact ten minutes later she again attacked with a barrage of six charges. She began the year 1971 by serving on Ocean Station Bravo, where she served from 3 to 26 of January. Bibb remained at South Boston Navy Yard until 16 January 1943, and then stood out of Boston Harbor for Casco Bay, Maine, where on the 18th she went into battle practice with the cutter Comanche (WPG 76), making practice runs and simulated attacks on a U. S. submarine. Several hours later she again encountered the abandoned Coulmore. From October 1973 until she was decommissioned. The ship was 327 feet in length, with a draft of 12 and a half feet. From 5 to 27 December of 1975 she served on Ocean Station Hotel. 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. On the 22nd, two merchant vessels joined from Bone, Algeria. The ship was sunk in November 1987 just outside the coral reef tract, about six miles (10km) offshore of the island of Key Largo. A fire which broke out on Bibb on the 21st proved to be rags burning in a bucket. The planes drew away at 0440, the escorts ceased firing, and at 0448 the all clear was sounded and Bibb, ceasing to make smoke, was secured from general quarters. Thirty-two preliminary designs of a modified Erie-class gunboat were drawn up before one was finally selected. She anchored at Kerama Retto, Okinawa on 23 April. 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. There were no seriously ill men among those brought aboard but all were weak and many required aid in going below deck. The convoy began break-off operations on the 7th. The plane disappeared in a smoke screen. Then she departed for Norfolk and moored there for the rest of August. On 3 November we transferred them to the commercial tug Neptunia for further transfer to the tug Turmoil which then took them to Singapore.". Call Sokolove Law right now at (800) 647-3434 if you've been diagnosed with mesothelioma or another asbestos-related disease. 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. Five minutes later the ship on which the explosion had occurred sank, bow first. She anchored in Palermo outer harbor, moving next morning to the breakwater. 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. The Navy then designated her as WPG-31. On 10 September 1945, the Commander, Mine Craft, shifted his flag to Terror, and the Bibb became relief flagship for RADM Arthur D. Struble, USN, newly appointed Commander, Mine Craft. Part I [Escorts]. x K gun depth charge projectors; 2 x depth charge racks.1945: 2 x 5/38 (single); 3 x 40mm/60 (twin); 4 x 20mm/80 (single).1946: 1 x 5/38 (single); 1 x 40mm;/60 (twin); 2 x 20mm/80 (single); 1 x Hedgehog.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. The 5th was spent covering the rear of the convoy. 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. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1990. Auxiliary diesel power for radio and lighting systems was cut in and the cutter shifted to hand steering. Her task was to prevent the infiltration of arms, ammunition, and supplies to communist forces in South Vietnam by stopping, boarding and searching vessels in her area of operation. On 1 October the convoy was augmented by 30 merchant ships and three Navy vessels. She relieved Duane. On 1 May 1965 the Treasury class vessels were re-designated as High Endurance Cutters or WHEC. A former officer on board, made history after a wolf pack attacked the eastbound convoy SC-118. 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.=====================================================================. Taking on ammunition at the Navy Yard until the 4th of February, when she departed for Hampton Roads, Virginia. Command Chief, MKC Austin R. Jennings. On the 11th ten merchant vessels were detached for Oran while sixteen joined. The ship . Next day six merchant vessels detached for Casablanca while eight joined. Executive Officer, LCDR Nicholas A. Forni. MK-2 Browning MG, 2 x MK-13 high altitude parachute flare mortars. New navigation and communication systems were also added. Fourteen minutes later a bogey consisting of probably two planes at low altitude, was reported as closing rapidly. On the 14th they observed a plane, which was providing air coverage, crash at sea. On the 16th Bibb attacked a doubtful sound contact with three starboard throwers without results. The bodies of the navigator and observer were recovered. The cutter Bibb was named for George Motier Bibb, a prominent lawyer and jurist in Kentucky. 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. Ten minutes later the second ship sank, stern first. On the 31st she was underway escorting USS Saturn (AF-40) to St. John's Newfoundland, where she arrived at 0900. The Bibb , with Ingham , departed Boston on 8 September 1943, for area "R" off Block Island Sound for anti-submarine warfare practice, which consisted of simulated depth charging and head throw weapon runs on a submerged U.S. submarine and also acted as target for PT boats in combined destroyer and PTB exercises. 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. That afternoon Bibb attacked a sound contact with a full nine-charge pattern and some heavy oil and light bits of debris resulted. On 29 and 30 January 1945 she was depermed, degaussed and tested. Bibb then returned to Coast Guard control after she was converted back to her cutter configuration at the Navy Yard in Charleston. 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. The Bibb returned to Reykjavik Harbor, Iceland on the 10th where she remained until the 25th. She was relieved on 30 November by submarine chasers and arrived at Guantanamo Bay on 1 December 1943. 2, 37 44' N x 41 13' W. Here the cutters steamed continuously within a 100 square mile area from the center of the station with each patrol lasting approximately 21 days. With these modifications, she was well suited to assume the additional tasks to be performed on weather patrols as well as routing search and rescue work. 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 three patrols she participated in amphibious assaults on Phu Quoc Island. 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 was en route to New York where she anchored in Gravesend Bay, moving over to Brooklyn on the 28th to moor. Find USCGC Bibb (WPG-31/WHEC-31) unit information, patches, operation history, veteran photos and more on TogetherWeServed.com. Pin it. 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. George Mortimer Bibb, born on 30 October 1776 in Prince Edward County, Va., graduated from both Hampden-Sidney and Willian and Mary Colleges and then, after studying law in the office of Richard Venable, was admitted to the Virginia Bar. At 0448 on the 21st she attacked a sound contact with a barrage of depth charges with undetermined results, due to darkness and haze. 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 the 19th she proceeded to Casco Bay, Maine, where she engaged in various drills and exercises until tie 28th. USS Bibb, CG (WAGC-31); U.S.C.G.C. The Bibb, relieved of this arduous duty, continued carrying out law enforcement and search and rescue patrols. Leaving Trinidad on 20 December, escorting convoy TAG-104, Bibb arrived at Guantanamo Bay on the 25th. They rejoined the convoy on the 28th. At 0115 Bibb, at general quarters, began making smoke to cover sector one of the convoy. The convoy stood up the swept channel to Reykjavik Harbor, Iceland on the 29th and anchored. .Built for only $2.5 million each, in terms of cost effectiveness we may never see the likes of these cutters again.". Shortly after this flames ware observed on a second ship, just ahead of the first one. The 5" battery expended seven rounds. 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. Two and a half hours after this rescue, Ingham sighted red flares and Bibb proceeded to cover Ingham while she picked up eight survivors from SS Tennessee. A warning of the presence of unidentified aircraft was received on the 12th. 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. The cutter Bibb was named for George Motier Bibb, a prominent lawyer and jurist in Kentucky. 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. 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 departed Manzanillo on the 3rd and reached Pearl Harbor on the 11th. On 2 November 1969, She began the year 1971 by serving on Ocean Station Bravo, where she served from 3 to 26 of January. 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