USCGC Point Defiance (WHEC-127)

GPTKB entity

Properties (46)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf 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:crewSize 100 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned 1994
1994-09-30
gptkbp:displacement 1,200 tons
gptkbp:endurance 30 days
gptkbp:fate Scrapped
gptkbp:finalDisposal Scrapped in 1999
gptkbp:firstHomePort gptkb:Seattle,_WA
gptkbp:flag gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Seattle
gptkb:Seattle,_Washington
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USCGC Point Defiance (WHEC-127)
gptkbp:launched 1962
gptkbp:length 210 feet
gptkbp:missions Environmental protection
Law enforcement
Search and rescue
Icebreaking
gptkbp:nickname Point Defiance
gptkbp:notableEvent Drug interdiction missions
Assistance during natural disasters
Rescue operations during the 1980s
gptkbp:operationalArea gptkb:Bering_Sea
gptkb:Pacific_Ocean
West_Coast_of_the_United_States
Alaska_waters
gptkbp:operationalStatus Decommissioned
gptkbp:propulsion Diesel-electric
gptkbp:range 5,000 nautical miles
gptkbp:secondaryRole Maritime law enforcement
Search and rescue operations
Icebreaking operations
Environmental protection missions
Coast_Guard_operations
gptkbp:serviceBranch gptkb:United_States_Coast_Guard
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:USCGC_Point_Orient_(WHEC-128)
gptkb:USCGC_Point_Welcome_(WHEC-126)
gptkbp:speed 29 knots