USCGC Point Defiance (WHEC-770)

GPTKB entity

Properties (42)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_Coast_Guard_Cutter
gptkbp:armament 76 mm gun
20 mm gun
.50 caliber machine guns
gptkbp:beam 43 feet
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Mitsubishi_Heavy_Industries
gptkbp:class Cutter
gptkbp:commissioned 1963
gptkbp:crewSize 160 personnel
gptkbp:currentLocation Museum ship
gptkbp:decommissioned 1994
gptkbp:displacement 3,250 tons
gptkbp:fate Museum ship
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Seattle
gptkb:Seattle,_Washington
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USCGC Point Defiance (WHEC-770)
gptkbp:length 378 feet
gptkbp:missions Environmental protection
Law enforcement
Search and rescue
Icebreaking
gptkbp:nickname Point Class Cutter
gptkbp:notableEvent Humanitarian missions
Drug interdiction operations
Rescue_operations_during_the_Vietnam_War
Patrols_in_the_Bering_Sea
gptkbp:operationalArea gptkb:Bering_Sea
gptkb:Pacific_Ocean
gptkb:Puget_Sound
Strait of Juan de Fuca
Alaska_waters
gptkbp:propulsion Gas turbine
gptkbp:range 8,000 nautical miles
gptkbp:serviceBranch gptkb:United_States_Coast_Guard
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:USCGC_Point_Orient_(WHEC-883)
gptkb:USCGC_Point_Reyes_(WHEC-903)
gptkb:USCGC_Point_Franklin_(WHEC-878)
gptkb:USCGC_Point_Welcome_(WHEC-821)
gptkb:USCGC_Point_Barrow_(WHEC-823)
gptkbp:speed 29 knots
gptkbp:status Decommissioned
gptkbp:yearEstablished 1962