USCGC Bibb (WPG-31)

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Royal Navy ship
gptkbp:armament anti-aircraft guns
depth charge projectors
3-inch/50 caliber guns
5-inch/51 caliber guns
gptkbp:awards gptkb:American_Campaign_Medal
gptkb:Asiatic-Pacific_Campaign_Medal
gptkb:National_Defense_Service_Medal
gptkb:Presidential_Unit_Citation
gptkb:World_War_II_Victory_Medal
gptkb:Republic_of_Vietnam_Campaign_Medal
gptkb:Vietnam_Service_Medal
gptkb:Navy_Unit_Commendation
gptkb:Republic_of_Vietnam_Gallantry_Cross_Unit_Citation
gptkbp:beam 41 feet
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Charleston_Navy_Yard
gptkbp:class gptkb:Treasury-class_cutter
gptkbp:commissioned 1936
gptkbp:crewComplement 16 officers, 107 enlisted
gptkbp:decommissioned 1985
gptkbp:displacement 2,350 tons
gptkbp:draught 12 feet
gptkbp:fate sunk as artificial reef
gptkbp:homeport gptkb:Boston,_Massachusetts
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USCGC Bibb (WPG-31)
gptkbp:hullNumber WPG-31
gptkbp:launched 1936
gptkbp:length 327 feet
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:George_M._Bibb
gptkbp:nickname Queen of the Treasury Fleet
gptkbp:notableEvent served as flagship for Task Force 24.6
escorted convoys in the Atlantic during WWII
participated in Operation Market Time
rescued survivors of SS Henry Mallory in 1943
gptkbp:operator gptkb:United_States_Coast_Guard
gptkbp:propulsion 2 × Babcock & Wilcox boilers
2 × Westinghouse geared turbines
gptkbp:role gptkb:law_enforcement
search and rescue
convoy escort
ocean station duty
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:Vietnam_War
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:speed 20 knots
gptkbp:wreckLocation off Key Largo, Florida
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Treasury-class_cutter
gptkb:Fore_River_Shipyard,_Quincy,_Massachusetts
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7