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USS Barataria (AVP-33) off Houghton, Washington, on 21 August 1944
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| Name: | USS Barataria |
| Namesake: | Barataria Bay on the coast of Louisiana |
| Builder: | Lake Washington Shipyard, Houghton, Washington |
| Laid down: | 19 April 1943 |
| Launched: | 2 October 1943 |
| Sponsored by: | Mrs. L. J. Stetcher |
| Commissioned: | 13 August 1944 |
| Decommissioned: | 24 July 1946 |
| Struck: | 26 September 1966 |
| Honors and awards: |
One battle star for World War II service |
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| Name: | USCGC Barataria (WAVP-381) |
| Namesake: | Previous name retained |
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| Commissioned: | 10 January 1949 |
| Decommissioned: | 29 August 1969 |
| Reclassified: | High endurance cutter, WHEC-381, 1 May 1966 |
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| Fate: | Sold for scrapping October 1970 |
| General characteristics (seaplane tender) | |
| Class and type: | Barnegat-class seaplane tender |
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| Length: | 310 ft 9 in (94.72 m) |
| Beam: | 41 ft 2 in (12.55 m) |
| Draft: | 13 ft 6 in (4.11 m) (lim.) |
| Installed power: | 6,000 horsepower (4.48 megawatts) |
| Propulsion: | Diesel engines, two shafts |
| Speed: | 18.2 knots (33.7 km/h)s |
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Radar; sonar |
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| Aviation facilities: | Supplies, spare parts, repairs, and berthing for one seaplane squadron; 80,000 US gallons (300,000 L) aviation fuel |
| General characteristics (Coast Guard Cutter) | |
| Class and type: | Casco-class cutter |
| Displacement: | In 1966: 1,786 tons light; 2,522.4 tons (full load) |
| Length: | 310 ft 9 in (94.72 m) overall; 300 ft 0 in (91.44 m) between perpendiculars |
| Beam: | 41 ft 2.375 in (12.55713 m) maximum |
| Draft: | 13 ft 1 in (3.99 m) maximum in 1964 |
| Installed power: | 6,000 bhp (4,500 kW) |
| Propulsion: | Fairbanks-Morse direct-reversing diesel engines, two shafts; 166,430 US gallons (630,000 L) of fuel |
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| Complement: | In 1966: 151 (10 officers, 3 warrant officers, 138 enlisted personnel) |
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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.
Barataria was laid down on 19 April 1943 at Houghton, Washington, by the Lake Washington Shipyard. She was launched on 2 October 1943, sponsored by Mrs. L. J. Stetcher, and commissioned at her builder's yard on 13 August 1944 with Commander Garrett S. Coleman in command.
After having spent the remainder of August 1944 in outfitting, loading supplies, and testing and calibrating equipment, Barataria conducted training in tending seaplanes under the auspices of Fleet Air Wing (FAW) 6 at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island at Oak Harbor, Washington. Concluding that training in early September 1944, the ship spent 10 September 1944 through 10 October 1944 in gunnery exercises, casualty drills, sonar training, a speed run, combat information center exercises, and in more seaplane tending operations. Upon completion of the shakedown, she returned to the Puget Sound Navy Yard at Bremerton, Washington, for post-shakedown availability and alterations.
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