USCGC Point Defiance (WHEC-46)

GPTKB entity

Statements (43)
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:Mare_Island_Naval_Shipyard
gptkbp:class Cutter class
gptkbp:commissioned 1963
gptkbp:commissioningDate 1963-06-01
gptkbp:crew 160 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned 1994
gptkbp:decommissioningDate 1994-09-30
gptkbp:displacement 3,250 tons
gptkbp:draft 15 feet 6 inches
gptkbp:endurance 30 days
gptkbp:fate Sold for scrapping
gptkbp:finalDisposal Scrapped in 2005
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:San_Francisco,_California
gptkb:Seattle,_Washington
1994-09-30
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USCGC Point Defiance (WHEC-46)
gptkbp:length 378 feet
gptkbp:lengthOverall 378 feet 6 inches
gptkbp:missions Environmental protection
Law enforcement
Search and rescue
Military readiness
gptkbp:nickname Point Defiance
gptkbp:notableEvent Drug interdiction operations
Operation Market Time
Hurricane response operations
Participated_in_the_Vietnam_War
Search_and_rescue_missions_in_Alaska
gptkbp:operationalStatus Decommissioned
gptkbp:propulsion Gas turbine and diesel engines
gptkbp:range 5,000 nautical miles
gptkbp:serviceBranch gptkb:United_States_Coast_Guard
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:USCGC_Point_Reyes_(WHEC-70)
gptkb:USCGC_Point_Banks_(WHEC-41)
gptkb:USCGC_Point_Marone_(WHEC-63)
gptkb:USCGC_Point_Welcome_(WHEC-50)
gptkb:USCGC_Point_Orient_(WHEC-61)
gptkbp:speed 29 knots