USCGC Point Defiance (WHEC-940)

GPTKB entity

Statements (37)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_Coast_Guard_Cutter
gptkbp:armament 76 mm gun
20 mm gun
.50 caliber 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:currentLocation Mothballed_in_Suisun_Bay
gptkbp:decommissioned 1994
gptkbp:displacement 3,250 tons
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Seattle,_Washington
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USCGC Point Defiance (WHEC-940)
gptkbp:length 378 feet
gptkbp:missions Environmental protection
Law enforcement
Search and rescue
Icebreaking
gptkbp:notableEvent Counter-narcotics operations
Drug interdiction operations
Operation Market Time
Vietnam_War_service
gptkbp:propulsion Gas turbine and diesel engines
gptkbp:range 8,000 nautical miles
gptkbp:serviceBranch gptkb:United_States_Coast_Guard
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:USCGC_Point_Francis_(WHEC-715)
gptkb:USCGC_Point_Baker_(WHEC-823)
gptkb:USCGC_Point_Judith_(WHEC-724)
gptkb:USCGC_Point_Orient_(WHEC-883)
gptkb:USCGC_Point_Barrow_(WHEC-823)
gptkb:USCGC_Point_Welcome_(WHEC-715)
gptkb:USCGC_Point_Reyes_(WHEC-913)
gptkb:USCGC_Point_Loma_(WHEC-949)
USCGC Point Hope (WHEC-715)
gptkbp:speed 29 knots
gptkbp:status Decommissioned