USCGC Point Allerton (WMEC-1240)

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_Coast_Guard_Cutter
gptkbp:armament Machine guns
gptkbp:beam 33 feet
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Mitsubishi_Heavy_Industries
gptkbp:callsign WPB-1240
gptkbp:commissioned 1970
gptkbp:communicationEquipment VHF radio
gptkbp:crewCapacity 50 personnel
gptkbp:currentStatus Mothballed
gptkbp:decommissioned 2021
gptkbp:decommissioningDate Aging fleet
gptkbp:displacement 1,200 tons
gptkbp:firstDeployment 2021
gptkbp:flag gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:historicalSignificance Part of the Point Class cutters
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Boston,_Massachusetts
gptkb:Cape_May,_New_Jersey
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USCGC Point Allerton (WMEC-1240)
gptkbp:launched 1969
gptkbp:legacy Served in various humanitarian missions.
gptkbp:length 210 feet
gptkbp:maxSpeed 20 knots
gptkbp:motto Semper_Paratus
gptkbp:navigationEquipment gptkb:GPS
gptkbp:notableEvent Drug interdiction missions
Environmental response operations
Training exercises with other agencies
Rescue_operations_during_Hurricane_Sandy
Search_and_rescue_missions_in_the_Atlantic_Ocean
gptkbp:operationalArea Northeast_United_States
gptkbp:operationalStatus Inactive
gptkbp:primaryMission Search and rescue
gptkbp:propulsion gptkb:Diesel_engine
gptkbp:radar X-band radar
gptkbp:replacedBy Newer class cutters
gptkbp:secondaryMission Environmental protection
Law enforcement
Ice operations
gptkbp:serviceBranch gptkb:United_States_Coast_Guard
gptkbp:serviceHistory Over 50 years of service
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:USCGC_Point_Class
gptkbp:status Decommissioned
gptkbp:surveillanceEquipment Thermal imaging camera
gptkbp:yearBuilt 1969