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USCGC Sea Cloud (WPG-284)
USS Sea Cloud IX-99



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

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
  • 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 USS Sea Could (IX-99)
  • 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
  • Current Disposition, in service as the four-masted yacht Sea Cloud
    Specifications: Displacement 2,323 t.
    Displacement 2,323 t.
    Length 316'
    Beam 49'2"
    Draft 28'
    Speed 14 kts.
    Complement 72
    Armament two 3" gun mounts
    Propulsion diesel
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    Pre World War II - Yacht - Sea Cloud
    Sea Cloud 53k Sea Cloud underway, date and place unknown. Hyper War US Navy in WWII
    USCGC Sea Cloud (WPG-284)
    Sea Cloud 42k 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 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 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 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 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
    View the Sea Cloud (IX-99)
    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
    Sea Cloud Cruises
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