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 Mackinac to the Coast Guard on 19 April 1949, and the Coast Guard official accepted her at Orange on 21 April 1949. Coast Guard Cutter USCGC Tampa (WPG-164) then towed her from Orange to the Coast Guard Yard at Curtis Bay at Baltimore, Maryland, where she underwent conversion for use as a weather-reporting ship. While this was in progress, the Coast Guard commissioned her as USCGC Mackinac (WAVP-371) on 11 May 1949 with Commander William L. Maloney, USCG, in command. Her conversion was completed on 18 July 1949.
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