USCGC Point Defiance (WHEC-968)

GPTKB entity

Statements (30)
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 class
gptkbp:commissioned 1964
gptkbp:crew 160 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned 1994
gptkbp:displacement 3,250 tons
gptkbp:fate Sold for scrapping
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:San_Pedro,_California
gptkb:Seattle,_Washington
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USCGC Point Defiance (WHEC-968)
gptkbp:launched 1963
gptkbp:length 378 feet
gptkbp:notableEvent Drug interdiction missions
Operation Able Manner
Assistance during the Exxon Valdez oil spill
Rescue_operations_during_Hurricane_Katrina
Search_and_rescue_in_the_Bering_Sea
gptkbp:propulsion Gas turbine engine
gptkbp:secondaryRole Law enforcement
Search and rescue
gptkbp:serviceBranch gptkb:United_States_Coast_Guard
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:USCGC_Point_Orient_(WHEC-883)
gptkb:USCGC_Point_Banks_(WHEC-956)
gptkb:USCGC_Point_Welcome_(WHEC-926)
gptkbp:speed 29 knots