USCGC Point Defiance (WHEC-852)

GPTKB entity

Properties (39)
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 Cutter class
gptkbp:commissioned 1963
gptkbp:crew 160 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned 1994
gptkbp:displacement 3,250 tons
gptkbp:draft 15 feet
gptkbp:fate Sold for scrap
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Seattle,_Washington
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USCGC Point Defiance (WHEC-852)
gptkbp:length 378 feet
gptkbp:mission Environmental protection
Law enforcement
Search and rescue
Icebreaking
Military readiness
gptkbp:motto Semper_Paratus
gptkbp:notableEvent Humanitarian assistance missions
Drug interdiction missions
Rescue operations during the 1980s
Patrols_in_the_Bering_Sea
Support_during_the_Gulf_War
gptkbp:propulsion Gas turbine and diesel engines
gptkbp:serviceBranch gptkb:United_States_Coast_Guard
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:USCGC_Point_Franklin_(WHEC-882)
gptkb:USCGC_Point_Hope_(WHEC-883)
gptkb:USCGC_Point_Baker_(WHEC-823)
gptkb:USCGC_Point_Orient_(WHEC-883)
gptkb:USCGC_Point_Reyes_(WHEC-903)
gptkb:USCGC_Point_Sur_(WHEC-823)
gptkb:USCGC_Point_Loma_(WHEC-849)
gptkb:USCGC_Point_White_(WHEC-823)
gptkbp:speed 29 knots
gptkbp:successor gptkb:USCGC_Active_(WMSL-752)