Coast Guard Cutter Birch

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_Coast_Guard_Cutter
gptkbp:armament Machine guns
gptkbp:beam 25 feet
gptkbp:builder gptkb:M._Rosenblatt_&_Son
gptkbp:built gptkb:New_York
gptkbp:callsign WLB-388
gptkbp:commissioned 1944
gptkbp:commissioningDate 1944-06-30
gptkbp:communityEngagement Public outreach programs
gptkbp:crew gptkb:Coast_Guard_Academy
gptkbp:crewSize 25
gptkbp:currentStatus Decommissioned
gptkbp:decommissioned 2001
gptkbp:decommissioningDate 2001-09-30
gptkbp:displacement 200 tons
gptkbp:draft 8 feet
gptkbp:environmentalImpact Pollution response
gptkbp:fate Sold for scrap
gptkbp:firstCommandingOfficer gptkb:Captain_Jane_Doe
gptkb:Captain_John_Smith
gptkbp:flag gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:historicalSignificance Part of the 180-foot buoy tender class
Preserved as a historical artifact
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:San_Francisco,_California
gptkb:Seattle,_Washington
gptkb:Astoria,_Oregon
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Coast Guard Cutter Birch
gptkbp:insignia Cutter badge
gptkbp:length 125 feet
gptkbp:lengthOverall 125 feet
gptkbp:motto Semper_Paratus
gptkbp:notableOperations Environmental protection
Marine safety
Icebreaking
Drug interdiction
Fisheries enforcement
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:U.S._Coast_Guard
gptkbp:operationalArea gptkb:Pacific_Ocean
gptkbp:operationalStatus Inactive
gptkbp:primaryMission Search and rescue
gptkbp:propulsion gptkb:Diesel_engine
gptkbp:range 2,500 nautical miles
gptkbp:replacedBy Newer class cutters
gptkbp:searchAndRescueMissions Numerous successful rescues
gptkbp:secondaryMission Law enforcement
gptkbp:serviceBranch gptkb:United_States_Coast_Guard
gptkbp:serviceYears 1944 to 2001
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:Coast_Guard_Cutter_Maple
gptkbp:speed 15 knots
gptkbp:yearEstablished 1943