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USS Sea Cloud (IX-99)
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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

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By
Pre World War II - Yacht - Sea Cloud
	145k	*Sea Cloud* underway, date and location unknown. Photo courtesy of the US Naval Academy.	Robert Hurst
USCGC Sea Cloud (WPG-284)
	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
	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)
	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
	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
	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