USCGC Point Defiance (WHEC-51)

GPTKB entity

Statements (47)
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:Western_Boat_Building_Company
gptkbp:class Cutter
gptkbp:commissioned 1963
gptkbp:crewSize 160 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned 1994
gptkbp:displacement 3,250 tons
gptkbp:fate Sold for scrap
gptkbp:helicopterCapacity HH-65 Dolphin
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Seattle,_Washington
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USCGC Point Defiance (WHEC-51)
gptkbp:length 378 feet
gptkbp:notableEvent Drug interdiction missions
Assistance during the Exxon Valdez oil spill
Rescue_operations_during_Hurricane_Katrina
Patrols_in_the_Pacific_Northwest
Search_and_rescue_in_the_Bering_Sea
gptkbp:notableOperations gptkb:Operation_Sea_Guardian
gptkb:Operation_Arctic_Shield
gptkb:Operation_New_Horizon
gptkb:Operation_Pacific_Shield
gptkb:Operation_Alaskan_Guardian
Operation Deep Freeze
Operation Southern Watch
Operation Northern Watch
Operation Vigilant Shield
Operation Able Manner
gptkbp:operationalArea gptkb:Bering_Sea
gptkb:Pacific_Ocean
Alaska_waters
Coastal_waters_of_Washington
gptkbp:primaryMission Search and rescue
gptkbp:propulsion Gas turbine engine
gptkbp:radar AN/SPS-73
gptkbp:secondaryMission Environmental protection
Law enforcement
gptkbp:serviceBranch gptkb:United_States_Coast_Guard
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:USCGC_Point_Reyes_(WHEC-73)
gptkb:USCGC_Point_Welcome_(WHEC-70)
gptkb:USCGC_Point_Baker_(WHEC-56)
gptkb:USCGC_Point_Orient_(WHEC-61)
USCGC_Point_Francis_(WHEC-69)
gptkbp:speed 29 knots