USCGC Point Defiance (WHEC-729)

GPTKB entity

Statements (42)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_Coast_Guard_Cutter
gptkbp:armament gptkb:M2_Browning_machine_gun
76 mm gun
25 mm gun
gptkbp:beam 43 feet
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Mare_Island_Naval_Shipyard
gptkbp:class Famous-class cutter
gptkbp:commissioned 1963
gptkbp:crew 160 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned 1994
gptkbp:displacement 3,250 tons
gptkbp:fate Scrapped
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:San_Pedro,_California
gptkb:Seattle,_Washington
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USCGC Point Defiance (WHEC-729)
gptkbp:launched 1961
gptkbp:length 378 feet
gptkbp:notableEvent Humanitarian assistance missions
Assisted in drug interdiction operations
Participated in Operation Market Time
Rescue operations during natural disasters
Search_and_rescue_missions_in_the_Pacific_Ocean
gptkbp:primaryMission Search and rescue
gptkbp:propulsion Gas turbine engine
gptkbp:secondaryMission Environmental protection
Law enforcement
gptkbp:serviceBranch gptkb:United_States_Coast_Guard
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:USCGC_Point_St._Vincent_(WHEC-726)
gptkb:USCGC_Point_St._Thomas_(WHEC-726)
gptkb:USCGC_Point_St._Paul_(WHEC-726)
gptkb:USCGC_Point_Baker_(WHEC-823)
gptkb:USCGC_Point_Loma_(WHEC-725)
gptkb:USCGC_Point_Orient_(WHEC-883)
gptkb:USCGC_Point_Reyes_(WHEC-726)
gptkb:USCGC_Point_St._George_(WHEC-726)
gptkb:USCGC_Point_Welcome_(WHEC-726)
gptkb:USCGC_Point_Sur_(WHEC-726)
gptkb:USCGC_Point_Francis_(WHEC-721)
gptkb:USCGC_Point_Barrow_(WHEC-823)
gptkb:USCGC_Point_St._John_(WHEC-726)
USCGC Point Hope (WHEC-823)
gptkbp:speed 29 knots