USCGC Point Defiance (WHEC-862)

GPTKB entity

Statements (34)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_Coast_Guard_Cutter
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 Cutter
gptkbp:commissioned 1963
gptkbp:crewSize 160
gptkbp:decommissioned 1994
gptkbp:displacement 3,250 tons
gptkbp:fate Sold for scrap
gptkbp:helicopterCapacity HH-65 Dolphin
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Seattle,_Washington
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USCGC Point Defiance (WHEC-862)
gptkbp:length 378 feet
gptkbp:notableEvent Drug interdiction missions
Environmental response operations
Participation in Operation Able Manner
Rescue_operations_during_Hurricane_Katrina
Search_and_rescue_missions_in_the_Pacific_Ocean
gptkbp:primaryMission Search and rescue
gptkbp:propulsion Gas turbine engine
gptkbp:radar AN/SPS-40
AN/SPS-73
gptkbp:secondaryMission Environmental protection
Law enforcement
gptkbp:serviceBranch gptkb:United_States_Coast_Guard
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:USCGC_Point_Orient_(WHEC-883)
gptkb:USCGC_Point_Reyes_(WHEC-903)
gptkb:USCGC_Point_St._George_(WHEC-883)
gptkb:USCGC_Point_Welcome_(WHEC-826)
gptkb:USCGC_Point_Franklin_(WHEC-823)
gptkbp:speed 30 knots