On the fourth trip, the surfboat, taking on water after being battered against the hull of Bibb, began to sink. The breakdown had been caused by the tripping of circuit breakers on the main switchboard and within 35 minutes Bibb had again shifted to power steering. Bibb was under the command of Commander Roy L. Raney during the convoy battles to come. Eight merchant vessels were detached for Gibraltar on the 15th. 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. After she returned to service, Bibb undertook a cadet cruise to Bermuda and then to Europe. Executive Officer, LCDR Nicholas A. Forni. 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. She was sunk as an artificial reef off the coast of Florida in 1987. On the 2nd Bibb made a sweep astern and on the 3 September dropped a large depth charge on a doubtful sound contact. The Bibb proceeded to the area and screened SS Melrose Abbey, the convoy's appointed rescue ship, as she picked up survivors. The Coast Guard at War V: Transports and Escorts. She began the year 1971 by serving on Ocean Station Bravo, where she served from 3 to 26 of January. The Bibb regained contact and slowed for a Hedgehog attack. Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1982. Several hours later she again encountered the abandoned Coulmore. Later on the same day Ingham and a destroyer, joined with the Casablanca section and two PC escorts later departed for Casablanca with four vessels from the main convoy. Those who did not make it into a life raft died from hypothermia. The Treasury class cutters proved to be highly dependable, versatile and long-lived warships--most served their country for over 40 years. 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. 1941: 16 officers, 5 warrants, 202 enlisted; 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. For three days we provided the men with food and shelter as we stood by the disabled ship. Seventh Fleet as a part of Coast Guard Squadron Three. 1966: 10 officers, 3 warrants, 133 enlisted. An official website of the United States government, 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. Washington, DC: U.S. Coast Guard, 1 March 1949. pp. 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. Then it was on to Guantanamo Bay for more intensive training with the Navy. At 2152 word was received that a vessel in the convoy had been torpedoed. On one such occasion the commander of U.S. The USCGC Bibb (WPG-31) was a 327-foot (100 m) Secretary-Class (also known as "Treasury Class") Coast Guard ship commissioned in 1936. 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. On 25 February the convoy dispersed in heavy weather with four escorts rounding up the stragglers. On the 27th two merchant vessels were detached for New York. She had a sound contact at 900 yards and dropped a full pattern with negative results. The Bibb assumed a new patrol station until the 15th, when she departed independently for Charleston, South Carolina. Ten minutes later a kawasaki Ki-61 "Tony" fighter aircraft was sighted at about 5,000 yards, and Bibb commenced firing, but the firing was checked as the bearing became foul. Three hours later Bibb stood into the harbor and moored, remaining there until the 31st. On 28 September Bibb again departed Buckner Bay. At 0336 escorts on the convoy's port side began firing and two minutes later escorts on the starboard side began to open fire. V172 (1937-1938) The torpedo struck in a hold occupied by Marines, which probably accounted for the relatively small number of Marines rescued. USCGC Bibb (WPG-31) The Bibbwas a 327-foot (100 m) Secretary-Class (also known as "Treasury Class") Coast Guard ship commissioned in 1936. 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. RDML William G. Kelly Also, during the mid-1930s, narcotics smuggling, mostly opium, was on the increase, and long-legged, fairly fast cutters were needed to curtail it. USS Bibb, CG (WAGC-31); U.S.C.G.C. She also caused 11 secondary fires and three secondary explosions. He was born on 30 October 1776 in Prince Edward County, Virginia. The nearby cutter was able to repel the attack with five-inch gunfire while coming close inshore in relatively shallow water to retrieve her Medical Civil Action Program team. On the 12th three more merchant vessels joined. The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Winnebago (WHEC-40) had the Agenor's 17 crewmen on board. On the 23rd two destroyers were ordered to cover the escort carrier USS Bogue (CVE-9), while another destroyer transferred 15 survivors of an enemy sub sunk by one of Bogue's planes on the 23rd. On 17 July 1982, In 1984 she participated in a multifaceted law enforcement operation code-named "Operation Wagon Wheel" in the Caribbean. Another merchant vessel from Casablanca joined the convoy. Vessels joined the convoy at Gibraltar on the 10th. The convoy consisted of 69 merchant ships, 19 LSTs and one British aircraft carrier. The Task Force was escorting convoy UGS-33, consisting of 78 merchant vessels to North African ports and also USS Brant (ARS-32) and six LCIs to the Azores. The following morning the seas had abated somewhat and Cronk ordered a rescue attempt with his personal gig. 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. The Bibb departed Boston on 8 November 1943 in company with Ingham en route San Juan, Puerto Rico, for duty with Task Group 26.4 and arrived there on the 13th. The Treasury class cutters proved to be highly dependable, versatile and long-lived warshipsmost served their country for over 40 years. During her ten-month deployment, she cruised approximately 68,680 miles and was underway for 75 percent of the time she was deployed. On the 31st, the Casablanca section of the convoy, consisting of 27 ships, began breaking off. Every branch of the military used asbestos during the 20th century. 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 next year, in June-July, she served on Ocean Station How and in July of 1950 she and her sister Treasury-class cutters had Mark 10 projectors installed. This page was last edited on 2 January 2023, at 19:17. New navigation and communication systems were also added. 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. On 7 March 1943, Bibb got underway from Reykjavik to augment the escort of convoy SC-121. Proceeding to the area she searched with Modoc without results. Five minutes later the ship on which the explosion had occurred sank, bow first. She remained in South Boston Navy Yard until 16 January 1943 undergoing repairs to her hull and machinery. Six hours later while returning to the convoy Bibb picked up 33 survivors from the Greek SS Kalliopi. 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. By the 28th the ships were widely scattered and seldom in contact with each other. She sailed to Ocean Station Charlie again in April of 1960 and in June and July of 1960 she served on Ocean Station Echo. 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. Bibb stood out of Argentia Harbor on 7 December 1942 with MacLeish and USS Simpson (DD-221) and on the 11th made rendezvous with two Russian submarines, taking station on them to act as senior escort to Halifax, Nova Scotia. The bodies of the navigator and observer were recovered. High winds and rough seas from the unexpected storm had put several vessels in distress and Bibb was first directed to assist the motor vessel Madil. Four merchant ships were detached for Gibraltar and one joined just before the convoy changed course to stand through the Straits. 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. Later again that month and into August she seized the fishing vessel Shanti after the crew of the fishing vessel threw approximately three tons of marijuana overboard. On the 24th Bibb changed course to effect a rendezvous with convoy SC-105, joining the convoy on the 26th. On the 28th four merchant vessels and one destroyer detached, the vessels to be escorted to Oran by a British task force. A fire which broke out on Bibb on the 21st proved to be rags burning in a bucket. CGC Bibb in her post-war configuration and paint. An hour later Bibb was ordered to detach from the convoy and return to Iceland, with SS Toltec. Seven similar "combat cutters" were built and named for secretaries of the United States Treasury. 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. During May-June 1949 she served on Ocean Station Able. 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 received several visible hits on the left wing, close to the fuselage at the peak of the dive and began trailing black smoke, crashing into the water near the Kenneth Whiting. Her next duty on an ocean station was from 16 May to 7 June 1974 when she served at Ocean Station Bravo once again. 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. Many of Bibb's crewmen leapt into the water to assist the nearly frozen survivors, and the cutter Ingham assisted. 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. One of Ingham's 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. On the 16th Bibb attacked a doubtful sound contact with three starboard throwers without results. 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. These included Pearl Harbor, Guam, Subic Bay, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Yokosuka. 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. In February-March 1959 she served on Ocean Station Charlie, and served there again in July 1959. 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.=====================================================================. At first light on 1 July, a rescue aircraft from Air Station Elizabeth City was on scene and assisting in the search. 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. At 0809, a large explosion was observed on a ship in the convoy. Many had edema of the hands, which resulted, it is believed, from the tight fit these rubber suits have about the wrist. 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. She arrived at San Juan on 7 January 1944 and departed on the 8th for Guantanamo Bay where she arrived on the 9th. The Bibb spent much of 1940 and 1941 on weather patrol. She received credit for the destruction of one Japanese aircraft. The convoy proceeded toward Bizerte, where, on the 18th, the Bibb was relieved as escort flagship by HMS Pheasant and moored until the 20th. She departed Charlie upon relief by Duane on 16 January 1948. Later she returned to the wreck and left it in a sinking condition from gun fire and depth charges. 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. 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. 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. A submarine periscope was reported close aboard. These operations called for off-shore patrols of up to three weeks. On 14 December two British escort vessels departed with some of the ships of the convoy for St. John's, Newfoundland. 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 30 June 1981 Bibb sailed around Cape Hatteras and right into tropical storm Brett. That evening Ingham made an embarrassing attack on what was reported to be a periscope. The Bibb rescued 33 more people from the nearby torpedoed freighter S.S. Kalliopi before returning to the convoy. The cutter Bibb was named for George Motier Bibb, a prominent lawyer and jurist in Kentucky. On 23 of May 1983 Bibb seized a fishing vessel 50 miles southeast of Cape Cod for fisheries violations. On the 2nd Bibb received a report from a ship with call letters KFFL that she had been torpedoed. The ship 327' and is laying on its starboard side, in 130' of water and it was a gr. The broken blower crankshaft of one of the merchant vessels in convoy was repaired on Bibb and transferred to it by breeches buoy. At 0115. Since the war had stopped the flow of weather data from merchant ships, the Coast Guard drew the duty of maintaining a continuous weather patrol consisting of 327-foot cutters at two stations in the mid-Atlantic located as follows: Station No. The Bibb returned to Reykjavik Harbor, Iceland on the 10th where she remained until the 25th. The passengers panicked and leapt overboard into the 50 water. On 7 February 1943, the U-402 torpedoed the Mallory as it straggled behind the convoy. >27,500 (10 days for 50 man crew using 50 gpd : Maximum Range: 4,000 NM @ 12 kts 9,000 NM @ 9 kts : Stopping Distance < 1,000 feet : Circumnavigate Beset 1000' Vessel in Heavy Ice (32" solid level) Yes - within 12 minutes : Sewage Treatment, Trash, & Hazmat Storage : Hold for 10 days (based on 50 person crew) All grey water, all black water . During November 1944 through 29 January 1945, Bibb remained at the Charleston Navy Yard, undergoing conversion to an AGC [Amphibious Command & Control] vessel, her designation being then changed to WAGC-31. She passed through to canal and departed Balboa on the 23rd for Pearl Harbor. On 28 April some of these planes, undetected and unreported by any unit, approached the southern anchorage, flying at high speed about 100 feet above the water. On the 2nd they were en route to Raufarhofn, where Nova discharged and loaded passengers. Next day she identified convoy ON-176 and delivered the section from Iceland. 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. Regaining the contact ten minutes later she again attacked with a barrage of six charges. HF/DF: (1943) Seven similar "combat cutters" were built and named for secretaries of the United States Treasury. At 1521 she relieved HMS Fleetwood as Task Force Commander. 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. 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. Sighting Narragansett 15 miles distant, Bibb came alongside and then proceeded to the floating drydock, two and one-half miles away, and took her in tow. Style: Quantity. At 0250 on the 7th she sighted four star shells in the vicinity of the convoy and a vessel was reported torpedoed. The Bibb returned on the 21st and proceeded to Buckner Bay, where she remained at anchor during the balance of July. On the 24th, the New York section of 19 ships detached with four escorts. Commander (Constructor) F. G. Hunnewell, USCG, was the head of the Coast Guard's Construction and Repair Department at that time. 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 the 20th a destroyer escort reported picking up Morse Code signals on their underwater sound gear, and an hour later Bibb picked up the same signals. 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. 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. From October 1973 until she was decommissioned, Bibb was stationed at New Bedford. New navigation and communication systems were also added. Shortly afterwards, star shells, denoting a submarine attack, appeared in the same area. There were no seriously ill men among those brought aboard but all were weak and many required aid in going below deck. Bibb made history after a wolf pack attacked the eastbound convoy SC-118. She returned to Kerama Retto, next morning and remained anchored there for the balance of June. 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 20th Bibb investigated a sound contact, which proved to be non-submarine and was probably due to fish. The same could be said of the other Secretary Class cutters, their officers, and their crews. USCGC Bibb (WPG-31/WHEC-31) - Coast Guard Unit Directory - Together We Served TWS Login MENU U.S. Army U.S. MARINE CORPS U.S. Navy U.S. Air Force U.S. Coast Guard Veterans Network USCGC Bibb (WPG-31/WHEC-31) USCGC Bibb (WPG-31/WHEC-31) If You Served In This Unit, Reconnect With Your Service Friends Today Join Now and her members who help to keep these memories alive. The Bibb was underway on zig-zag courses at five knots at the time from Norfolk to Casco Day, Maine. On the 11th she was underway proceeding to Norfolk and on the 12th was standing down Hampton Roads, anchoring in Lynnhaven Roads. 1941: 1 x 5"/51 (single mount); 3 x 3"/50 (single mounts);2 (?) On 14 May Bibb was en route to Iceland as the flagship of Task Unit 24.6.2 with the USS Leary (DD-158) and USS Badger (DD-126). She was commissioned on 10 March 1937. Bibb was underway on 9 November 1942 screening the right flank of a west bound convoy of eight ships. The support included providing fuel, food, water, ammunition, maintenance repair, battle damage repair, and medical services. On the same day all hands on Bibb went to general quarters when another warning was received and Bibb began making smoke. Bibbwas named for U.S. Secretary of the Treasury (July 4, 1844 - March 7, 1845) George M. Bibb. 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. CG-71) was built at the Charleston Navy Yard, Charleston, South Carolina, and was launched in 1937. Vessels joined the convoy at Gibraltar on the 10th. From 26 November to 16 December she served on Ocean Station Bravo. The convoy consisted of 102 merchant ships. MK-2 Browning MG, 2 x MK-13 high altitude parachute flare mortars. Sound contacts were attacked that day and the next and on the 16th four more destroyers of Task Group 21.3 joined the escort group. The attack took place at 36 23' N x 00 26.5' E. No planes came within range of Bibb during the entire action. Bibb also provided logistical support to U.S. Navy "Swift" boats and Coast Guard 82-foot patrol boats of Coast Guard Squadron One. On 2 June 1943, Bibb moored in Delpit Basin, Casablanca. The Bibb also visited many foreign ports on her deployment, many of which she had sailed into during World War II. On the 22nd Task Force 60 was relieved of escort duty by British vessels and Bibb stood into Bizerte swept channel and moored. The Mallory had been torpedoed at 0600. Those who did not make it into a life raft died from hypothermia. While circling the area to renew contact a whale and school of porpoises was also encountered. On 1 October the convoy was augmented by 30 merchant ships and three Navy vessels. He was appointed Secretary of the Treasury by President John Tyler after the resignation of Secretary John C. Spencer in 1844. 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. On the 12th four merchant vessels were detached for Bone, Algeria, while three merchant vessels from that port joined. Next day she fired her port K-guns on a contact with negative results. The mid-1970s were a period of transition for the Coast Guard with the passage of the Fisheries Conservation and Management Act and the nation's shift towards increased interdiction of narcotics smugglers. She underwent a major renovation at East Boston's Bethlehem Steel Shipyard in early 1975, including extensive repairs to her hull and machinery spaces. During May-June 1949 she served on Ocean Station Able. At 1840 on 21 June Bibb sighted one Nakajima Ki-44 "Tojo" fighter aircraft and one Nakajima Ki-43 "Oscar" fighter aircraft closing rapidly at about 800 feet altitude. In peacetime the Bibb spent time on ocean station providing weather information and beacons to trans-Atlantic traffic. Next day she sighted a merchant ship on the horizon and challenged her by blinker. 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 May 1965 she served on Ocean Station Charlie. One merchant vessel detached for the Azores. Bibbwas named for U.S. Secretary of the Treasury (July 4, 1844 - March 7, 1845) George M. Bibb. Bibb served in the United States Senate from 1811 to 1814 and from 1829 to 1835. 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. 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. Seven similar "combat cutters" were built and named for secretaries of the United States Treasury. 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. When an enemy aircraft was sighted coming in from the northwest on 28 April 1945 Bibb commenced firing. The Bibb, relieved of this arduous duty, continued carrying out law enforcement and search and rescue patrols. Task Force 63 also included Ingham and seven destroyers. The next day, after an airplane had dropped a charge directly ahead, Bibb fired a Hedgehog barrage of depth charges on a sound contact. 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. Later that year Bibb joined a destroyer squadron for the assistance of shipping in the North Atlantic. 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. It was a clear night with a bright, full moon which made visibility very good. Next day the Bibb fired her starboard thrower in an embarrassing attack on what was probably a non-submarine. From 1946 to 1973. A place for old 327 BENO sailors to meet, swap sea stories and tall tales, and share photos. 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 vessel's power was 410 kW (550 hp) and it had a speed of 11 kn (20 km/h; 13 mph). Bibb was named for U.S. Secretary of the Treasury (July 4, 1844 - March 7, 1845) George M. Bibb . The confidence the crew had in their captain seemed to be reflected in his pride and confidence in his crew.. Then she proceeded towards Iceland and arrived at Reykjavik on the afternoon of the 5th. 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. V146 (1939-). The ship fought in the Battle of the Atlantic serving as a convoy escort. Shortly afterwards the convoy was secured from general quarters as the contact proved to be negative. 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