USCGC Point Defiance (WHEC-823)

GPTKB entity

Properties (47)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_Coast_Guard_Cutter
gptkbp:armament 76 mm gun
20 mm gun
M2_Browning_machine_guns
gptkbp:beam 43 feet
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Mare_Island_Naval_Shipyard
gptkbp:class Famous-class cutter
gptkbp:commissioned 1964
gptkbp:crewSize 160 personnel
gptkbp:currentStatus Decommissioned
gptkbp:decommissioned 1994
gptkbp:displacement 3,250 tons
gptkbp:endurance 30 days
gptkbp:fate Sold for scrap
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Seattle,_Washington
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USCGC Point Defiance (WHEC-823)
gptkbp:image https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5e/USCGC_Point_Defiance_(WHEC-823).jpg
gptkbp:launched 1963
gptkbp:length 378 feet
gptkbp:missions Environmental protection
Law enforcement
National defense
Search and rescue
gptkbp:nickname Point Class Cutter
gptkbp:notableEvent Humanitarian missions
Drug interdiction operations
Operation Market Time
Vietnam_War_service
gptkbp:propulsion Gas turbine and diesel engines
gptkbp:range 8,000 nautical miles
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:Gulf_War
gptkb:Operation_Desert_Storm
gptkb:Vietnam_War
Operation Enduring Freedom
Operation Inherent Resolve
Operation Iraqi Freedom
Operation Noble Eagle
Operation Unified Protector
Operation New Dawn
gptkbp:serviceBranch gptkb:United_States_Coast_Guard
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:USCGC_Point_Francis_(WHEC-827)
gptkb:USCGC_Point_Baker_(WHEC-835)
gptkb:USCGC_Point_Welcome_(WHEC-826)
gptkb:USCGC_Point_Orient_(WHEC-823)
gptkb:USCGC_Point_Barrow_(WHEC-834)
gptkbp:speed 29 knots
gptkbp:status Scrapped