USCGC Point Defiance (WHEC-68)

GPTKB entity

Statements (38)
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:Mitsubishi_Heavy_Industries
gptkbp:class Famous-class cutter
gptkbp:commissioned 1961
gptkbp:crewSize 160 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned 1994
gptkbp:displacement 3,000 tons
gptkbp:fate Sold for scrapping
gptkbp:helicopterCapacity HH-65 Dolphin
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:San_Pedro,_California
gptkb:Seattle,_Washington
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USCGC Point Defiance (WHEC-68)
gptkbp:launched 1960
gptkbp:length 378 feet
gptkbp:mission Environmental protection
Law enforcement
National defense
Search and rescue
gptkbp:notableEvent Drug interdiction operations
Operation Able Manner
Assistance during the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill
Rescue_operations_during_Hurricane_Katrina
Search_and_rescue_missions_in_Alaska
gptkbp:operationalArea gptkb:Pacific_Ocean
gptkbp:propulsion Gas turbine and diesel engines
gptkbp:radar AN/SPS-73
gptkbp:range 8,000 nautical miles
gptkbp:serviceBranch gptkb:United_States_Coast_Guard
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:USCGC_Point_Franklin_(WHEC-80)
gptkb:USCGC_Point_Orient_(WHEC-89)
gptkb:USCGC_Point_Loma_(WHEC-70)
gptkb:USCGC_Point_Welcome_(WHEC-70)
gptkb:USCGC_Point_Banks_(WHEC-90)
gptkbp:speed 29 knots