Allied Warships

USS Mackinac (AVP 13)

Seaplane tender of the Barnegat class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeSeaplane tender
ClassBarnegat 
PennantAVP 13 
Built byPuget Sound Navy Yard (Bremerton, Washington, U.S.A.) 
Ordered 
Laid down29 May 1940 
Launched15 Nov 1941 
Commissioned24 Jan 1942 
End serviceJan 1947 
Loss position
 
History

Decommissioned in January 1947
Loaned to the United States Coast Guard and commissioned as USCGC Mackinac (WAVP-371) on 19 April 1949
Redesignated high endurance cutter (WHEC-371) on 1 May 1966
Decommissioned on 28 December 1968 and returned to the USN
Sunk as a target

 

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1Cdr. Norman Ridgeway Hitchcock, USN24 Jan 1942???

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