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Sea Cloud - IMO 8843446





Name:
  • Hussar V (1931–35)
  • Sea Cloud
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
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
Name: USS Sea Cloud
Commissioned: April 9, 1943
Decommissioned: November 4, 1944
Identification: IX-99
Fate: Returned to private ownership with $175,000 for conversion back to pre-war appearance
Name:
  • presidential yacht Angelita
  • From 1961: Patria
Acquired: 1955
Name: Patria
Owner: Operation Sea Cruises Inc.
Acquired: 1966
Fate: reequipped for charters in Naples
Name: Antarna
Owner: Antarna Inc., Miami
Acquired: 1969
Fate: moored for eight years in Colón, Panama
Name: Sea Cloud
Owner:
Flag: Malta (Flag of convenience)
Acquired: 1978
Status: in service
Notes: Commissioned as a sailing cruise ship after full scale renovation and modifications at the shipyard where it 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: 316 ft (96 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
Sensors and
processing systems:
  • Three radars:
  • ET 80198-2-22MC
  • ET 8010C 375-500 KC
  • ET 8012B 2100 - 3000 KC
  • Sonar
  • Echo ranging equipment
  • Range recorder
  • Sub-Sig Fathometer
Armament:
  • 2 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 guns
  • 8 × 20 mm/80 guns
  • 4 × K-guns
  • 1 × "Mark X" Hedgehog
  • 2 × depth charge tracks; 44 total depth charges carried on board.

Sea Cloud II - IMO 9171292



Name: Sea Cloud II
Owner: Schifffahrtsgesellschaft Sea Cloud II mbH & Co KG
Operator: Sea Cloud Cruises GmbH
Port of registry: Valletta
Builder: Astilleros Gondán, S.A. (Spain)
Yard number: 405
Laid down: 24 June 1998
Launched: 18 March 1999
Sponsored by: Sabine Christiansen
Christened: 6 February 2001
Completed: 22 January 2001
Acquired: 29 December 2000
Identification:
Status: In service
Notes: [1]
General characteristics
Type: Barque, Cruise ship
Tonnage:
  • 3,849 GT
  • 1,154 NT
Length: 105.90 m (347 ft 5 in)
Beam: 16.0 m (52 ft 6 in)
Draught: 5.70 m (18 ft 8 in) max
Decks: 5
Installed power: 2,480 kW (3,330 hp)
Propulsion:
  • 23 sails (3,000 m² area)
  • 2 Krupp MaK 8 M 20 diesels
Sail plan: Barque
Speed: 13 kn (24 km/h; 15 mph) max
Capacity:
Crew: 63