On the 2nd Bibb received a report from a ship with call letters KFFL that she had been torpedoed. On the 27th she went to the assistance of USS Narragansett (ATF-88) and floating drydock ARDC-12. That evening 11 ships of the convoy bound for Iceland departed the main convoy with Bibb, Ingham and Schenck as escorts. U.S. Coast Guard Cutters& Craft, 1946-1990. 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. By March 1st the Azores group had departed and on the same day the Casablanca section of the convoy, consisting of seven merchant vessels and USS Cossatot (AO-77), with three escorts detached. 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. From 1946 to 1973. She was commissioned on 10 March 1937. On the 13th she stood down the Norfolk swept channel and than reversed courses and stood up to the Naval Operating Bases for imperative repairs. 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. 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 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. Her propelling plant consisted of twin propellers powered by geared turbines supplied with steam from oil fired boilers. 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. 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. Another merchant vessel from Casablanca joined the convoy. The Bibb now maneuvered near Coulmore and found her in good condition and floating on an even keel, even with the torpedo hole in her bow. At 0900 Bibb received word that Ingham had the missing ships in company. On the 22nd, two merchant vessels joined from Bone, Algeria. On the 13th Bogue reported an attack by her aircraft four miles astern of the convoy and two destroyers were detached to assist the plane, who rejoined later reporting negative results. On the 24th, the New York section of 19 ships detached with four escorts. Five minutes later the ship on which the explosion had occurred sank, bow first. 1943: 2 x 5"/51 (single mount);4 x 3"/50 (single mounts); 2 x 20mm/80 (single); 1 x Hedgehog; 2 (?) At 0810 on the 13th they effected a rendezvous with the Simpson and the two Russian submarines and set a course for Halifax, delivering the submarines to the Canadian corvette HMCS Liscomb at noon on the 11th. After conversion to an AGC, done in the Charleston Navy Yard between 17 October 1944 and 29 January 1945, Bibb was assigned to duty in the Pacific. Anderson, USCG, as commanding officer of Bibb. Many of them were suffering from exposure and edema, but after treatment almost all recovered. All escorts were given permission to open fire at will on unidentified aircraft. The Bibb departed Guantanamo Bay on 29 December 1943, escorting convoy GAT-108 and arrived at Trinidad 3 January 1944. Because the air passenger trade was expanding both at home and overseas, the Coast Guard believed that cutter-based aircraft would be essential for future high-seas search and rescue. On several occasions she was praised for her gunfire support. Also on that day two British escorts detached. 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. On 23 of May 1983 Bibb seized a fishing vessel 50 miles southeast of Cape Cod for fisheries violations. 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. . From 5 to 27 December of 1975 she served on Ocean Station Hotel. 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 healthy sheer forward and the high slope in the deck in the wardrooms was known as the "Hunnewell Hump." Additional star shells were fired an hour later, indicating another torpedoing. She passed through to canal and departed Balboa on the 23rd for Pearl Harbor. She returned to Buckner Bay on the 18th and anchored, acting as supply and provision ship for YMS type of vessels. 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. The Babbitt was directed to join and try to bring her back to convoy. Fire Control Radar: (1945) Mk-26; (1966) Mk-26 MOD 4 The Bibb remained moored at Casablanca until 6 August 1943 and then stood out of the harbor, forming Task Force 63 consisting of Ingham and five destroyers en route to Gibraltar, where they arrived on the 7th. 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 Bibb. A few minutes later another raft was sighted dead ahead and two survivors of SS Bonneville were taken aboard. Each cutter embarked meteorologists from the Weather Bureau who made observations with radiosondes and balloons, and the cutters provided Pan American Airways Boeing 314 flying boats: Yankee Clipper, Dixie Clipper, and American Clipper, with weather and position reports and transmitted radio signals to allow the planes to take accurate bearings. 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. On 1 March 1945 she released the drydock to Tug ATA-225 and proceeded to Manzanillo, Mexico. Next day she sighted a merchant ship on the horizon and challenged her by blinker. On 29 and 30 January 1945 she was depermed, degaussed and tested. The U.S. Coast Guard cutter George M. Bibb (Builder's No. The ship was 327 feet in length, with a draft of 12 and a half feet. 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. On 24 July 1960 she departed on a Reserve Cruise. Later that year, When the Grand Banks cruises were discontinued on 27 January 1940. 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. 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. 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. Men felt it the minute he took command and there was not a man on the ship who would not go the extra mile for the old man. 1941: 16 officers, 5 warrants, 202 enlisted; Many of the Bibbs crewmen leapt into the water to assist the nearly frozen survivors, and the cutter Ingham assisted. Next day six merchant vessels detached for Casablanca while eight joined. After conversion to an AGC, done in the Charleston Navy Yard between 17 October 1944 and 29 January 1945. The following morning the seas had abated somewhat and Cronk ordered a rescue attempt with his personal gig. From 1946 to 1973, Bibb was stationed at Boston. The USS Johnson (DE-683) detached temporarily from the task force on the same day and proceeded to Bermuda for repairs, rejoining on the 6th. She was commissioned on 10 March 1937. At the end of World War II, each Secretary Class cutter was returned to her peace-time makeup. With the decrease in the threat by U-boats by 1944 and the increase in the number of available Allied escort vessels, the Navy determined that the 327s would better serve the national security needs of the nation as command and control vessels [known as AGCs] for amphibious landings. 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. Leaving Trinidad on 20 December, escorting convoy TAG-104, Bibb arrived at Guantanamo Bay on the 25th. A fire which broke out on Bibb on the 21st proved to be rags burning in a bucket. Hellcat fighters were being vectored to intercept the raid. By the 28th the ships were widely scattered and seldom in contact with each other. On the 31st she was underway escorting USS Saturn (AF-40) to St. John's Newfoundland, where she arrived at 0900. They rejoined the convoy on the 28th. In May-June 1958 she served on Ocean Station Echo and in July-August 1958 it was back to Ocean Station Delta. As raft after raft were brought alongside Bibb, it became necessary to leave dead bodies on the rafts, there being no time for the dead, when the living were clamoring to be saved. 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. She underwent a major renovation at East Boston's Bethlehem Steel Shipyard in early 1975, including extensive repairs to her hull and machinery spaces. Many of Bibb's crewmen leapt into the water to assist the nearly frozen survivors, and the cutter Ingham assisted. It was a combination ocean station patrol and search and rescue operation that brought Bibb and her crew international recognition when, while operating on Ocean Station Charlie on 14 October 1947, the transoceanic airliner Bermuda Sky Queen was forced to make a landing during a gale with high winds and in rough seas when the flying boat ran low on fuel. 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.
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