USCGC Point Baker (WHEC-862)

GPTKB entity

Properties (43)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_Coast_Guard_Cutter
gptkbp:armament 76 mm gun
20 mm gun
.50 caliber machine guns
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Coast_Guard_Unit_Commendation
gptkb:Meritorious_Unit_Commendation
gptkb:National_Defense_Service_Medal
Sea Service Deployment Ribbon
Humanitarian Service Medal
gptkbp:beam 41 feet
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Mare_Island_Naval_Shipyard
gptkbp:class gptkb:Hamilton-class_cutter
gptkbp:commissioned 1967
gptkbp:crewSize 100 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned 1994
gptkbp:decommissioningDate Budget cuts
gptkbp:displacement 1,200 tons
gptkbp:endurance 30 days
gptkbp:fate Sold for scrapping
gptkbp:firstCommandingOfficer gptkb:Captain_Jane_Doe
gptkb:Captain_John_Smith
gptkbp:helicopterCapacity HH-65 Dolphin
gptkbp:historicalSignificance First cutter to respond to the Exxon Valdez oil spill.
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Ketchikan,_Alaska
gptkb:Seattle,_Washington
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USCGC Point Baker (WHEC-862)
gptkbp:launched 1966
gptkbp:length 210 feet
gptkbp:mission Environmental protection
Law enforcement
Search and rescue
Icebreaking
gptkbp:notableEvent Rescue operations during the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill
gptkbp:operationalArea Alaska_waters
gptkbp:propulsion Diesel-electric
gptkbp:radar AN/SPS-73
gptkbp:range 5,000 nautical miles
gptkbp:replacedBy Fast Response Cutter
gptkbp:serviceBranch gptkb:United_States_Coast_Guard
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:USCGC_Point_Reyes_(WHEC-942)
gptkb:USCGC_Point_Welcome_(WHEC-826)
gptkbp:sonar AN/SQS-26
gptkbp:speed 29 knots