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USS Barataria AVP-33
USCGC Barataria WPG-381/ WAVP-381/ WHEC-381

Flag Hoist/International Radio Call Sign:
November - Bravo - Xray - Lima
USS Barataria (AVP-33) Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - China Service Medal (extended) - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1)
Bottom Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippines Liberation Medal (1)
USCGC Barataria (WHEC-381) Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - National Defense Service Medal
Bottom Row - Vietnam Service Medal (1) - Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation (1) - Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal

USS Barataria (AVP-33) was transferred to the US Coast Guard after World War II
Barnegat Class Small Seaplane Tender:
  • Laid down, 19 April 1943, at Lake Washington Shipyards, Houghton, WA.
  • Launched, 2 October 1943
  • Commissioned USS Barataria (AVP-33), 13 August 1944, CDR. Garrett S. Coleman in command
  • During World War II Barataria was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaign:
  • Decommissioned, 24 July 1945, at Alameda, CA.
  • Loaned to the Coast Guard in September 1948
  • Commissioned USCGC Barataria (WAVP-381), 1 August 1949
  • Redesignated High Endurance Cutter (WHEC-381), 1 May 1966
  • Decommissioned by the Coast Guard in August 1969
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping in September 1970
  • Barataria received one battle star for her World War II service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 1,766 t.(lt) 2,750 t.(fl)
    Length 311' 8"
    Beam 41' 1"
    Draft 13' 6"
    Speed 18.6 kts.
    Complement 215
    Armament one single 5"/38 dual purpose gun mount, one quad 40mm gun mount, two dual 40mm gun mounts, four dual 20mm gun mounts
    Propulsion diesel, two shafts, 6,000hp
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    USS Barataria (AVP-33)
    Barataria 89k Barataria (AVP-33) during launching at Houghton, WA., 2 October 1943.
    US Navy National Archives photo # 19-N-54646 a US Navy photo from the Bureau of Ships Collection now in the in the US National Archives         		US Naval Historical Center
    Barataria 101k Barataria (AVP-33) photographed off her builder's yard at Houghton, WA., 21 August 1944. Barataria is painted in Measure 32/2Ax camouflage (light gray, ocean gray, and black).
    US National Archives photo # 19-N-74630, a US Navy photo from the Bureau of Ships Collection now in the US National Archives         		US Naval Historical Center
    Barataria 106k Barataria (AVP-33) photographed off her builder's yard at Houghton, WA., 21 August 1944. Barataria is painted in Measure 32/2Ax camouflage (light gray, ocean gray, and black).
    US National Archives photo # 19-N-74627, a US Navy photo from the Bureau of Ships Collection now in the US National Archives         		US Naval Historical Center
    Barataria 81k Barataria (AVP-33) off Puget Sound Navy Yard, 12 November 1944. Barataria is painted in Measure 32/2Ax camouflage (light gray, ocean gray, and black).
    US Navy photo # NH 96710, from the collects of the Naval Historical Center     		US Naval Historical Center
    Barataria 144k Barataria (AVP-33) photographed in Puget Sound, 14 November 1944. Barataria is painted in Measure 32/2Ax camouflage (light gray, ocean gray, and black).
    US Navy National Archives photo # 19-N-75801, a US Navy photo from the Bureau of Ships Collection now in the US National Archives         		US Naval Historical Center
    Barataria 174k photographed in Puget Sound, 14 November 1944. Barataria is painted in Measure 32/2Ax camouflage (light gray, ocean gray, and black).
    US National Archives photo # 19-N-75802, a US Navy photo from the Bureau of Ships Collection now in the US National Archives         		US Naval Historical Center
    Barataria 90k Barataria (AVP-33) moored in 1945, location unknown..
    US Navy photo # NH 70885 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center     		US Naval Historical Center
    USCGC Barataria (WPG-381) (WAVP-381) (WHEC-381)
    Barataria 65k USCGC Barataria (WPG-381), broadside view, underway in San Francisco Bay. Photo dated 17 January 1949.
    Mare Island Naval Shipyard photo # NY9-2799-1-49 from the collections of the Office of the US Coast Guard Historian.    		 Mike Green
    Barataria 118k Forward broadside view of USCGC Barataria (WPG-381) off Mare Island Navy Yard, 17 January 1949. Barataria was under repair at the yard from 17 September to 27 October 1948.
    Mare Island Naval Shipyard photo # NY9-2798-1-49 from the collections of the Office of the US Coast Guard Historian.    		 Darryl Baker
    Barataria 54k Seen here during as USCGC Barataria (WAVP-381) underway, date and place unknown. Ken Laesser
    crew member
    Barataria 67k USCGC Barataria (WHEC-381) as she enters San Francisco Bay in January 1968 after returning from Vietnam.
    US Coast Guard photo from the collections of the Office of the US Coast Guard Historian.    		 Mike Green
    View the Barataria (AVP-33)
    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center web site
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
    Fleet Reserve Association
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office - Barataria
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