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. She departed Manzanillo on the 3rd and reached Pearl Harbor on the 11th. On the 13th Task Group 21.13 joined, departing the next day. On the 24th, the New York section of 19 ships detached with four escorts. Shortly afterwards the convoy was secured from general quarters as the contact proved to be negative. 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. The ship was 327 feet in length, with a draft of 12 and a half feet. 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. 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 27 February 1952 Bibb sustained minor damage when a Navy tug collided with her while maneuvering in Narragansett Bay. 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. The Bibb also transited the Panama Canal and crossed the equator and the international date line, with appropriate ceremonies for her crew. 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. Radar: (1945) SK, SG-1; (1966) AN/SPS-29D, AN/SPA-52. At 0250 on the 7th she sighted four star shells in the vicinity of the convoy and a vessel was reported torpedoed. The Bibb opened fire on the Oscar before it began reversing and maintained fire until it was in the last phase of the crash dive. It is believed that the type of rubber suit worn by the survivors contributed greatly to their withstanding the exposure. The USCGC Bibb appeared in the 1952 film "Walk East on Beacon" at the film's climactic end. Three ships in the area fired at the aircraft which was knocked down about 1,000 yards to the north of Bibb. Shortly after this flames ware observed on a second ship, just ahead of the first one. 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. Various members of the Task Force departed as escorts for detachments and others joined for temporary duty. 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. Appointed to the Kentucky Court of Appeals in 1808, he became its chief justice in the following year but resigned in 1810 and was sent to the United States Senate in 1811. 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. 1966: 10 officers, 3 warrants, 133 enlisted. The next day she sighted the bow of the tanker and left it in sinking condition also. TWS is the largest online community of Veterans existing today and is a powerful Veteran locator. On the 2nd they were en route to Raufarhofn, where Nova discharged and loaded passengers. The Penmar had been torpedoed about 2200 on 22 September 1942 and had sunk in about 10 minutes. One of the destroyer escorts was damaged in collision and returned to Norfolk Navy Yard for repair. 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 September 1972 she medevaced crewman from the Greek merchant vessel SS Christia midway between Bermuda and the Azores. Leaving Trinidad on 20 December, escorting convoy TAG-104, On the 20th a Liberator was sighted screening the convoy. 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. The convoy entered the Straits of Gibraltar on the 24th as six merchant vessels detached and seven joined the convoy. In May 1965 she served on Ocean Station Charlie. 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. In the fall she steamed to Ocean Station Bravo, where she served from 27 September to 17 October 1973. On the 15th USS Edwards (DD-619) departed for Bermuda, her sound gear inoperative. In February 1943, the convoy came under attack and the SSHenry R. Mallory was torpedoed. and her members who help to keep these memories alive. 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 5th a friendly plane was sighted. Ten other destroyers dropped charges on doubtful contacts and Bibb made an embarrassing attack on a contact at 600 yards at 1430. 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. Another joined on the 29th. 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 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 USCGC Bibb (WPG-31) was a 327-foot (100 m) Secretary-Class (also known as "Treasury Class") Coast Guard ship commissioned in 1936. In January of 1970 she served on Ocean Station Charlie, where she participated in a project to test for radioactive carbon dioxide in seawater. The U.S. Coast Guard cutter George M. Bibb (Builder's No. The 327-foot cutters were designed to meet changing missions of the service as it emerged from the Prohibition era. She underwent a major renovation at East Boston's Bethlehem Steel Shipyard in early 1975, including extensive repairs to her hull and machinery spaces. Among those serving on Bibb was James A. Watson, a rear admiral who was the onsite ranking officer in the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. 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. Electronics:HF/DF: (1943)Radar: (1945) SK, SG-1; (1966) AN/SPS-29D, AN/SPA-52.Fire Control Radar: (1945) Mk-26; (1966) Mk-26 MOD 4Sonar: (1945) QC series; (1966) SQS-11. On the 8th, with Skagie Point abeam to port, the Free French Corvette Roselys joined the task force. I hope I never see another drowned man as long as I live.". 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. The search was discontinued. 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. She then sailed to Mayport, Florida, for a week of training at the Navy Fleet Training Center. 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 vessel's power was 410 kW (550 hp) and it had a speed of 11 kn (20 km/h; 13 mph). The Bibb departed Pearl Harbor on 25 March and arrived at Eniwetok on 3 April 1945. During this mission she destroyed eight structures and seven sampans and damaged 21 structures and 16 sampans. The search was unsuccessful but the cutter depth-charged another submarine contact. Well done.". No other enemy action took place in Bibb's vicinity during the rest of May and she remained anchored, continuing as flagship of COMINPAC. During May-June 1949 she served on Ocean Station Able. On 10 November 1984 she seized the Turkish motor vessel SS Captain Joe 100 miles east of Honduras for carrying 11.5 tons of marijuana. Four hours later the Bibb proceeded to the assistance of SS Rosewood, reported sinking, but could not locate her in the darkness and storm. The Iceland Unit, consisting of seven ships, detached from the main convoy at 1900. On the 14th they observed a plane, which was providing air coverage, crash at sea. The Bibb left Toltec at the swept channel buoy No. 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. 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. Washington, DC: U.S. Coast Guard, 1 March 1949. pp. After she returned to service, Bibb undertook a cadet cruise to Bermuda and then to Europe. Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. Frequently one, two or three boats were alongside and on one occasion there were as many as nine boats alongside at the same time. She was sunk as an artificial reef off the coast of Florida in 1987. 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 . In the words of one naval historian, John M. Waters, Jr., they were truly their nations maritime workhorses. Waters continued: the 327s battled, through the Bloody Winter of 1942-43 in the North Atlanticfighting off German U-boats and rescuing survivors from torpedoed convoy ships. 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. 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. These included Pearl Harbor, Guam, Subic Bay, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Yokosuka. Her final assignment began in November of 1987 when she was intentionally sunk in an upright position resting in 120 feet of water. A second message followed an hour later adding that the vessel was now on fire. The pulling boat successfully rescued the remaining passengers and crew and the captain's gig finally got its engine going again and both boats were then brought back aboard Bibb. There was also an unoccupied lifeboat awash and two unoccupied rafts. Her deployment summary noted: "She met every operational commitment, never causing any delays and frequently being extended on patrols due to her high state of operational readiness. On March 2nd four merchant vessels detached for Gibraltar and Task Force 66 was relieved of escorting the convoy by a British task force. The USCGC Bibb (WPG-31) was a 327-foot (100m) Secretary-Class (also known as "Treasury Class") Coast Guard ship commissioned in 1936. Bibb's term in office began on 4 July 1844 and he served until 7 March 1845, serving two days in the administration of President Zachary Tyler. The Bibb returned on the 21st and proceeded to Buckner Bay, where she remained at anchor during the balance of July. Shortly afterwards an American airplane, which had been patrolling over the main convoy reported two submarines each 24 miles distant on different bearings. On the 11th the convoy became scattered about noon by winds of gale force and heavy seas but was reformed six hours later. The cutters. HF/DF: (1943) Eight hours later she dropped one embarrassing charge on a contact believed to be using "pillenwerfer" tactics, whereby a U-boat uses an underwater decoy to enable the submarine to escape. On the 16th two YMs detached for Bermuda. MK-2 Browning MG, 2 x MK-13 high altitude parachute flare mortars. The final 327-foot design was based on the Erie-class Navy gunboats; the machinery plant and hull below the waterline were identical. Then she departed for Norfolk and moored there for the rest of August. On the 12th four merchant vessels were detached for Bone, Algeria, while three merchant vessels from that port joined. Bibb is credited with destroying one Japanese kamikaze aircraft in action at Karema Retto. .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. She participated in refresher training under the Fleet Training Group at Guantanamo Bay every two years to maintain her military readiness. Every branch of the military used asbestos during the 20th century. The USCGC Bibb (WPG-31) was a 327-foot (100 m) Secretary-Class (also known as "Treasury Class") Coast Guard ship commissioned in 1936. On the 22nd she broke off from convoy HXL-229A and began screening ahead of convoy HXL-229. Tweet. 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. 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. One merchant vessel was detached for St. John's. 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. Proceeding to the area she searched with Modoc without results. From 1946 to 1973. Enforces maritime and other laws pertaining to protection of life and property at sea, suppression of smuggling and illicit drug trafficking, and protection of the marine environment. On the 28th the main convoy was turned over to the British escort and the Casablanca section began breaking off and anchored at the breakwater at 1240. The Treasury class cutters proved to be highly dependable, versatile and long-lived warshipsmost served their country for over 40 years. 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. 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