 Sea Cloud as a cruise ship in 2007
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| History | |
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| Name |
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| Owner | Edward Francis Hutton, Marjorie Merriweather Post |
| Builder | |
| Launched | April 25, 1931 |
| Fate | Chartered to the United States Armed Forces between 1942 and 1944. Post decided in 1955, to sell the ship to president of the Dominican Republic |
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| Name | USCGC Sea Cloud |
| Acquired | Chartered from Mr. and Mrs. Joseph E. Davies for $1.00 on January 2, 1942 |
| Commissioned | April 4, 1942 |
| Decommissioned | April 9, 1943 |
| Identification | WPG-284 |
| Fate | transferred to the United States Navy |
| Notes | Served with the first racially integrated crew in the United States Armed Forces, under the command of Lieutenant Carlton Skinner |
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| Name | USS Sea Cloud |
| Commissioned | April 9, 1943 |
| Decommissioned | November 4, 1944 |
| Identification | IX-99 |
| Fate | Returned to private ownership with US$175,000 for conversion back to pre-war appearance |
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| Name |
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| Acquired | 1955 |
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| Name | Patria |
| Owner | Operation Sea Cruises Inc. |
| Acquired | 1966 |
| Fate | reequipped for charters in Naples |
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| Name | Antarna |
| Owner | Antarna Inc., Miami |
| Acquired | 1969 |
| Fate | moored for eight years in Colón, Panama |
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| Name | Sea Cloud |
| Owner | Schiffahrtsgesellschaft Sea Cloud mbH & Co. KG |
| Flag: | Malta (Flag of convenience) |
| Acquired | 1978 |
| Identification |
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| Status | in service |
| Notes | Commissioned as a sailing cruise ship after full scale renovation and modifications at the shipyard where she was originally built |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | (1942–1944) United States Coast Guard Cutter/(1944–present) barque |
| Displacement | 3,077 tons |
| Masts: | 4 |
| Figurehead: | Gilded eagle |
| Length | 360 ft (110 m) |
| Beam | 49 ft 2 in (14.99 m) |
| Draft | 19 ft (5.8 m) |
| Propulsion | Diesel-electric; two shafts |
| Speed | 14 knots (26 km/h) |
| Complement | (1942–1944) 21 officers, 1 warrant, 13 chief petty officers, 160 enlisted men/(1944–present) 61 civilian crew |
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Sea Cloud is a sailing cruise ship owned by Sea Cloud Cruises of Hamburg, Germany. Launched as a private yacht as Hussar V for Marjorie Merriweather Post in 1931, she later served as a weather ship for the United States Coast Guard and United States Navy during World War II, when she became the U.S. military's first racially integrated warship since the American Civil War.[1] After the war, Sea Cloud was returned to private ownership, serving as a yacht for numerous people, including as presidential yacht of the Dominican Republic. Since 1979, Sea Cloud has been used as a cruise ship.
- ^ Fagan, Kevin (29 August 2004). "Carlton Skinner – broke racial barriers in Navy". San Francisco Chronicle. Archived from the original on 14 September 2004. Retrieved 5 May 2009.