USCGC Point Defiance (WHEC-81)

GPTKB entity

Statements (46)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_Coast_Guard_Cutter
gptkbp:aircraft gptkb:HH-65_Dolphin_helicopter
gptkbp:armament gptkb:M2_Browning_machine_gun
76 mm gun
20 mm gun
gptkbp:beam 43 feet
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Mitsubishi_Heavy_Industries
gptkbp:class Famous-class cutter
gptkbp:commissioned gptkb:United_States_Coast_Guard
1963
gptkbp:crew_size 160 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned 1994
gptkbp:displacement 3,000 tons
gptkbp:fate Sold for scrapping
gptkbp:home_port gptkb:Seattle,_Washington
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Seattle,_Washington
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USCGC Point Defiance (WHEC-81)
gptkbp:launched 1961
gptkbp:length 378 feet
gptkbp:notable_event Drug interdiction operations
Environmental response operations
Rescue operations during the 1980s
gptkbp:propulsion Gas turbine engine
gptkbp:range 10,000 nautical miles
gptkbp:secondary_mission Environmental protection
Law enforcement
Search and rescue
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:Bering_Sea
gptkb:Gulf_War
gptkb:Operation_Desert_Storm
gptkb:Pacific_Ocean
gptkb:Vietnam_War
Operation Enduring Freedom
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Operation Noble Eagle
Hurricane response operations
Alaskan_waters
Arctic_waters
Coastal_waters_of_the_United_States
gptkbp:service_branch gptkb:United_States_Coast_Guard
gptkbp:sister_ship gptkb:USCGC_Point_Orient_(WHEC-85)
gptkb:USCGC_Point_Francis_(WHEC-83)
gptkb:USCGC_Point_Banks_(WHEC-84)
gptkb:USCGC_Point_Marone_(WHEC-86)
gptkb:USCGC_Point_Welcome_(WHEC-82)
gptkbp:speed 29 knots