USCGC Point Defiance (WHEC-124)

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:beam 41 feet
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Meyer_Shipbuilding_Company
gptkbp:class Famous-class cutter
gptkbp:commissioned 1963
gptkbp:crew_size 100 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned 1994
gptkbp:displacement 1,200 tons
gptkbp:endurance 30 days at sea
gptkbp:fate Sold for scrap
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Alameda,_California
gptkb:San_Pedro,_California
gptkb:Seattle,_Washington
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USCGC Point Defiance (WHEC-124)
gptkbp:launched 1962
gptkbp:length 210 feet
gptkbp:missions Environmental protection
Law enforcement
Search and rescue
Icebreaking
gptkbp:nickname Point Class Cutter
gptkbp:notable_event Conducted humanitarian missions
Conducted search and rescue operations
Assisted in drug interdiction operations
Supported fisheries enforcement
Participated_in_the_Vietnam_War
gptkbp:operational_area gptkb:Bering_Sea
gptkb:Pacific_Ocean
gptkb:Puget_Sound
gptkb:Gulf_of_Alaska
Strait of Juan de Fuca
gptkbp:propulsion Diesel-electric
gptkbp:range 5,000 nautical miles
gptkbp:service_branch gptkb:United_States_Coast_Guard
gptkbp:sister_ship gptkb:USCGC_Point_Welcome_(WHEC-65)
gptkb:USCGC_Point_Barrow_(WHEC-61)
gptkb:USCGC_Point_Reyes_(WHEC-733)
gptkb:USCGC_Point_Franklin_(WHEC-123)
gptkb:USCGC_Point_Orient_(WHEC-61)
gptkbp:speed 20 knots