USCGC Point Defiance (WHEC-849)

GPTKB entity

Properties (46)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_Coast_Guard_Cutter
gptkbp:armament 76 mm gun
20 mm gun
M2_Browning_machine_guns
gptkbp:auxiliaryVessel gptkb:USCGC_Point_Defiance_(WHEC-849)
gptkbp:beam 43 feet
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Mare_Island_Naval_Shipyard
gptkbp:class Famous-class cutter
gptkbp:commissioned 1963
gptkbp:commissioningDate 1963-06-01
gptkbp:crewSize 160
gptkbp:decommissioned 1994
gptkbp:decommissioningDate 1994-09-30
gptkbp:displacement 3,000 tons
gptkbp:endurance 30 days
gptkbp:fate Scrapped
gptkbp:helicopterCapacity HH-65 Dolphin
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Seattle
gptkb:Seattle,_Washington
gptkb:Washington
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USCGC Point Defiance (WHEC-849)
gptkbp:launched 1962
gptkbp:length 378 feet
gptkbp:missions Environmental protection
Law enforcement
Search and rescue
Icebreaking
gptkbp:nickname Point Defiance
gptkbp:notableEvent Humanitarian missions
Drug interdiction operations
Operation Market Time
Vietnam_War_service
gptkbp:operationalArea gptkb:Pacific_Ocean
gptkbp:operationalStatus Decommissioned
gptkbp:primaryFunction Multi-mission cutter
gptkbp:propulsion Gas turbine and diesel engines
gptkbp:radar AN/SPS-73
gptkbp:range 8,000 nautical miles
gptkbp:serviceBranch gptkb:United_States_Coast_Guard
gptkbp:serviceYears 31 years
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:USCGC_Point_Orient_(WHEC-883)
gptkb:USCGC_Point_Welcome_(WHEC-826)
gptkb:USCGC_Point_Franklin_(WHEC-878)
gptkb:USCGC_Point_Barrow_(WHEC-823)
gptkbp:sonar AN/SQS-26
gptkbp:speed 29 knots