USCGC Point Defiance (WHEC-103)

GPTKB entity

Statements (48)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_Coast_Guard_Cutter
gptkbp:armament gptkb:M2_Browning_machine_gun
76 mm gun
25 mm gun
gptkbp:beam 43 feet
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Western_Boat_Building_Company
gptkbp:class Cutter
gptkbp:commissioned 1961
gptkbp:crewSize 160
gptkbp:decommissioned 1994
gptkbp:displacement 3,000 tons
gptkbp:draft 15 feet 6 inches
gptkbp:engineType gptkb:Diesel_engine
gptkbp:fate Sold for scrap
gptkbp:finalDisposal Scrapped in 2014
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Port_Angeles,_Washington
gptkb:Seattle
gptkb:Seattle,_Washington
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USCGC Point Defiance (WHEC-103)
gptkbp:length 378 feet
gptkbp:lengthOverall 378 feet 6 inches
gptkbp:mission Environmental Protection
Counter-Terrorism
Drug Interdiction
Ice Operations
Maritime_Law_Enforcement
gptkbp:nickname Point Defiance
gptkbp:notableEvent Hurricane response missions
Environmental clean-up operations
Drug busts in the 1980s
Rescue_operations_during_the_Vietnam_War
Search_and_rescue_in_the_Pacific_Northwest
gptkbp:numberOfEpisodes 2
gptkbp:operationalArea gptkb:Bering_Sea
gptkb:Pacific_Ocean
Alaska_waters
Coastal_waters_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:propulsion Diesel-electric
gptkbp:secondaryRole Law Enforcement
Search_and_Rescue
gptkbp:serviceBranch gptkb:United_States_Coast_Guard
gptkbp:serviceYears 33 years
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:USCGC_Point_Class_Cutters
gptkb:USCGC_Point_Welcome_(WHEC-104)
USCGC_Point_Orient_(WHEC-105)
gptkbp:speed 29 knots
gptkbp:yearBuilt 1961
gptkbp:yearEstablished 1960