USCGC Point Defiance (WHEC-776)

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_Coast_Guard_Cutter
gptkbp:armament 76 mm gun
20 mm Phalanx CIWS
.50 caliber machine guns
gptkbp:beam 43 feet
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Mare_Island_Naval_Shipyard
gptkbp:class Cutter class
gptkbp:commissioned 1961
gptkbp:commissioningDate gptkb:San_Francisco,_California
gptkbp:crew 160 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned 1999
gptkbp:decommissioningDate gptkb:Seattle,_Washington
gptkbp:displacement 3,250 tons
gptkbp:fate Sold for scrap
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:San_Francisco,_California
gptkb:Seattle,_Washington
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USCGC Point Defiance (WHEC-776)
gptkbp:launched 1960
gptkbp:length 378 feet
gptkbp:missions Environmental protection
Law enforcement
National defense
Search and rescue
gptkbp:motto Semper_Paratus
gptkbp:nickname Point Defiance
gptkbp:notableEvent Drug interdiction missions
Assistance during natural disasters
Environmental response operations
Rescue operations during the 1980s
Search_and_rescue_in_Alaskan_waters
gptkbp:operationalArea gptkb:Bering_Sea
gptkb:Pacific_Ocean
West_Coast_of_the_United_States
Alaska_waters
gptkbp:propulsion Gas turbine and diesel engines
gptkbp:secondaryRole Multi-mission cutter
gptkbp:serviceBranch gptkb:United_States_Coast_Guard
gptkbp:significantEvent gptkb:Operation_New_Life
Operation Market Time
Operation Vigilant Warrior
Operation Able Manner
Operation Sea Angel
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:USCGC_Point_Orient_(WHEC-883)
gptkb:USCGC_Point_Welcome_(WHEC-826)
gptkb:USCGC_Point_Banks_(WHEC-823)
gptkb:USCGC_Point_Marone_(WHEC-826)
gptkbp:speed 29 knots
gptkbp:status Decommissioned
Scrapped