Transferred To The United States Coast Guard
Barnegat-class ships were very reliable and seaworthy and had good habitability, and the Coast Guard viewed them as ideal for ocean station duty, in which they would perform weather reporting and search and rescue tasks, once they were modified by having a balloon shelter added aft and having oceanographic equipment, an oceanographic winch, and a hydrographic winch installed.
The Navy loaned Chincoteague to the United States Coast Guard on March 1949. The Coast Guard commissioned her as USCGC Chincoteague (WAVP-375) the same day.
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