On 29 and 30 January 1945 she was depermed, degaussed and tested. On the 30th she departed Boston for Casco Bay, Maine. Seventh Fleet, RADM Rudden, send her a message: "As you depart the Cruiser-Destroyer Group, Seventh Fleet, your performance is noted with pleasure. On the 11th she was underway proceeding to Norfolk and on the 12th was standing down Hampton Roads, anchoring in Lynnhaven Roads. 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. 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. The bodies of the navigator and observer were recovered. By noon on the 3rd the convoy was standing up the swept channel towards Reykjavik, Iceland. 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. On the 14th Bibb obtained two high frequency direction finder bearings and began running them down. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. The legendary Bibb was named for U.S. Secretary of the Treasury (July 4, 1844 - March 7, 1845) George M. Bibb. She had barely arrived at Casco Bay on 3 April when she was underway again searching for a Navy plane that had been forced down at sea. There were no persons aboard. Shortly afterwards, star shells, denoting a submarine attack, appeared in the same area. Once the conversion was completed she was again classified as WPG-31. On the 19th she proceeded to Casco Bay, Maine, where she engaged in various drills and exercises until tie 28th. 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 anchored in Palermo outer harbor, moving next morning to the breakwater. The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Winnebago (WHEC-40) had the Agenor's 17 crewmen on board. 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 Bibb joined convoy SC-121 and maneuvered to a position near the cutter Spencer (WPG-36). 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 Bibb then returned to New Bedford. Seven similar "combat cutters" were built and named for secretaries of the United States Treasury. Once in South Vietnamese waters, she operated under the Cruiser-Destroyer Group of the U.S. One of the destroyer escorts was damaged in collision and returned to Norfolk Navy Yard for repair. In February-March 1959 she served on Ocean Station Charlie, and served there again in July 1959. Then she proceeded towards Iceland and arrived at Reykjavik on the afternoon of the 5th. 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. 1936:3 x 5"/51 (single); 2 x 6-pounders. Two depth charges were dropped on a sound contact on the 7th and the search continued for two hours before rejoining the convoy. The broken blower crankshaft of one of the merchant vessels in convoy was repaired on Bibb and transferred to it by breeches buoy. 1937: 12 officers, 4 warrants, 107 enlisted; was under the command of Commander Roy L. Raney during the convoy battles to come. Five minutes later the ship on which the explosion had occurred sank, bow first. 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. On 1 March 1945 she released the drydock to Tug ATA-225 and proceeded to Manzanillo, Mexico. 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. 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 left Hvalfjordur for Reykjavik on 18 March 1943 and stood out to sea en route to join Iceland bound convoy HXL-229A. 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. HF/DF: (1943) 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. 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. 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. 1943: 2 x 5"/51 (single mount);4 x 3"/50 (single mounts); 2 x 20mm/80 (single); 1 x Hedgehog; 2 (?) The convoy arrived at New York on the 30th and Bibb moored at Brooklyn Navy Yard with an availability period until 10 June 1944. Another emergency turn was made on the 21st on a radar contact at 300 yards and at 0512 Bibb dropped one depth charge on an underwater sound contact that disappeared at 700 yards. In the Vietnam War, the Bibb transported John Kerry after he was shot on his Swift boat. The ship 327' and is laying on its starboard side, in 130' of water and it was a gr. The Bibb undergoes conversion for combat as an anti-submarine warship and convoy escort in October, 1941. The Nova discharged and took on U. S. Army personnel at Bay dar Fjord on the 1st of November and then proceeded to Seydis Fjord where she remained overnight. A minute later at 0359 an enemy aircraft was sighted at a range of about 5,000 yards and about 1,000 feet in altitude. On the 15th USS Edwards (DD-619) departed for Bermuda, her sound gear inoperative. In the fall she steamed to Ocean Station Bravo, where she served from 27 September to 17 October 1973. One merchant vessel was detached for St. John's. However, since this six year stint in Congress left him disenchanted with Old Hickorys leadership, he did not stand for reelection, but returned to Kentucky at the end of his term to become Chancellor of the Louisville Court of Chancery. That operation involved several different agencies including the Coast Guard, the Navy, the Drug Enforcement Administration, and others. Price: $ 18.00 (Price Includes Shipping & Handling) AssociationOfficers2021. The Bibb's fire was thought to be directly responsible for causing the attack to be frustrated and the plane splashing harmlessly into the water. At noon two boats were lowered and they began bringing 61 survivors aboard, including one naval officer and 23 enlisted men. Radio Call Sign: NRDBCost: $2,468,460.00Keel Laid: 15 August 1935Launched: 14 January 1937Commissioned: 10 March 1937Decommissioned: 30 September 1985Disposition: Sunk as an artificial reef off the Florida Keys on 28 November 1987Builder: Charleston Navy Yard, Philadelphia, PADisplacement: 2,350 (1936)Length: 327 0Beam: 41 0Draft: 12 6 (max. One ship was reported later to have returned to Reykjavik safely. The cutters. Three destroyer escorts left to escort three of these detached ships, two of the escorts returning on the 20th and 21st. That evening Ingham made an embarrassing attack on what was reported to be a periscope. )Propulsion: 2 x Westinghouse double-reduction geared turbines; 2 x Babcock & Wilcox sectional express, air-encased, 400 psi, 200 superheatSHP: 5,250 (total)Maximum Speed: 19.5 knotsCruising: 13.0 knots, 7,000 mile rangeComplement: 1937: 12 officers, 4 warrants, 107 enlisted;1941: 16 officers, 5 warrants, 202 enlisted;1966: 10 officers, 3 warrants, 133 enlisted. MK-2 Browning MG, 2 x MK-13 high altitude parachute flare mortars. The rafts were of the doughnut type and, due to the height of the sea, it was rarely possible to see more than two or three rafts at a time. In September 1972 she medevaced crewman from the Greek merchant vessel SS Christia midway between Bermuda and the Azores. On the 27th Bibb was en route to New York where she anchored in Gravesend Bay, moving over to Brooklyn on the 28th to moor. The Bibb departed Pearl Harbor on 25 March and arrived at Eniwetok on 3 April 1945. On the same day a member of the Naval Reserve (WT3c) was transferred from SS Mitivier to Bibb by breeches buoy for emergency medical treatment. Bibb remained at South Boston Navy Yard until 16 January 1943, and then stood out of Boston Harbor for Casco Bay, Maine, where on the 18th she went into battle practice with the cutter Comanche (WPG 76), making practice runs and simulated attacks on a U. S. submarine. The Bibb then set a course for Boston and moored at Pier 3, South Boston on the 15th. She also caused 11 secondary fires and three secondary explosions. She was commissioned on 10 March 1937. From October 1973 until she was decommissioned. 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. At 0330 various escorts reported bandit planes closing over the convoy. 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. Part I [Escorts]. Description. On the 21st a doctor from Babbitt was transferred to Bibb to treat that ship's doctor who had been stricken with pneumonia. 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. The Bibb was underway on zig-zag courses at five knots at the time from Norfolk to Casco Day, Maine. In August, 1949 she served on Ocean Station Dog. Difficulty was experienced on the 12th in keeping formation due to high winds and heavy seas. From 1946 to 1973, Bibb was stationed at Boston. Anti-submarine weaponry was added in mid-1941 and under Executive Order of 11 September 1941, 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, Standing out of Reykjavik harbor on 21 September 1942, 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. 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 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. Taking on ammunition at the Navy Yard until the 4th of February, when she departed for Hampton Roads, Virginia. That operation involved several different agencies including the Coast Guard, the Navy, the Drug Enforcement Administration, and others. V146 (1939-). CG-71) was built at the Charleston Navy Yard, Charleston, South Carolina, and was launched in 1937. TWS is the largest online community of Veterans existing today and is a powerful Veteran locator. The legendary Bibb was named for U.S. Secretary of the Treasury (July 4, 1844 - March 7, 1845) George M. Bibb. 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. 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. Radar: (1945) SK, SG-1; (1966) AN/SPS-29D, AN/SPA-52. At 2152 word was received that a vessel in the convoy had been torpedoed. 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. The New York section, with the commander Task Force 60 in Bibb, now consisted of 148 ships in 8 columns. 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. An hour later a Netherlands war vessel joined the task force as an anti-aircraft ship. If you served in USCGC Bibb (WPG-31/WHEC-31), Join TWS for free to reconnect with service friends. . At 0336 escorts on the convoy's port side began firing and two minutes later escorts on the starboard side began to open fire. Many of Bibb's crewmen leapt into the water to assist the nearly frozen survivors, and the cutter Ingham assisted. She arrived on the 17th, remaining there for the rest of October. Four merchant ships were detached for Gibraltar and one joined just before the convoy changed course to stand through the Straits. A U.S. Army liaison officer boarded, In another significant action on 13 September 1968, In addition to her patrol duties this cutter also performed civic action functions in the form of medical assistance and search and rescue. The Bibb was unable to regain contact and rejoined the convoy. 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. Find USCGC Bibb (WPG-31/WHEC-31) unit information, patches, operation history, veteran photos and more on TogetherWeServed.com. Seven similar "combat cutters" were built and named for secretaries of the United States Treasury. On the 27th two merchant vessels were detached for New York. The Casablanca section started joining the main convoy from Mediterranean ports. On the 16th two YMs detached for Bermuda. The Bibb rescued 33 more people from the nearby torpedoed freighter S.S. Kalliopi before returning to the convoy. Lookouts aboard the Bibb sighted one of the Mallory's lifeboats at 1000 and, disobeying an order to return to the convoy, Bibb's commanding officer, CDR Roy Raney, ordered his cutter to begin rescuing survivors. The plane had just flown over Tokashika Shima and was approaching the southern anchorage near Bibb. Thirty-two preliminary designs of a modified Erie-class gunboat were drawn up before one was finally selected. In May-June 1958 she served on Ocean Station Echo and in July-August 1958 it was back to Ocean Station Delta. After the conversion was completed, she was ordered to Boston, which remained her home port through October of 1973. On 24 July 1960 she departed on a Reserve Cruise. 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. The Bibb was awarded the Presidential Unit Citation for her participation in "Operation Sea Lords" from October to December 1968. The torpedo struck in a hold occupied by Marines, which probably accounted for the relatively small number of Marines rescued. The other merchant ships who detached proceeded in groups, without escorts from the task force. The vessel was identified as the Norwegian SS Mosdale bound for Liverpool. On 7 February 1943, the U-402 torpedoed the Mallory as it straggled behind the convoy. The Bibb returned on the 21st and proceeded to Buckner Bay, where she remained at anchor during the balance of July. Two and a half hours after this rescue, Ingham sighted red flares and Bibb proceeded to cover Ingham while she picked up eight survivors from SS Tennessee. Bibb,1955. When the Grand Banks cruises were discontinued on 27 January 1940 Bibb was then assigned duty with on the weather stations. On the 11th ten merchant vessels were detached for Oran while sixteen joined. 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 25 February 1943, a convoy was formed with Bibb as escort commander, escorting seven vessels, with Babbitt in company. Soon afterwards she got underway to join Trillium and relieved her of escort of SS Empire Bunting. 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. The plane disappeared in a smoke screen. Various vessels near the path of the plane opened fire. On 15 February 1943, the Bibb departed for Hvalfjordur, Iceland. 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. Next day she sighted a merchant ship on the horizon and challenged her by blinker. Another Val, taken under fire by naval units, westward of Geruma Shim was brought down. On 14 April she departed for Guam where she arrived on the 15th and on the 19th rendezvoused with USS Aaron Ward (DD-132) which acted as her escort to Okinawa. The Bibb was relieved of escort duty on 8 August and proceeded independently to the Brooklyn Navy Yard and moored. Shortly after this flames ware observed on a second ship, just ahead of the first one. ; 1 x 1-pounder.1941: 1 x 5/51 (single mount); 3 x 3/50 (single mounts);2 (?) . 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. On the 11th she stood down the Block Island swept channel for Norfolk and moored at the Naval Operating Base on the 12th. Their primary task was to report meteorological information, which was used in weather forecasts for the burgeoning trans-Atlantic commercial air traffic as well as for surface vessels. The Bibb picked up oil samples and ordering USS Portent (AM-106) to remain in the vicinity, rejoined the convoy. depth charge on a doubtful sound contact, a school of stunned fish appeared on the surface. In February 1943, the convoy came under attack and the SSHenry R. Mallory was torpedoed. The cutter reported to the escort commander on the 20th and was assigned a station. 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. On the 20th Bibb investigated a sound contact, which proved to be non-submarine and was probably due to fish. Then it was on to Guantanamo Bay for more intensive training with the Navy. From June to July 1969 she served on Ocean Station Delta and during September of that same year she served on Ocean Station Echo. Bibb continued at anchor in Kerama Retto until 7 July 1945 when she proceeded to Buckner Bay, where she anchored remaining through the 16th. The Iceland Unit, consisting of seven ships, detached from the main convoy at 1900. On the 16th Bibb attacked a doubtful sound contact with three starboard throwers without results. The plane was in a slight glide, losing altitude, apparently picking out one of the ships in the anchorage as a suicide crash target. On the 19th and 20th a number of ships were detached for Oran and Algiers, others joining from those ports. On the 12th she delivered the two submarines to a local Canadian escort unit off the Sambro Light vessel. 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 26th, the escort duty completed, Bibb proceeded to South Boston Navy Yard Annex, mooring there on the 28th and remaining through the balance of October. The Tojo split off, passing Bibb's starboard beam by 250 yards, and crash dived into the starboard side of USS Curtiss (AV-4). Dropping a 600 lb. The three vessels arrived off the entrance to Chesapeake Bay on the 17th. Although a leader of the successful War Hawk faction in Congress, Bibb resigned from the Senate in 1814, before the end of the War of 1812, and returned to Kentucky. At 0448 on the 21st she attacked a sound contact with a barrage of depth charges with undetermined results, due to darkness and haze. Grumman JF-2, USCG No. On several occasions she was praised for her gunfire support. Twenty minutes later she sighted a life raft with three men on it end she directed the rescue ship to pick them up. Bibb remained anchored in Reykjavik Harbor, Iceland until 19 October 1942, and then got underway escorting a convoy of five ships westward. That evening gunfire was sighted on the horizon, presumed to be HMS Broadway in contact with an enemy submarine. 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. This page is for the crew of the USCGC Taney 3 Bells: Copies from publications related to the Taney. 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 next day, after an airplane had dropped a charge directly ahead, Bibb fired a Hedgehog barrage of depth charges on a sound contact. 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. During May-June 1949 she served on Ocean Station Able. U.S. Coast Guard Cutters& Craft of World War II. Among those serving on Bibb was James A. Watson, a rear admiral who was the onsite ranking officer in the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. On 2 October all ships were inside Grotta Point, Iceland, maneuvering for anchorages. 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. On 1 October the convoy was augmented by 30 merchant ships and three Navy vessels. The contact was not regained after the last attack. By 0305 the rescue ships had completed operations and were underway to rejoin the convoy. In March-April 1956 she served on Ocean Station Bravo again and in June 1956 she served on Ocean Station Charlie. These included Pearl Harbor, Guam, Subic Bay, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Yokosuka. The USCGC Bibb (WPG-31) was a 327-foot (100m) Secretary-Class (also known as "Treasury Class") Coast Guard ship commissioned in 1936. Books and Government Publications. 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." In the U.S. Navy, asbestos was considered so important that the U.S. government once mandated its use in shipbuilding. The contact was evaluated as probably non-submarine. On the 17th she departed in convoy to a clear area, when a typhoon was expected to strike. Modifications included the removal of one of her 5-inch 50 caliber main batteries, the addition of a total of four 3-inch 50 caliber dual-purpose batteries, lighter anti-aircraft armament (including 20mm cannons and .50 caliber machine guns), Y gun depth charge projectors, two depth charge tracks at the stern and at some point in the coming months, a British-made high-frequency direction finder (known as HF/DF or Huff-Duff), and a surface search radar set. The tow was taken over by the commercial tug Curb and Bibb then proceeded to Boston. On the 8th, with Skagie Point abeam to port, the Free French Corvette Roselys joined the task force. 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. 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. The USCGC Bibb was a 327-foot Secretary-Class Coast Guard ship commissioned in 1936. Hellcat fighters were being vectored to intercept the raid. 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." On the 13th she stood down Chesapeake Bay swept channel and maneuvered while awaiting the formation of the convoy. x .50 caliber Browning MG; 2 x depth charge racks; 1 x "Y" gun depth charge projector. 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. Alton, George. USCGC SPENCER (WMEC 905) Commanding Officer, CDR Corey M. Kerns. The plane crashed into the starboard side of USS Pinkney (APH-2), a transport for the wounded. After one successful trip, the gig's engine broke down and the Coast Guardsmen once again launched a pulling boat. 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. Bibb is credited with destroying one Japanese kamikaze aircraft in action at Karema Retto. Eight merchant vessels were detached for Gibraltar on the 15th. Later she returned to the wreck and left it in a sinking condition from gun fire and depth charges. The Bibb was again underway on 31 August 1942 screening the port bow of the eastbound trans-Atlantic convoy SC-97. Complement: 1937: 12 officers, 4 warrants, 107 enlisted; 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 , with Ingham , departed Boston on 8 September 1943, for area "R" off Block Island Sound for anti-submarine warfare practice, which consisted of simulated depth charging and head throw weapon runs on a submerged U.S. submarine and also acted as target for PT boats in combined destroyer and PTB exercises. One convoyed vessel detached for Horta, Azores on the 20th and two joined. 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. On the 9th the Casablanca section, escorted by two destroyers, joined the main convoy. There were no seriously ill men among those brought aboard but all were weak and many required aid in going below deck. Then she departed for Norfolk and moored there for the rest of August. He was born on 30 October 1776 in Prince Edward County, Virginia. The support included providing fuel, food, water, ammunition, maintenance repair, battle damage repair, and medical services. Robert Scheina. She served again on Ocean Station Charlie from 23 October to 17 November 1972. No other enemy action took place in Bibb's vicinity during the rest of May and she remained anchored, continuing as flagship of COMINPAC. In 1981 Bibb conducted a six-week patrol that included two training stops and several rescues. That evening 11 ships of the convoy bound for Iceland departed the main convoy with Bibb, Ingham and Schenck as escorts. She had a sound contact at 900 yards and dropped a full pattern with negative results. Later that year Bibb joined a destroyer squadron for the assistance of shipping in the North Atlantic. On 27 February 1952 Bibb sustained minor damage when a Navy tug collided with her while maneuvering in Narragansett Bay. She remained in South Boston Navy Yard until 16 January 1943 undergoing repairs to her hull and machinery. The Bibb proceeded to the area and screened SS Melrose Abbey, the convoy's appointed rescue ship, as she picked up survivors. Vessels joined the convoy at Gibraltar on the 10th. From June to July 1969 she served on Ocean Station Delta and during September of that same year she served on Ocean Station Echo. Bibb,1955. 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. New navigation and communication systems were also added. 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. The Mallory had been torpedoed at 0600. 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