The second USS Mackinac (AVP-13) was a United States Navy Barnegat-class small seaplane tender in commission from 1942 to 1947 that saw service during World War II. After the war, she was in commission in the United States Coast Guard from 1949 to 1967 as the cutter USCGC Mackinac (WAVP-371), later WHEC-371, the second ship of the Coast Guard or its predecessor, the United States Revenue Cutter Service, to bear the name.
USS Mackinac (AVP-13) ca. 1942
Image: USCGC Mackinac W371
Troop transport SS President Coolidge being abandoned after beaching.
USCGC Mackinac (WAVP-371) ca. 1964, before the Coast Guard's 1967 adoption of the "racing stripe" markings on its ships.
Barnegat-class seaplane tender
The Barnegat class was a large class of United States Navy small seaplane tenders (AVP) built during World War II. Thirty were completed as seaplane tenders, four as motor torpedo boat tenders, and one as a catapult training ship.
USS Barnegat (AVP-10), lead ship of the Barnegat-class small seaplane tenders, in Puget Sound on 14 October 1941