U.S. Coast Guard Service
On 7 March 1949, Chincoteague was lent to the United States Coast Guard, in which she was commissioned that day as the Coast Guard cutter USCGC Chincoteague (WAVP-375). She was reclassified as a high endurance cutter and redesignated WHEC-375 on 1 May 1966, and was transferred permanently from the Navy to the Coast Guard on 26 September 1966. Her primary duty was to patrol ocean stations in the North Atlantic Ocean, providing weather data and engaging in search-and-rescue and law-enforcement operations. The Coast Guard decommissioned her in June 1972 and returned her to U.S. Navy custody.
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