USCGC Point Defiance (WHEC-944)

GPTKB entity

Properties (45)
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:Mare_Island_Naval_Shipyard
gptkbp:class Cutter
gptkbp:commissioned 1964
gptkbp:crewSize 160 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned 1994
gptkbp:displacement 3,250 tons
gptkbp:draft 15 feet 6 inches
gptkbp:helicopterCapacity HH-65 Dolphin
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Seattle,_Washington
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USCGC Point Defiance (WHEC-944)
gptkbp:length 378 feet
gptkbp:lengthOverall 378 feet 6 inches
gptkbp:missionsConducted Drug interdiction operations
Environmental protection missions
Numerous search and rescue operations
gptkbp:notableEvent Assisted in the response to the Exxon Valdez oil spill
Participated in the 1980s drug war
Participated_in_Operation_Desert_Shield
Supported_Hurricane_Katrina_relief_efforts
Conducted_Arctic_operations
gptkbp:primaryMission Search and rescue
gptkbp:propulsion Gas turbine engine
gptkbp:radar AN/SPS-73
gptkbp:range 5,000 nautical miles
gptkbp:secondaryMission Environmental protection
Law enforcement
gptkbp:sequel Sold for scrap
gptkbp:serviceBranch gptkb:United_States_Coast_Guard
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:USCGC_Point_Franklin_(WHEC-722)
gptkb:USCGC_Point_Loma_(WHEC-745)
gptkb:USCGC_Point_Arguello_(WHEC-877)
gptkb:USCGC_Point_Baker_(WHEC-823)
gptkb:USCGC_Point_Orient_(WHEC-883)
gptkb:USCGC_Point_Reyes_(WHEC-903)
gptkb:USCGC_Point_Hueneme_(WHEC-726)
gptkb:USCGC_Point_St._George_(WHEC-723)
gptkb:USCGC_Point_Sur_(WHEC-723)
gptkb:USCGC_Point_Welcome_(WHEC-715)
gptkbp:speed 29 knots
gptkbp:yearEstablished 1963