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USS Mackinac (AVP-13)
USCGC Mackinac (WAVP-371) (WHEC-371)

Flag Hoist/International Radio Call Sign:
November - India - Charlie - Charlie
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive - 12 September 1943) - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (6) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)

Mackinac (AVP-13) was transferred to the US Coast Guard and commissioned, USCGC Mackinac (WAVP-371)
Barnegat Class Small Seaplane Tender
  • Laid down, 29 May 1940, at Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, WA.
  • Launched, 15 November 1941
  • Commissioned USS Mackinac (AVP-13), 24 January 1942
  • Decommissioned in January 1947 at Orange, TX.
  • Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Texas Group, Orange
  • Loaned to the Coast Guard and commissioned USCGC Mackinac (WAVP-371), 19 April 1949
  • Redesignated High Endurance Cutter (WHEC-371), 1 May 1966
  • Decommissioned, 28 December 1967 and returned to Naval custody
  • Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)
  • Final Disposition, sunk as a target, 23 July 1968
  • Mackinac received six battle stars for World War Il service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 1,766 t.(lt) 2,497 t.(fl)
    Length 310' 9½"
    Beam 41'
    Draft 12' 5"
    Speed 17 kts.
    Complement
    USN - 215
    USCG - 10 officers, 3 warrant officers, 136 enlisted
    Electronics
    Radar: SPS-23, SPS-29D
    Sonar: SQS-1
    Armament
    USN - one single 5"/38 dual purpose gun mount, one quad 40mm gun mount, two dual 40mm gun mounts, four dual 20mm gun mounts
    USCG - one single 5"/38 Mk 12, Mod 1 dual purpose gun mount, one Mk 52 Mod 3 director, one Mk 26 Mod 3 fire control radar, one Mk 10 Mod 1 A/S projector, two .50 cal machine guns, four Mk 6 Mod 2 DC projectors,
    Propulsion Fairbanks-Morse, direct reversing diesels, two shafts, 6,400hp.
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    USS Mackinac (AVP-13)
    Mackinac 52k Mackinac (AVP-13) underway, circa 1942, location unknown.
    US Navy photo.    		 Robert Hurst
    Mackinac 98k Mackinac (AVP-13), painted camouflage scheme 32/5D, underway, date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo.    		 Haze Gray & Underway
    Mackinac 152k Stern plan view of Mackinac (AVP-13) at Navy Yard Mare Island, 10 September 1943 near completion of an overhaul. the 5"/38 gun and the 40mm quadruple mount aft were added during this overhaul. Honolulu (CL-48) is at right.
    US Navy photo # 19-N-52336 from the Bureau of Ships Collection now in the collections of the US National Archives.    		 US Naval Historical Center
    Mackinac 143k Bow plan view of Mackinac (AVP-13)Navy Yard Mare Island, 10 September 1943 near completion of an overhaul. Honolulu (CL-48) and MacDonough (DD-351) are in the background.
    US Navy photo # 19-N-52335 from the Bureau of Ships Collection now in the collections of the US National Archives.    		 US Naval Historical Center
    Mackinac 61k Port bow view of Mackinac (AVP-13) underway off Mare Island, 16 September 1943, after completing overhaul.
    US Navy photo # 19-N-52332 from the Bureau of Ships Collection now in the collections of the US National Archives.    		 US Naval Historical Center
    Mackinac 69k Mackinac (AVP-13) off Mare Island, 16 September 1943, upon completion of overhaul. 5"/38 gun on fantail and 40mm quadruple mount just forward of it were added during overhaul.
    US Navy photo # 19-N-52331 from the Bureau of Ships Collection now in the collections of the US National Archives.    		 US Naval Historical Center
    Mackinac 93k Mackinac (AVP-13) off Mare Island, 16 September 1943, upon completion of overhaul. She received a third 5"/38 gun aft and her 1.1" quadruple mount was replaced by one 40mm quadruple and two 40mm twin mounts. US Navy photo # 19-N-52329 from the Bureau of Ships Collection now in the collections of the US National Archives US Naval Historical Center
    Mackinac 80k Bow view of Mackinac (AVP-13) off Mare Island, 16 September 1943, after overhaul.
    US Navy photo # 19-N-52330 from the Bureau of Ships Collection now in the collections of the US National Archives.    		 US Naval Historical Center
    Mackinac 75k Stern view of Mackinac (AVP-13) off Mare Island, 16 September 1943, after overhaul.
    US Navy photo # 19-N-52333 from the Bureau of Ships Collection now in the collections of the US National Archives.    		 US Naval Historical Center
    Mackinac 91k Mackinac (AVP-13) tending seaplanes in the Pacific late 1943 or early 1944.
    US Navy photo # 80-G-659675 now in the collections of the National Archives.    		 US Naval Historical Center
    USCGC Mackinac (WHEC-371) (WAVP-371)
    Mackinac 36k Mackinac (WHEC-371) underway, date and location unknown. Robert Hurst
    Mackinac 44k Mackinac (WHEC-371) underway, circa 1954, location unknown. Robert Hurst
    Mackinac 64k Mackinac (WAVP-371) moored pierside, date and location unknown. Ken Laesser
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
    Fleet Reserve Association
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office - USCGC Mackinac WHEC-371
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