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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

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By
Pre World War II - Yacht - Sea Cloud
	145k	*Sea Cloud* under way, date and location unknown. Photo courtesy of the US Naval Academy.	Robert Hurst
USCGC Sea Cloud (WPG-284)
	42k	*USCGC Sea Cloud* (WPG-284)** under way 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)** under way, circa 1942, date unknown. US Navy photo # NH 92944 from the collections of the Office of the US Coast Guard Historian.	Mike Green
	116k	*USCGC Sea Cloud* (WPG-284)** moored (extreme left) pierside at the Charlestown Navy Yard, East Boston, E-Boat piers, 7 August 1942. Photo # NPS 14314, Charlestown Navy Yard collection	John Chiquoine
USS Sea Cloud (IX-99)
	104k	The fourth figure from the left is LCDR Carleton Skinner, the *USS Sea Cloud* (IX-99)**'s commanding officer during the ship's experiment with an integrated crew. He is presenting a plaque to the vessels owners, Marjorie Merriwether Post Davies and Ambassador Joe Davies.	Tommy Trampp
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094609922	401k	LT Clarence Samuels USCG aboard *USS Sea Cloud* (IX-99)*. Photo from Joseph Jenkins scrapbook inscribed by LT Samuels "To a very good shipmate and friend. C.E. Samuels." US National Archives photo Local Identifier 210210-G-G0000-1004*, USCG Historian's Office, G-09231	Tommy Trampp
	54k	Retired Master Chief Boatswains Mate Robert L. Hammond, an original member to the *USS Sea Cloud* (IX-99) crew poses with a photo of himself taken after graduation from Coast Guard recruit training in 1942. The Sea Cloud** was the first naval vessel desegregate allowing blacks to serve in the same capacities as whites. Before hand African Americans were only permitted to serve as stewards mates. US Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Christopher Evanson.	Tommy Trampp
	67k	*USS Sea Cloud* (IX-99)** moored pierside to the right of HMNZS Leander at Charlestown Navy Yard, East Boston in 1944. US Navy photo from the US National Archives Records Office Boston RG-181.	John Chiquoine
	125k	*USS Sea Cloud* (IX-99)** moored pierside, on the U.S. East Coast, while serving as a weather ship. US Navy photo courtesy Shipscribe.com	Mike Green
	68k	Three views of *USS Sea Cloud* (IX-99)** moored pierside at Argentia, Newfoundland, circa July 1944. US Navy photos from the collections of the Office of the US Coast Guard Historian.	Mike Green
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Post World War II - Yacht - Sea Cloud
	534k	*Sea Cloud* off the French coast, 10 September 2007. Photo courtesy Sea Cloud Cruises.	Tommy Trampp
	103k	*Sea Cloud* under sail, date and location unknown. Photos courtesy Sea Cloud Cruises.	Tommy Trampp
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	640k	*Sea Cloud* moored on the Bosphorus Strait at Istanbul , Turkey, circa June 2008.	Photo by Frank R. Liese
	205k	*Sea Cloud* at Hamburg, Germany from 2 to 20 May 2011. The ship took part in the Hamburg Port Birthday arrival and departure parades. Photo courtesy Sea Cloud Cruises.	Tommy Trampp
094609923	154k	*Sea Cloud* moored pierside at Split, Croatia, 30 September 2011.	Tommy Trampp
094609924	260k	The four-masted barque *Sea Cloud* (Ex- *USS Sea Cloud* (IX-99)** anchored in the bay of Portofino, Liguria, Italy, 2 May 2019. Photo courtesy Zinnmann. This file is licensed under Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license.	Robert Hurst