USCGC Point Defiance (WHEC-850)

GPTKB entity

Properties (47)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_Coast_Guard_Cutter
gptkbp:armament 76 mm gun
20 mm Phalanx CIWS
M2_Browning_machine_guns
gptkbp:beam 43 feet
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Mare_Island_Naval_Shipyard
gptkbp:class Famous-class cutter
gptkbp:commissioned 1963
gptkbp:commissioningDate First Commanding Officer: Captain John W. McGowan
gptkbp:crew 160 personnel
gptkbp:currentLocation Mothballed_in_Suisun_Bay
gptkbp:decommissioned 1994
gptkbp:decommissioningDate Last_Commanding_Officer:_Captain_John_W._McGowan
gptkbp:displacement 3,250 tons
gptkbp:draft 15 feet 6 inches
gptkbp:endurance 30 days
gptkbp:fate Mothballed
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Seattle,_Washington
From_Seattle_to_San_Francisco_in_1971
Returned_to_Seattle_in_1980
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USCGC Point Defiance (WHEC-850)
gptkbp:length 378 feet
gptkbp:lengthOverall 378 feet 6 inches
gptkbp:missions Environmental protection
Law enforcement
National defense
Search and rescue
gptkbp:nickname Point Defiance
gptkbp:notableEvent Humanitarian missions
Drug interdiction operations
Assistance during natural disasters
Rescue_operations_during_the_Vietnam_War
Patrols_in_the_Bering_Sea
gptkbp:operationalArea gptkb:Bering_Sea
gptkb:Pacific_Ocean
West_Coast_of_the_United_States
Alaska_waters
gptkbp:propulsion Gas turbine and diesel engines
gptkbp:range 5,000 nautical miles
gptkbp:serviceBranch gptkb:United_States_Coast_Guard
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:USCGC_Point_Martin_(WHEC-721)
gptkb:USCGC_Point_Grey_(WHEC-953)
gptkb:USCGC_Point_Welcome_(WHEC-826)
gptkb:USCGC_Point_Hope_(WHEC-845)
gptkb:USCGC_Point_Banks_(WHEC-823)
gptkbp:speed 29 knots
gptkbp:status Decommissioned