USS Barataria (AVP-33)
The second USS Barataria (AVP-33) was a United States Navy Barnegat-class seaplane tender in commission from 1944 to 1946. She saw service in the later stages of World War II and was decommissioned postwar. She then was transferred to the United States Coast Guard and was in commission as the Coast Guard cutter USCGC Barataria (WAVP-381), later WHEC-381 from 1949 to 1969, serving in the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Vietnam War during her lengthy Coast Guard career.
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USS Barataria (AVP-33)
The second USS Barataria (AVP-33) was a United States Navy Barnegat-class seaplane tender in commission from 1944 to 1946. She saw service in the later stages of World War II and was decommissioned postwar. She then was transferred to the United States Coast Guard and was in commission as the Coast Guard cutter USCGC Barataria (WAVP-381), later WHEC-381 from 1949 to 1969, serving in the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Vietnam War during her lengthy Coast Guard career.
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The second USS Barataria (AVP- ...... er lengthy Coast Guard career.
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date of acquirement
1948-09-17
1966-09-26
commissioning date
1944-08-13
1949-01-10
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decommissioning date
1946-07-24
1969-08-29
laying down
1943-04-19
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ship beam (μ)
1.24968e+1
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1943-10-02
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*Loaned toUnited States Coast Guard17 September 1948
*Transferred outright to Coast Guard 26 September 1966
Sold for scrapping October 1970
top speed (kmh)
3.21322e+1
3.37064e+1
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Ship aircraft facilities
Supplies, spare parts, repairs, and berthing for one seaplane squadron; aviation fuel
Ship armament
*3 × 5-inch guns
*8 × 40-mill ...... guns
*2 × depth charge tracks
*In 1966: one single 5-inch 3 ...... rpedo tubes, Mark 44 torpedoes
Ship complement
Ship displacement
*1,766 tons
*2,592 tons
In 1966: 1,786 tons light; 2,522.4 tons
Ship honors
*Commander Eastern Area Gunnery Excellence Award 1963
*Military Readiness Award 1965
One battle star for World War II service
Ship namesake
Barataria Bay on the coast of Louisiana
Previous name retained
Ship propulsion
Diesel engines, two shafts
Fairbanks-Morse direct-reversing diesel engines, two shafts; of fuel
Ship range
* at in 1966
* at in 1966
Ship reclassified
Ship sensors
*Radars in 1966 : SPS-23, SPS-29A
*Sonar in 1966: SQS-1
Ship sponsor
Mrs. L. J. Stetcher
Ship struck
1966-09-26
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The second USS Barataria (AVP- ...... er lengthy Coast Guard career.
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USS Barataria (AVP-33)
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USCGC Barataria (WAVP-381)
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