On 25 February the convoy dispersed in heavy weather with four escorts rounding up the stragglers. The ship 327' and is laying on its starboard side, in 130' of water and it was a gr. 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. On the 9th the Casablanca section, escorted by two destroyers, joined the main convoy. 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 Bibb departed Guantanamo Bay on 29 December 1943, escorting convoy GAT-108 and arrived at Trinidad 3 January 1944. It was 61.33 m (201.2 ft) long, with a beam of 7.93 m (26.0 ft). She remained underway except for three days, until 11 October, carrying out typhoon plan X-RAY. On the 23rd the convoy entered New York Harbor and Bibb moored at Brooklyn Navy Yard with availability expiring April 2nd. A training program for the personnel was in progress during this time. 71 W. 31). USCG Duane (Wreck) Stern Smoke Stack Bow She is a 327 foot Treasury class US Coast Guard cutter. 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 three patrols she participated in amphibious assaults on Phu Quoc Island. 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. The barometer dropped and the winds rose with a number five sea. She participated in refresher training under the Fleet Training Group at Guantanamo Bay every two years to maintain her military readiness. 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. Nothing was found when the airplane, low on fuel, had to head back for land. On the 17th she departed in convoy to a clear area, when a typhoon was expected to strike. 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. The ship fought in the Battle of the Atlantic serving as a convoy escort. On the 11th she was underway proceeding to Norfolk and on the 12th was standing down Hampton Roads, anchoring in Lynnhaven Roads. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Aircraft: Curtiss SOC-4, USCG No. 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. 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 returned to Buckner Bay on the 18th and anchored, acting as supply and provision ship for YMS type of vessels. 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. The Task Force was escorting convoy UGS-33, consisting of 78 merchant vessels to North African ports and also USS Brant (ARS-32) and six LCIs to the Azores. 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. The Bibb left Toltec at the swept channel buoy No. The Bibb also transited the Panama Canal and crossed the equator and the international date line, with appropriate ceremonies for her crew. On the 12th four merchant vessels were detached for Bone, Algeria, while three merchant vessels from that port joined. The cutters Bibb and Ingham were temporarily attached to a British escort force for SC-118s trans-Atlantic journey. She returned to Boston, where she was home-ported until October of 1973. Then she proceeded towards Iceland and arrived at Reykjavik on the afternoon of the 5th. 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. Share. On the 24th, the New York section of 19 ships detached with four escorts. On the 26th the Delaware section of the convoy departed under escort of Ingham and USS Threat (AM-124) and at 0935 the lead ships were ordered to follow Bibb to the swept channel of New York harbor. The Ingham and two merchant vessels were missing. 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. ; 1 x 1-pounder. 1, 35 38' N x 53 21' W and Station No. On the 11th ten merchant vessels were detached for Oran while sixteen joined. Because of the weather zigzagging was discontinued. 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. 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. 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. On the 22nd Task Force 60 was relieved of escort duty by British vessels and Bibb stood into Bizerte swept channel and moored. Bibb left Hvalfjordur for Reykjavik on 18 March 1943 and stood out to sea en route to join Iceland bound convoy HXL-229A. She was relieved on 30 November by submarine chasers and arrived at Guantanamo Bay on 1 December 1943. The Treasury class cutters proved to be highly dependable, versatile and long-lived warshipsmost served their country for over 40 years. Since the war had stopped the flow of weather data from merchant ships, the Coast Guard drew the duty of maintaining a continuous weather patrol consisting of 327-foot cutters at two stations in the mid-Atlantic located as follows: Station No. A few minutes later a vessel in the convoy fired a machine gun at a reported visual contact. In May-June 1958 she served on Ocean Station Echo and in July-August 1958 it was back to Ocean Station Delta. Twenty minutes later she sighted a life raft with three men on it end she directed the rescue ship to pick them up. Raney ignored the order to leave the survivors and went back and rescued 202 men from the icy waters. 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. Next day she intercepted a message from SS Vojvoda Putnik stating that the vessel had been torpedoed and was sinking. 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. Soon afterwards she got underway to join Trillium and relieved her of escort of SS Empire Bunting. 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. Seven similar "combat cutters" were built and named for secretaries of the United States Treasury. She received credit for the destruction of one Japanese aircraft. The first assignment of George M. Bibb after her commissioning was to the Fifth Coast Guard District, with Norfolk as her home port. Bibb remained anchored in Reykjavik Harbor, Iceland until 19 October 1942, and then got underway escorting a convoy of five ships westward. 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. In the Vietnam War, the Bibb transported John Kerry after he was shot on his Swift 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. 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. Shortly afterwards the convoy was secured from general quarters as the contact proved to be negative. On the 19th and 20th a number of ships were detached for Oran and Algiers, others joining from those ports. Auxiliary diesel power for radio and lighting systems was cut in and the cutter shifted to hand steering. Bibbwas named for U.S. Secretary of the Treasury (July 4, 1844 - March 7, 1845) George M. Bibb. On the 9th Roselys sank a floating mine and later dropped one charge on a doubtful contact. I hope I never see another drowned man as long as I live.". The Iceland convoy was formed by 0900 and got underway, Bibb screening the rear. On the 2nd Bibb made a sweep astern and on the 3 September dropped a large depth charge on a doubtful sound contact. She served on Ocean Station Hotel from 11 to 20 January 1973 and then on Ocean Station Delta from 26 January to 15 February. Bibb was then directed to coordinate the search efforts for the missing sailing vessel Patriot with six crewmen aboard. On 28 April some of these planes, undetected and unreported by any unit, approached the southern anchorage, flying at high speed about 100 feet above the water. The vessel's power was 410 kW (550 hp) and it had a speed of 11 kn (20 km/h; 13 mph). Standing down New York Harbor on 8 July 1943, in company with Task Force 63, consisting of four Navy destroyers, 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. Difficulty was experienced on the 12th in keeping formation due to high winds and heavy seas. The Iceland Unit, consisting of seven ships, detached from the main convoy at 1900. USCGC Bibb (WPG-31) The Bibbwas a 327-foot (100 m) Secretary-Class (also known as "Treasury Class") Coast Guard ship commissioned in 1936. The Bibb then returned to New Bedford. After maneuvering close to the Bibb to secure a mooring line, the flying boat lost control and collided with the cutter's hull, damaging the nose of the aircraft as well as both wings and their attached floats. 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. .Built for only $2.5 million each, in terms of cost effectiveness we may never see the likes of these cutters again.. Later that year she sailed back to Ocean Station Echo, where she steamed from 10 June to 4 July. Oil was still rising in the area. 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. On the 11th the convoy became scattered about noon by winds of gale force and heavy seas but was reformed six hours later. On 1 May seven merchant vessels were detached under escort of a destroyer escort for Algiers. Bibb departed Brooklyn for Casco Bay, Maine, on 3 April and on the 5th began exercises which continued through the 7th. After she returned to service, Bibb undertook a cadet cruise to Bermuda and then to Europe. On the 30th she departed Boston for Casco Bay, Maine. 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. On 9 May, 1943 Bibb proceeded to New York and anchored in Sandy Hook Bay on the 13th in company with Task Force 66 consisting of Bibb, as flagship, Ingham and seven Navy destroyers. On 27 February 1952 Bibb sustained minor damage when a Navy tug collided with her while maneuvering in Narragansett Bay. 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. On 7 February 1943, the, Rescue operations continued throughout forenoon, 202 survivors being taken from three lifeboats and numerous rafts. An hour later Bibb was ordered to detach from the convoy and return to Iceland, with SS Toltec. 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. In April of 1966 she served on Ocean Station Delta and on Ocean Station Charlie in August-September 1967. 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. 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. In October of 1950 she served on Ocean Station Dog and in December it was duty on Ocean Station Easy. The cutter assumed its duties of escort commander of convoy ONSJ-110, with 13 ships, on the 7th, in company with Babbitt. On the same day two vessels broke off for Europe Point and the convoy was joined by the Gibraltar section. The ship was 327 feet in length, with a draft of 12 and a half feet. Taking on ammunition at the Navy Yard until the 4th of February, when she departed for Hampton Roads, Virginia. 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. She relieved Duane. Complement: 1937: 12 officers, 4 warrants, 107 enlisted; The cutter Bibb was named for George Motier Bibb, a prominent lawyer and jurist in Kentucky. Three ships in the area fired at the aircraft which was knocked down about 1,000 yards to the north of Bibb. That evening Ingham made an embarrassing attack on what was reported to be a periscope. 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. 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