USCGC Point Defiance (WHEC-161)

GPTKB entity

Properties (50)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Cutter
gptkbp:armament 76 mm gun
40 mm gun
.50 caliber machine guns
gptkbp:auxiliaryVessel Small boats and helicopters
gptkbp:beam 41 feet
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Bollinger_Shipyards
gptkbp:built 1960
gptkbp:class Point class cutter
gptkbp:commissioned 1961
gptkbp:communicationEquipment Radio and satellite communication
gptkbp:crew_size 100 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned 1994
gptkbp:deployedTo Sold in 1999
gptkbp:displacement 1,200 tons
gptkbp:draft 13 feet
gptkbp:electronic_systems Radar_and_sonar_systems
gptkbp:engineType gptkb:Caterpillar_diesel_engines
gptkbp:fate Sold for scrap
gptkbp:historical_significance Part_of_the_Coast_Guard's_history
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:San_Francisco,_California
gptkb:Seattle,_Washington
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USCGC Point Defiance (WHEC-161)
gptkbp:length 210 feet
gptkbp:missions Environmental protection
Law enforcement
Search and rescue
Icebreaking
Military readiness
gptkbp:motto Semper_Paratus
gptkbp:nickname Point Defiance
gptkbp:notable_event Drug interdiction missions
Support for military operations
Environmental response operations
Rescue operations during the 1980s
Search and rescue during storms
gptkbp:operational_area gptkb:Pacific_Ocean
gptkbp:operational_status Decommissioned
gptkbp:propulsion Diesel-electric
gptkbp:provides_access_to Displayed at maritime museums.
gptkbp:range 5,000 nautical miles
gptkbp:role Multi-mission cutter
gptkbp:service_branch gptkb:United_States_Coast_Guard
gptkbp:sister_ship gptkb:USCGC_Point_Franklin_(WHEC-166)
gptkb:USCGC_Point_Welcome_(WHEC-165)
USCGC_Point_Banks_(WHEC-164)
USCGC_Point_Marone_(WHEC-163)
USCGC_Point_Orient_(WHEC-162)
gptkbp:speed 20 knots
gptkbp:supportRole Training_for_Coast_Guard_personnel