USCGC Point Defiance (WHEC-35)

GPTKB entity

Properties (46)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_Coast_Guard_Cutter
gptkbp:armament 76 mm gun
20 mm gun
M2_Browning_machine_guns
gptkbp:beam 43 feet
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Western_Boat_Building_Company
gptkbp:class Cutter
gptkbp:commissioned 1961
gptkbp:commissioningDate gptkb:Seattle,_Washington
gptkbp:crewSize 160 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned 1994
1994-09-30
gptkbp:displacement 3,250 tons
gptkbp:endurance 30 days at sea
gptkbp:fate Sold for scrapping
gptkbp:finalDisposal 1999
gptkbp:helicopterCapacity HH-65 Dolphin
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Alameda,_California
gptkb:Seattle,_Washington
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USCGC Point Defiance (WHEC-35)
gptkbp:launched 1960
gptkbp:length 378 feet
gptkbp:mission Environmental protection
Law enforcement
Search and rescue
Icebreaking
gptkbp:nickname Point Defiance
gptkbp:notableEvent Humanitarian missions
Drug interdiction operations
Rescue_operations_during_the_Vietnam_War
gptkbp:operationalArea gptkb:Pacific_Ocean
gptkbp:operationalStatus Decommissioned
gptkbp:propulsion Gas turbine and diesel engines
gptkbp:radar AN/SPS-73
gptkbp:range 8,000 nautical miles
gptkbp:secondaryRole Multi-mission cutter
gptkbp:serviceBranch gptkb:United_States_Coast_Guard
gptkbp:serviceYears 33 years
gptkbp:significantEvent Counter-narcotics operations
Environmental response operations
Alaskan_patrols
Search_and_rescue_in_the_Bering_Sea
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:USCGC_Point_Francis_(WHEC-38)
gptkb:USCGC_Point_Welcome_(WHEC-37)
gptkbp:sonar AN/SQS-26
gptkbp:speed 29 knots