USCGC Point Defiance (WHEC-709)

GPTKB entity

Statements (58)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_Coast_Guard_Cutter
gptkbp:armament 76 mm gun
20 mm gun
.50 caliber machine guns
M2_Browning_machine_guns
gptkbp:beam 43 feet
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Mitsubishi_Heavy_Industries
gptkb:Avondale_Shipyards
gptkbp:class Cutter
Cutter class
gptkbp:commissioned 1963
gptkbp:crew_size 160
160 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned 1994
gptkbp:displacement 3,250 tons
gptkbp:draft 15 feet
gptkbp:fate Sold for scrapping
gptkbp:home_port gptkb:Alameda,_California
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:San_Diego,_California
gptkb:Seattle,_Washington
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USCGC Point Defiance (WHEC-709)
gptkbp:length 378 feet
gptkbp:missions Environmental protection
Law enforcement
National defense
Search and rescue
Icebreaking
Military readiness
gptkbp:motto Semper_Paratus
gptkbp:nickname Point Defiance
gptkbp:notable_event gptkb:Vietnam_War
Humanitarian missions
Drug interdiction operations
Operation Market Time
Hurricane response
Vietnam_War_service
gptkbp:operational_area gptkb:Bering_Sea
gptkb:Pacific_Ocean
gptkb:Puget_Sound
gptkb:Gulf_of_Alaska
Strait of Juan de Fuca
gptkbp:propulsion Gas turbine and diesel engines
Gas turbine engine
gptkbp:service_branch gptkb:United_States_Coast_Guard
gptkbp:sister_ship gptkb:USCGC_Point_Reyes_(WHEC-823)
gptkb:USCGC_Point_Baker_(WHEC-823)
gptkb:USCGC_Point_Judith_(WHEC-724)
gptkb:USCGC_Point_Orient_(WHEC-883)
gptkb:USCGC_Point_Reyes_(WHEC-903)
gptkb:USCGC_Point_Loma_(WHEC-823)
gptkb:USCGC_Point_Sur_(WHEC-823)
gptkb:USCGC_Point_Franklin_(WHEC-716)
gptkb:USCGC_Point_Franklin_(WHEC-717)
gptkb:USCGC_Point_Barrow_(WHEC-823)
gptkb:USCGC_Point_Welcome_(WHEC-715)
gptkb:USCGC_Point_Orient_(WHEC-823)
USCGC Point Hope (WHEC-823)
gptkbp:speed 29 knots