One of the Inghams crew described the scene, a dreadfully common one along the North Atlantic that year: I never saw anything like it, wood all over the place and bodies in life jackets never saw so many dead fellows in my whole life. The Bibb joined the convoy on the 19th. Two merchant ships joined on the 21st; six detached and six joined on the 22nd; and nine detached and seven joined on the 23rd. Fire Control Radar: (1945) Mk-26; (1966) Mk-26 MOD 4 An hour later three merchant vessels detached for Casablanca under escort of two USPC vessels and a French destroyer. 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. 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. The vessel was identified as the Norwegian SS Mosdale bound for Liverpool. Formulates and enforces safety standards for U.S. commercial vessels and offshore structures. The Bibb remained at anchor in Buckner Bay, Okinawa, during August, 1945, as flagship for Commander, Mine Craft, Pacific Fleet. On the 2nd Bibb made a sweep astern and on the 3 September dropped a large depth charge on a doubtful sound contact. The, The star shells marked the successful attack by a U-boat. On the 19th she proceeded to Casco Bay, Maine, where she engaged in various drills and exercises until tie 28th. Leaving Trinidad on 20 December, escorting convoy TAG-104, Bibb arrived at Guantanamo Bay on the 25th. On the 14th Bibb obtained two high frequency direction finder bearings and began running them down. The ship fought in the Battle of the Atlantic serving as a convoy escort. Vessels joined the convoy at Gibraltar on the 10th. 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. Two minutes later lookouts on Bibb sighted one aircraft identified as an Aichi D4A "Val" dive-bomber at a range of 8,000 yards appearing just over Hokaji Island, at an altitude of about 1,000 feet. Commander (Constructor) F. G. Hunnewell, USCG, was the head of the Coast Guard's Construction and Repair Department at that time. She was commissioned on 10 March 1937. 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. 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. On the 27th Bibb, in company with Ingham, searched for survivors of the torpedoed SS Athan Sultan, but being unable to sight anything, even though both vessels had a radar signal which was about 2 to 8 miles distant, they fired three star-shells. On the 15th USS. They then began paddling towards the cutter, but the seas were too great. The Bibb's gun fired one round at the target when it was dead astern but did not fire again because the crew had lost sight of the target. This page is for the crew of the USCGC Taney 3 Bells: Copies from publications related to the Taney. 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. On 2 November 1969, She began the year 1971 by serving on Ocean Station Bravo, where she served from 3 to 26 of January. The Bibb also transited the Panama Canal and crossed the equator and the international date line, with appropriate ceremonies for her crew. The Bibb was awarded the Presidential Unit Citation for her participation in "Operation Sea Lords" from October to December 1968. 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. Many of the Bibbs crewmen leapt into the water to assist the nearly frozen survivors, and the cutter Ingham assisted. The New York section, with the commander Task Force 60 in, On 4 June 1944, CDR H. T. Diehl, USCG, relieved CDR C .A. If you have specific questions, please contact our Chief of Operational Medicine, CAPT Jerry Taylor at (202) 475-5211 or Gerald.N.Taylor@uscg.mil. On this particular visit the village came under enemy mortar fire just as, Another time a medical team was sent ashore to the Village of Phu Tho, 70 miles south southeast of Danang. Robert Scheina. She served again on Ocean Station Charlie from 23 October to 17 November 1972. On 15 February 1943, the Bibb departed for Hvalfjordur, Iceland. The bodies of the navigator and observer were recovered. 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. The Portent made a Hedgehog attack and dropped five depth charges on a sound contact one mile north of Bibb's attack. 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. Two minutes later lookouts on, On 10 September 1945, the Commander, Mine Craft, shifted his flag to, 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. 1941: 16 officers, 5 warrants, 202 enlisted; 4, Reykjavik, on the 3rd and proceeded out of the channel under orders to locate SS Collis P. Huntington, which was in the vicinity of Sangerdi Light and without navigational information on Iceland. The contact was not regained after the last attack. 71 W. 31). 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 1 October the convoy was augmented by 30 merchant ships and three Navy vessels. 4 of us did the Florida Keys Wreck Trek and the Bibb was our first dive. 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. 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. Once the conversion was completed she was again classified as WPG-31. Eight merchant vessels were detached for Gibraltar on the 15th. The Bibb assumed a new patrol station until the 15th, when she departed independently for Charleston, South Carolina. It is believed that the type of rubber suit worn by the survivors contributed greatly to their withstanding the exposure. Between 5 and 29 August 1971. On 1 May 1965 the Treasury class vessels were re-designated as High Endurance Cutters or WHEC. 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. Rescue operations continued throughout forenoon, 202 survivors being taken from three lifeboats and numerous rafts. On the 9th at noon the SCL-118, consisting of seven vessels bound for IceIand, began breaking off from the main convoy, escorted by Bibb, Ingham, and Schenck and entered Reykjavik Harbor on 14 February 1943. 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. These men had been some 60 hours in rough seas in an open boat and on rafts and their condition was much better than would be expected. Bibb was named for U.S. Secretary of the Treasury (July 4, 1844 March 7, 1845) George M. Bibb. On the 15th USS Edwards (DD-619) departed for Bermuda, her sound gear inoperative. 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. 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 the 17th three merchant vessels detached for Casablanca and, on the 18th, one detached for Gibraltar and two merchant ships and three British submarines joined the convoy. Those who did not make it into a life raft died from hypothermia. An hour later Spencer sighted a submarine dead ahead on the surface at about 2,000 yards and she proceeded to attack. The Coast Guard Health Services community will be fully apprised of this subject so that questions from Coast Guard veterans and retirees can be appropriately answered. Later that year she sailed back to Ocean Station Echo, where she steamed from 10 June to 4 July. . Washington, DC: U.S. Coast Guard, 1 March 1949. pp. On the 11th the convoy became scattered about noon by winds of gale force and heavy seas but was reformed six hours later. Bibb continued at anchor in Kerama Retto until 7 July 1945 when she proceeded to Buckner Bay, where she anchored remaining through the 16th. While on ocean station, the Bibb came to the rescue of the airliner, the Bermuda Sky Queen. Bibb, under the command of CAPT Paul D. Cronk, had picked up an aircraft on radar heading west at 0232 (GCT) on 14 October 1947. x .50 caliber Browning MG; 2 x depth charge racks; 1 x "Y" gun depth charge projector. On 2 June 1943, Bibb moored in Delpit Basin, Casablanca. On 1 March 1945 she released the drydock to Tug ATA-225 and proceeded to Manzanillo, Mexico. On 2 October all ships were inside Grotta Point, Iceland, maneuvering for anchorages. 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. 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. Early on the 30th and again on the 6th of May Bibb fired on enemy aircraft. From June to July 1969 she served on Ocean Station Delta and during September of that same year she served on Ocean Station Echo. The Bibb returned to Reykjavik Harbor, Iceland on the 10th where she remained until the 25th. 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. 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. On 14 June 1945 Bibb stood out of Kerama Retto, in company with two other Navy vessels, and escorted by three destroyers, to ride out a reported storm at sea. Bibb was under the command of Commander Roy L. Raney during the convoy battles to come. At 0448 on the 21st she attacked a sound contact with a barrage of depth charges with undetermined results, due to darkness and haze. In September of 1948 Bibb steamed at full speed into forty foot seas to save 40 men and a dog from the sinking Portuguese fishing schooner Gaspar some 300 miles off Newfoundland. On the 30th, two merchant ships detached and 10 joined from Algiers. Find USCGC Bibb (WPG-31/WHEC-31) unit information, patches, operation history, veteran photos and more on TogetherWeServed.com. On 28 September Bibb again departed Buckner Bay. In March-April 1954 she served on Ocean Station Bravo. On the 7th she stood up Chesapeake Bay and carried out various exercises and then proceeded to Norfolk, mooring at the Navy Yard there on 12 February 1945. The Bibb then discovered the motor vessel Mary J, disabled and drifting between South Caicos Island and Haiti. The Penmar had been torpedoed about 2200 on 22 September 1942 and had sunk in about 10 minutes. 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. USCG Duane (Wreck) Stern Smoke Stack Bow She is a 327 foot Treasury class US Coast Guard cutter. At the same time one of the convoyed vessels, SS Elizabeth Massey, gradually lost position due to heavy seas and light condition and begun to fall behind. There were no seriously ill men among those brought aboard but all were weak and many required aid in going below deck. She arrived at San Juan on 7 January 1944 and departed on the 8th for Guantanamo Bay where she arrived on the 9th. In January 1945 Bibb left Charleston, South Carolina for service in the Pacific theater where, as an AGC, she served temporarily as the flagship for Commander, Mine Craft, Pacific Fleet. Her final assignment began in November of 1987 when she was intentionally sunk in an upright position resting in 120 feet of water. 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. MK-2 Browning MG, 2 x MK-13 high altitude parachute flare mortars. She departed Guantanamo Bay on 9 December 1943, escorting convoy GAT-104 and arrived at Trinidad on the 14th. Aircraft: Curtiss SOC-4, USCG No. Dedicated also to the Bibb Shipmates Assc. The 327-foot cutters were designed to meet changing missions of the service as it emerged from the Prohibition era. In addition to her patrol duties this cutter also performed civic action functions in the form of medical assistance and search and rescue. 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. V146 (1939-). In another significant action on 13 September 1968 Bibb fired on an enemy supply route in Khanh Lam Province. At 0809, a large explosion was observed on a ship in the convoy. The Bibb was relieved of escort duty on 8 August and proceeded independently to the Brooklyn Navy Yard and moored. Entering Reykjavik on the 23rd she proceeded to Hvalfjordur where she entered a floating drydock on the 27th and remained there until the 29th. On the 25th a plane reported sighting a submarine diving 14 miles from the convoy and the Bibb increased speed to search the area. The search was discontinued. In the winter of 1939 she was part of the Grand Banks Patrol. On the same day two vessels broke off for Europe Point and the convoy was joined by the Gibraltar section. The Vigilant was first located by a Coast Guard aircraft from Air Station Elizabeth City, North Carolina, and this aircraft directed Bibb onto the scene. Soon afterwards she got underway to join Trillium and relieved her of escort of SS Empire Bunting. When the cutter arrived, nine of the Vigilant's 12 crewmen had abandoned ship in the heavy seas of tropical storm Brett, with the remaining three attempting to save the vessel. At 0115. 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. Taking on ammunition at the Navy Yard until the 4th of February, when she departed for Hampton Roads, Virginia. Standing out of Casco Bay on that day, she moored at Naval Operating Base, Norfolk, on the 9th, moving to Lynnhaven Roads on the 12th. 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. An hour and a half later Bibb sighted a raft close aboard with survivors, and three hours later dropped two charges on a doubtful sound contact, while HMS Dauphin screened the rescue ship. The U.S. Coast Guard cutter George M. Bibb (Builder's No. On the 26th the escort carrier USS Card (CVE-11) reported a suspected submarine ten miles ahead. The Bibb undergoes conversion for combat as an anti-submarine warship and convoy escort in October, 1941. Ordered to Boston Navy Yard for repairs, she searched en route for a Coast Guard plane reported down in the vicinity of White Island. Later that afternoon Bibb dropped an eight charge barrage on a sound contact and whet appeared to be a torpedo wake. Bibbwas named for U.S. Secretary of the Treasury (July 4, 1844 - March 7, 1845) George M. Bibb. The USCGC Bibb (WPG-31) was a 327-foot (100 m) Secretary-Class (also known as "Treasury Class") Coast Guard ship commissioned in 1936. Bibb commenced making smoke at 0354, even before SOPA ordered it 14 minutes later. Then she proceeded towards Iceland and arrived at Reykjavik on the afternoon of the 5th. 1936:3 x 5"/51 (single); 2 x 6-pounders. The three vessels arrived off the entrance to Chesapeake Bay on the 17th. Armament:1936:3 x 5/51 (single); 2 x 6-pounders. 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. 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. Each of our products is invested with brains and time to create by the best designers, as well as a dedicated team of ideas. Hellcat fighters were being vectored to intercept the raid. FS's: The Little Ships That Could: A History of the Campaigns in the Pacific and the Personal Experiences of the Author on the U.S. Army FS-268. In February 1953 she served on Ocean Station Coca and in July it was duty on Ocean Station Delta. . On 24 July 1960 she departed on a Reserve Cruise. 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. 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. 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. In January of 1970 she served on Ocean Station Charlie, where she participated in a project to test for radioactive carbon dioxide in seawater. Task Force 66 relieved course and began standing up the Straits of Gibraltar and on the 3rd entered Casablanca Harbor. Bibb served in the United States Senate from 1811 to 1814 and from 1829 to 1835. 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. U.S. Coast Guard Cutters& Craft, 1946-1990. Command Chief, MKC Austin R. Jennings. Because of the weather zigzagging was discontinued. Standing out from Boston, after repairs, Bibb received a message from the cutter Modoc (WPG-46) on 13 April that a plane had reported a periscope in her vicinity. On 1 May seven merchant vessels were detached under escort of a destroyer escort for Algiers. On 10 November 1984 she seized the Turkish motor vessel SS, Due to the prohibitive cost of maintaining the aging, LOGBOOKS - Revenue and Coast Guard Cutters: An Overview, Revenue Cutter and Coast Guard Logbooks 1791-1991, Revenue Cutter and Coast Guard Muster Rolls 1831 - 1949, Revenue Cutter and Coast Guard Muster Rolls 1833-1932, Unbound US Revenue Cutter and CG Muster Rolls 1831-1915, Shipping Articles of the Revenue Cutter Service 1867 - 1916, Payroll of Officers & Enlisted Forces of USCG Cutters (1916 1935), Battle of the Atlantic & Greenland Patrol, SPAR Lillian Vasilas' Oral History Interview, Significant Dates in Coast Guard Aviation, Life-Saving Service and Coast Guard Units, Master Chief Petty Officers of the Coast Guard, Two Standards of Judgement - Michael Healy, Women in Coast Guard: Historical Chronology, Hosted by Defense Media Activity - WEB.mil. The other merchant ships who detached proceeded in groups, without escorts from the task force. He, like the other officers who commanded these cutters, knew his business. 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. 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 next day she sighted the bow of the tanker and left it in sinking condition also. 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. 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. Price: $ 18.00 (Price Includes Shipping & Handling) AssociationOfficers2021. On the 6th Bibb, together with USS MacLeish (DD-220) was relieved of further escort duty and departed the convoy setting a course for Argentia, where she arrived on the 7th. Departing the same day for Trinidad, she arrived at her destination and on the 11th left Trinidad for Guantanamo Bay, arriving on the 19th. The healthy sheer forward and the high slope in the deck in the wardrooms was known as the "Hunnewell Hump." On the 28th one merchant vessel returned to Norfolk unescorted due to machinery failure. At first light on 1 July, a rescue aircraft from Air Station Elizabeth City was on scene and assisting in the search. That might at 2011 two bright red lights were sighted in the convoy and it was learned that the steering machinery on one of the vessels, the SS Orbis, had broken down. 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. The Bibb remained moored at Bizerte until 11 May 1944, and then was underway as flagship of Task Force 60 relieving HMS Pheasant of convoy GUS-39 in the vicinity of Bizerte swept channel. 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 25 November 1942, Bibb stood out of Reykjavik Harbor to screen in the van of west bound convoy ONS-148 consisting of eight ships. The tow was taken over by the commercial tug Curb and Bibb then proceeded to Boston. In 1944 Bibb provided convoy escort between the United States and North Africa mainly to Bizerte in Tunisia. On 6 July 1942 the Bibb was moored in Hvalfjordur, Iceland, while part of the officers and soundmen received training on the anti-submarine attack teacher aboard HMS Blenheim. That operation involved several different agencies including the Coast Guard, the Navy, the Drug Enforcement Administration, and others. Bibb was moored at St. Helena Navy Yard in Berkley, Virginia, until 10 February 1944 undergoing overhaul. 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. Executive Officer, LCDR Nicholas A. Forni. Because of the weather zigzagging was discontinued. ; 1 x 1-pounder. That evening Ingham made an embarrassing attack on what was reported to be a periscope. Radar: (1945) SK, SG-1; (1966) AN/SPS-29D, AN/SPA-52. A Coast Guard press release noted: "Bibb once again utilized its excellent boat operation capabilities to board and search over 40 vessels in the Caribbean Theater during a two month period." No lifeboats were believed to have gotten away from the starboard side of the vessel, which had 499 persons on board. On 31 October 1942 Bibb was again underway escorting SS Nova along the southern coast of Iceland. depth charge on a doubtful sound contact, a school of stunned fish appeared on the surface. The commander of Task Force 66 was in the Bibb, while ComCortDiv 45, consisted of six Coast Guard-manned destroyer escorts and one Navy-manned destroyer escort. The convoy stood up the swept channel to Reykjavik Harbor, Iceland on the 29th and anchored. Seventh Fleet, RADM Rudden, send her a message: "As you depart the Cruiser-Destroyer Group, Seventh Fleet, your performance is noted with pleasure. During these missions she fired 2,760 rounds from her 5"/38 main battery, destroying 30 structures, 11 sampans, and four bunkers, while damaging 145 structures, 11 sampans and four bunkers--killing three and wounding 30 of the enemy. 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. 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. Through your actions, you have significantly contributed to the United States efforts in countering communist aggression in the Republic of Vietnam." The star shells marked the successful attack by a U-boat. Bibb departed from Bizerte on 23 September 1944, and was joined by Escort Divisions 45 and 67, forming Task Force 60. On the 25th she proceeded to Argentia in company with USS SC-688 and USS SC-189. Most recently, these ships-that-wouldnt-die have done duty in fisheries patrol and drug interdiction. She participated in refresher training under the Fleet Training Group at Guantanamo Bay every two years to maintain her military readiness. On 25 February the convoy dispersed in heavy weather with four escorts rounding up the stragglers. 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 9th the Casablanca section, escorted by two destroyers, joined the main convoy. The Bibb departed Guantanamo Bay on 29 December 1943, escorting convoy GAT-108 and arrived at Trinidad 3 January 1944. After one successful trip, the gig's engine broke down and the Coast Guardsmen once again launched a pulling boat. CGC Bibb & an 83-foot PB PRINT | E-MAIL 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 legendary Bibb was named for U.S. Secretary of the Treasury (July 4, 1844 - March 7, 1845) George M. Bibb. The Iceland convoy was formed by 0900 and got underway, Bibb screening the rear. On the 13th Task Group 21.13 joined, departing the next day. Twice during the next two hours, first two and then one ship in the convoy fired into the water, and one of the escorts, HMS Burnham proceeded alongside one of the ship. That afternoon she had an underwater sound contact and made an embarrassing depth charge attack 5,000 yards ahead of the convoy with no visible damage. The Bibb was unable to regain contact and rejoined the convoy. New navigation and communication systems were also added. Many had edema of the hands, which resulted, it is believed, from the tight fit these rubber suits have about the wrist. A Coast Guard press release noted: "Bibb once again utilized its excellent boat operation capabilities to board and search over 40 vessels in the Caribbean Theater during a two month period." She remained there only seven hours and at 1729 stood out of Loch Foyle in company with Ingham and Vulcan for a trip direct to Norfolk, Virginia. V172 (1937-1938) USCGC Mackinaw (WAGB-83) 282' Medium Endurance Cutter (WMEC) [ edit] USCGC Alex Haley (WMEC-39) USCGC Alex Haley (WMEC-39) 270' Medium Endurance Cutter (WMEC) [ edit] Main article: Famous-class cutter USCGC Thetis (WMEC-910), a Famous-class cutter USCGC Bear (WMEC-901) USCGC Tampa (WMEC-902) USCGC Harriet Lane (WMEC-903) USCGC Northland (WMEC-904) The plane crashed into the starboard side of USS Pinkney (APH-2), a transport for the wounded. A former officer on board Bibb, Captain Henry C. Keene, Jr., noted: Raney was a leader. 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. 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