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USS Matagorda (AVP-22) (AG-122)
USCGC Matagorda (WAVP-373) (WHEC-373)

Flag Hoist/International Radio Call Sign:
November - India - Foxtrot - Victor
 NIFV


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal
Barnegat Class Small Seaplane Tender:
  • Laid down, 6 September 1940, at Boston Navy Yard, Boston, MA.
  • Launched, 18 March 1941
  • Commissioned USS Matagorda (AVP-22), 16 December 1941, CDR. Stanley J. Michael in command
  • Redesignated Miscellaneous Auxiliary (press ship), (AG-122), 30 July 1945
  • Conversion canceled, 25 August 1945
  • Reverted to (AVP-22), 10 September 1945
  • Decommissioned, 20 February 1946, at Orange, TX.
  • Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Texas Group, Orange
  • Transferred on loan to the US Coast Guard, 7 March 1949
  • Commissioned USCGC Matagorda (WAVP-373) (date unknown)
  • Redesignated High Endurance Cutter(WHEC-373), 1 May 1966
  • Decommissioned by the Coast Guard and returned to US Naval custody in 1968
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 1 July 1968
  • Final Disposition, sunk as a target in 1969
    Specifications:
    Displacement 1,766 t.(lt) 2,750 t.(fl)
    Length 311' 8"
    Beam 41' 1"
    Draft 13' 6"
    Speed 18.6kts.
    Complement 215
    Armament
    one single 5"/38 dual purpose gun mount
    one quad 40mm AA gun mount
    two dual 40mm AA gun mounts
    four dual 20mm AA gun mounts
    Propulsion diesel, two shafts, 6,000hp.
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    USS Matagorda (AVP-22)
    Matagorda 48k Matagorda (AVP-22), painted measure 12(modified) camouflage scheme, underway, date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo     		Haze Gray & Underway
    Matagorda 86k Matagorda (AVP-22), 3 April 1942, at Boston, MA, in her original configuration with 2 5"/38 guns. She is wearing Measure 12(modified) camouflage.
    US National Archives photo # 19-N-28802, a US Navy Bureau of Ships photo now in the collections of the US National Archives    		 Naval Historical Center
    Matagorda 85k Matagorda (AVP-22), 27 September 1943 at Norfolk, VA, with a main armament of 4 5"/38 guns.
    US National Archives photo # 19-N-51366, a US Navy Bureau of Ships photo now in the collections of the US National Archives    		 Naval Historical Center
    Matagorda 104k Matagorda (AVP-22), 27 September 1943 at Norfolk, VA. Her two unshielded 5"/38 mounts aft are clearly visible.
    US National Archives photo # 19-N-51368, a US Navy Bureau of Ships photo now in the collections of the US National Archives    		 Naval Historical Center
    Matagorda 122k Matagorda (AVP-22) underway, date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo.    		 David Buell
    USCGC Matagorda (WAVP-373) (WHEC-373)
    Matagorda 91k ex Matagorda (AVP-22) in US Coast Guard service as USCGC Matagorda (WAVP-373) underway in 1965, place unknown.
    US Coast Guard photo    		 US Coast Guard Historian's Office
    View the Matagorda (AVP-22)
    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 - Matagorda, 1949, WAVP / WHEC-373
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