On several occasions she was praised for her gunfire support. On the 11th the convoy became scattered about noon by winds of gale force and heavy seas but was reformed six hours later. Regaining the contact ten minutes later she again attacked with a barrage of six charges. The Bibb proceeded to the area and screened SS Melrose Abbey, the convoy's appointed rescue ship, as she picked up survivors. On 1 March 1943, Bibb was underway to join convoy HX-227, which she did at 1625. 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. On the 27th she went to the assistance of USS Narragansett (ATF-88) and floating drydock ARDC-12. On the 28th she moored at Argentia. On the 12th four merchant vessels were detached for Bone, Algeria, while three merchant vessels from that port joined. The Bibb returned on the 21st and proceeded to Buckner Bay, where she remained at anchor during the balance of July. Departing Guantanamo on the 23rd she arrived at Norfolk on the 26 January 1944. 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. As Bibb departed the western Pacific for her return to Boston, the commander of the Cruiser-Destroyer Group, U.S. On the 31st, the Casablanca section of the convoy, consisting of 27 ships, began breaking off. 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 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. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1990. The plane crashed into the starboard side of USS Pinkney (APH-2), a transport for the wounded. Aircraft: Curtiss SOC-4, USCG No. 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. x .50 caliber Browning MG; 2 x depth charge racks; 1 x "Y" gun depth charge projector. 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. 4 of us did the Florida Keys Wreck Trek and the Bibb was our first dive. All hands can be justifiably proud of this accomplishment and of the fact that they have contributed significantly to the mission of the Seventh Fleet and to the United States efforts in Southeast Asia. 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. Armament:1936:3 x 5/51 (single); 2 x 6-pounders. Bibb Cutter File, US Coast Guard Historian's Office. 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.=====================================================================. Many had edema of the hands, which resulted, it is believed, from the tight fit these rubber suits have about the wrist. Most recently, these ships-that-wouldnt-die have done duty in fisheries patrol and drug interdiction. Next day she identified convoy ON-176 and delivered the section from Iceland. Three ships in the area fired at the aircraft which was knocked down about 1,000 yards to the north of Bibb. No sounds of any kind were heard but the deduction, from visual impressions, was that both ships had been torpedoed. On 9 June 1942 Bibb was underway as escort commander for convoy SCL-85, consisting of 14 ships. The Bibb departed Guantanamo Bay on 29 December 1943, escorting convoy GAT-108 and arrived at Trinidad 3 January 1944. Four hours later Orbis was underway to rejoin. There she served as the flagship for Commander, Mine Craft, Pacific Fleet. On 28 September Bibb again departed Buckner Bay. In the words of one naval historian, John M. Waters, Jr., they were truly their nation's "maritime workhorses." During these visits, Dr. John Bulette, the on-board medical officer assigned to, She returned to Boston, where she was home-ported until October of 1973. 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. 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. 1937: 12 officers, 4 warrants, 107 enlisted; 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. On the 13th, sixteen merchant vessels detached for Algiers while 23 merchant vessels joined from that port. On the 24th, the New York section of 19 ships detached with four escorts. A few seconds later the plane crashed in to the USS Terror (CM-5) starboard amidships. On the 27th she stood out of Palermo and on the 28th, following gunnery and tactical exercises, the task force relieved HMS Shield as escort for convoy GUS-53. Bibb commenced making smoke at 0354, even before SOPA ordered it 14 minutes later. 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 the 12th three more merchant vessels joined. The Bibb was unable to regain contact and rejoined the convoy. 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. 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. 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. Bibb served in the United States Senate from 1811 to 1814 and from 1829 to 1835. On the 13th Task Group 21.13 joined, departing the next day. Those who did not make it into a life raft died from hypothermia. On the 27th two merchant vessels were detached for New York. On the 16th she got underway in the van of a number of Navy craft who stood out of Buckner Bay and proceeded independently in accordance with the typhoon plan. The 327-foot cutters were designed to meet changing missions of the service as it emerged from the Prohibition era. The cutter reported to the escort commander on the 20th and was assigned a station. A few minutes later a vessel in the convoy fired a machine gun at a reported visual contact. Pin it. The Oscar then took a course northward, climbed to about 1,000 feet, reversed course and began maneuvering for a crash dive, with her probable target Bibb, YMS-331, or USS Kenneth Whiting (AVP-14) all within close range of each other. 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 Madil's crew of three had been forced to abandon ship and take to the life rafts, and they were then rescued by the motor vessel Salvatore. Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in 1987, "USCG: Flag/SES Bios - Commander Coast Guard Atlantic Area", List of cutters of the United States Coast Guard, Table Mountain National Park Marine Protected Area, Bullhead Point Historical and Archeological District, Maritime Heritage Trail Battle of Saipan, List of shipwrecks in the Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=USCGC_Bibb&oldid=1131140070, Ships built in Charleston, South Carolina, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, 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 5,250 (total shaft horse power), 1937: 12 officers, 4 warrants, 107 enlisted, 1941: 16 officers, 5 warrants, 202 enlisted. In January of 1970 she served on Ocean Station Charlie, where she participated in a project to test for radioactive carbon dioxide in seawater. In 1944 Bibb provided convoy escort between the United States and North Africa mainly to Bizerte in Tunisia. Price: $ 18.00 (Price Includes Shipping & Handling) AssociationOfficers2021. Many of Bibb's crewmen leapt into the water to assist the nearly frozen survivors, and the cutter Ingham assisted. Disposition: Sunk as an artificial reef off the Florida Keys on 28 November 1987, Builder: Charleston Navy Yard, Philadelphia, PA, Propulsion: 2 x Westinghouse double-reduction geared turbines; 2 x Babcock & Wilcox sectional express, air-encased, 400 psi, 200 superheat. 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. Two merchant ships joined on the 21st; six detached and six joined on the 22nd; and nine detached and seven joined on the 23rd. On 4 June 1944, CDR H. T. Diehl, USCG, relieved CDR C .A. Obtaining permission to leave the ocean station and return to Boston with all of the souls who had been on board the Queen, the cutter arrived to a hero's welcome. Those who did not make it into a life raft died from hypothermia. The Bibb, relieved of this arduous duty, continued carrying out law enforcement and search and rescue patrols. On the 14th Bibb obtained two high frequency direction finder bearings and began running them down. The Bibb undergoes conversion for combat as an anti-submarine warship and convoy escort in October, 1941. 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. She remained underway except for three days, until 11 October, carrying out typhoon plan X-RAY. On the 22nd, two merchant vessels joined from Bone, Algeria. 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 next day, the 11th, Bibb sighted a ship on the horizon and proceeded toward it. The Bibb also visited many foreign ports on her deployment, many of which she had sailed into during World War II. Seven similar "combat cutters" were built and named for secretaries of the United States Treasury. A second message followed an hour later adding that the vessel was now on fire. This standardization saved money--always paramount in the Coast Guard's considerations--and the cutters were built in U.S. Navy shipbuilding yards. Next day the Bibb fired her starboard thrower in an embarrassing attack on what was probably a non-submarine. All were experienced seamen who were prepared to carry the war directly to the U-boats although their training in fighting submarines was scarce to non-existent. Early on the 30th and again on the 6th of May Bibb fired on enemy aircraft. Style: Quantity. On 2 November 1969 Bibb towed to safety the disabled merchant vessel SS Caravan, which was located 150 miles southeast of Cape Fear. From October 1973 until she was decommissioned. One merchant vessel detached for the Azores. On the 9th Roselys sank a floating mine and later dropped one charge on a doubtful contact. An hour later, another ship in convoy fired at an unidentified object and soon afterwards the lookout on Bibb reported a wake crossing the bow from port to starboard at a distance of about 500 yards, which faded. that had fired and dropped three depth charges. Nothing was found when the airplane, low on fuel, had to head back for land. The ship saw service in World War II. The Bibb continued searching until sunset when she was relieved by CGC Dallas (WHEC-716) which had sailed from New York. Rescue operations continued throughout forenoon, 202 survivors being taken from three lifeboats and numerous rafts. During May-June 1949 she served on Ocean Station Able. On 27 February 1952 Bibb sustained minor damage when a Navy tug collided with her while maneuvering in Narragansett Bay. 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. 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. On the 17th she was underway to report to the escort commander of convoy HX-226. 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