USCGC Point Defiance (WHEC-37)

GPTKB entity

Properties (44)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_Coast_Guard_Cutter
gptkbp:armament gptkb:M2_Browning_machine_gun
76 mm gun
20 mm gun
gptkbp:beam 43 feet
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Mare_Island_Naval_Shipyard
gptkbp:class Cutter
gptkbp:commissioned 1963
gptkbp:crew 160 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned 1994
gptkbp:displacement 3,000 tons
gptkbp:draft 15 feet 6 inches
gptkbp:electronicSystems gptkb:Radar
Communication systems
Sonar
Navigation_systems
gptkbp:endurance 30 days
gptkbp:fate Sold for scrapping
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:San_Diego,_California
gptkb:Seattle,_Washington
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USCGC Point Defiance (WHEC-37)
gptkbp:launched 1961
gptkbp:length 378 feet
gptkbp:lengthOverall 378 feet 6 inches
gptkbp:nickname Point Defiance
gptkbp:notableEvent Assisted in drug interdiction operations
Conducted search and rescue missions
Participated in Operation Market Time
Supported environmental protection efforts
Participated_in_the_Vietnam_War
gptkbp:operationalArea gptkb:Bering_Sea
gptkb:Pacific_Ocean
gptkb:Puget_Sound
gptkb:Gulf_of_Alaska
Strait of Juan de Fuca
gptkbp:primaryMission Search and rescue
gptkbp:propulsion Gas turbine engine
gptkbp:range 5,000 nautical miles
gptkbp:secondaryMission Environmental protection
Law enforcement
gptkbp:serviceBranch gptkb:United_States_Coast_Guard
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:USCGC_Point_Welcome_(WHEC-50)
gptkbp:speed 29 knots
gptkbp:status Decommissioned