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USS Sea Cloud (IX-99)
ex
USCGC Sea Cloud (WPG-284) (1942 - 1943)


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Zulu - Quebec - Sierra
NZQS
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal



USCGC Sea Cloud (WPG-284) was transferred to the Navy and manned by the Coast Guard during World War II

  • Laid down at Kiel, Germany in 1931 as the four-masted bark Hussar
  • Renamed Sea Cloud circa 1935
  • Chartered by the US Navy, 7 January 1942 and assigned to the Coast Guard
  • Commissioned USCGC Sea Cloud (WPG-284), 4 April 1942
  • Decommissioned by the Coast Guard and commissioned USS Sea Cloud (IX-99), 9 April 1943
  • Decommissioned, 4 November 1944 an returned to her owner's agent the same day
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 13 November 1944
  • After World War II Sea Cloud was sold to a shipping firm in Jacksonville, FL., 18 August 1955. Shortly thereafter, purchased by Generalissimo Rafael Trujillo of the Dominican Republic to serve as his presidential yacht, reamed Angelita. After Trujillo's assassination in 1964, the four-master was taken over by the government of the Dominican Republic and renamed Patria. She has since been sold by the Dominicans, renamed Antarna, and converted into a luxury charter yacht
    Specifications:
    Displacement 2,323 t.
    Length 316'
    Beam 49'2"
    Draft 28'
    Speed 14 kts.
    Complement 72
    Armament
    two single 3"/50 cal dual purpose gun mounts
    eight single 20mm AA gun mounts
    four K-guns
    one Mark X Hedgehog
    two depth charge tracks, 44 depth charges
    Propulsion Diesel-electric, twin propellers

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    Pre World War II - Yacht - Sea Cloud
    Sea Cloud 145k Sea Cloud underway, date and location unknown.
    Photo courtesy of the US Naval Academy.
    Robert Hurst
    USCGC Sea Cloud (WPG-284)
    Sea Cloud 42k USCGC Sea Cloud (WPG-284) underway off Boston, 22 October 1943.
    US Navy photo # 4940-42 NYBOS from the collections of the Office of the US Coast Guard Historian.
    Mike Green
    Sea Cloud 42k USCGC Sea Cloud (WPG-284) underway, circa 1942, date unknown.
    US Navy photo # NH 92944 from the collections of the Office of the US Coast Guard Historian.
    Mike Green
    USS Sea Cloud (IX-99)
    Sea Cloud 68k USS Sea Cloud (IX-99) moored pierside at Argentia, Newfoundland, circa July 1944.
    US Navy photo # NH 92945 from the collections of the Office of the US Coast Guard Historian.
    Mike Green
    Sea Cloud 29k USS Sea Cloud (IX-99) moored pierside at Argentia, Newfoundland, circa July 1944
    US Navy photo from the collections of the Office of the US Coast Guard Historian.
    Mike Green
    Sea Cloud 29k USS Sea Cloud (IX-99) moored pierside at Argentia, Newfoundland, circa July 1944
    US Navy photo from the collections of the Office of the US Coast Guard Historian.
    Mike Green

    USS Sea Cloud (IX-99)
    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval History and Heritage Command
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log

    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    US Coast Guard Historian's Office - USS Sea Cloud, 1942; WPG-284; IX-99; ex-Hussar
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    Last Updated 5 March 2010