USCGC Point Defiance (WHEC-79)

GPTKB entity

Properties (31)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_Coast_Guard_Cutter
gptkbp:armament 76 mm gun
20 mm gun
.50 caliber machine guns
gptkbp:beam 41 feet
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Mitsubishi_Heavy_Industries
gptkbp:class Famous-class cutter
gptkbp:commissioned 1961
gptkbp:crew 150 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned 1994
gptkbp:displacement 1,200 tons
gptkbp:draft 13 feet
gptkbp:fate Sold for scrapping
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Seattle,_Washington
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USCGC Point Defiance (WHEC-79)
gptkbp:length 210 feet
gptkbp:missions Environmental protection
Law enforcement
Search and rescue
Icebreaking
Military readiness
gptkbp:motto Semper_Paratus
gptkbp:notableEvent Humanitarian assistance missions
Drug interdiction operations
Rescue operations during the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens
Patrols_in_the_Bering_Sea
Support_during_the_Gulf_War
gptkbp:propulsion Diesel-electric
gptkbp:serviceBranch gptkb:United_States_Coast_Guard
gptkbp:speed 29 knots
gptkbp:successor gptkb:USCGC_Active_(WMSL-752)