USCGC Point Defiance (WHEC-703)

GPTKB entity

Statements (46)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_Coast_Guard_Cutter
gptkbp:armament machine guns
76 mm gun
40 mm gun
gptkbp:beam 43 feet
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Mare_Island_Naval_Shipyard
gptkbp:class Cutter
gptkbp:commissioned 1961
gptkbp:crew_size 160 personnel
gptkbp:currentLocation Museum_ship_in_Seattle
gptkbp:decommissioned 1994
1994-09-30
gptkbp:displacement 3,000 tons
gptkbp:endurance 30 days
gptkbp:fate Preserved as a museum
gptkbp:home_port gptkb:Seattle,_Washington
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Seattle,_Washington
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USCGC Point Defiance (WHEC-703)
gptkbp:launched 1960
gptkbp:length 378 feet
gptkbp:missions Environmental protection
Law enforcement
Search and rescue
Military readiness
gptkbp:nickname Point Defiance
gptkbp:notable_event Humanitarian missions
Drug interdiction operations
Operation Market Time
Vietnam_War_service
gptkbp:operational_area gptkb:Bering_Sea
gptkb:Pacific_Ocean
West_Coast_of_the_United_States
Alaska_waters
gptkbp:propulsion Gas turbine and diesel engines
gptkbp:range 8,000 nautical miles
gptkbp:replacedBy National Security Cutter
gptkbp:role Search and rescue operations
Coast_Guard_operations
gptkbp:service_branch gptkb:United_States_Coast_Guard
gptkbp:sister_ship gptkb:USCGC_Point_Orient_(WHEC-703)
gptkb:USCGC_Point_Franklin_(WHEC-715)
gptkb:USCGC_Point_Baker_(WHEC-823)
gptkb:USCGC_Point_Welcome_(WHEC-701)
gptkb:USCGC_Point_Judith_(WHEC-617)
gptkbp:speed 29 knots
gptkbp:status Decommissioned