USCGC BIBB

USCGC BIBB (WHEC-31) was a United States Coast Guard cutter commissioned in 1937 and named after Secretary of the Treasury George M. Bibb. During World War II, BIBB served as a convoy escort in the treacherous North Atlantic, notably rescuing survivors from the torpedoed troop transport SS Henry Mallory in 1943. After the war, the cutter performed ocean station duties, search and rescue, and law enforcement missions. BIBB continued her distinguished service until decommissioning in 1985, after which she was sunk as an artificial reef off Key Largo, Florida.