USCGC Point Franklin (WHEC-59)

GPTKB entity

Properties (47)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_Coast_Guard_Cutter
gptkbp:armament 1 × 76 mm gun
2 × .50 caliber machine guns
2 × 25 mm guns
gptkbp:beam 41 feet
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Avondale_Shipyards
gptkbp:built 1963
gptkbp:class gptkb:Hamilton-class_cutter
gptkbp:commissioned 1964
gptkbp:crew 100 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned 1994
gptkbp:displacement 1,200 tons
gptkbp:draft 13 feet 6 inches
gptkbp:engineType gptkb:Fairbanks_Morse_diesel_engines
gptkbp:fate Sold for scrapping
gptkbp:generator 2 × 100 kW generators
gptkbp:helicopterCapacity 1 × HH-65 Dolphin
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Seattle,_Washington
to_Kodiak,_Alaska
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USCGC Point Franklin (WHEC-59)
gptkbp:length 210 feet
210 feet 8 inches
gptkbp:missions Environmental protection
Law enforcement
Search and rescue
Icebreaking
gptkbp:nickname gptkb:Point_Franklin
gptkbp:notable_event Counter-narcotics operations
Drug interdiction operations
Operation Market Time
Vietnam_War_service
gptkbp:propulsion Diesel-electric
gptkbp:range 5,000 nautical miles
gptkbp:service_branch gptkb:United_States_Coast_Guard
gptkbp:sister_ship gptkb:USCGC_Boutwell_(WHEC-719)
gptkb:USCGC_Campbell_(WHEC-32)
gptkb:USCGC_Chase_(WHEC-718)
gptkb:USCGC_Hamilton_(WHEC-715)
gptkb:USCGC_Jarvis_(WHEC-725)
gptkb:USCGC_Ingham_(WHEC-35)
gptkb:USCGC_Storis_(WHEC-38)
gptkb:USCGC_Taney_(WHEC-37)
gptkb:USCGC_Bear_(WHEC-901)
USCGC Morgenthau (WHEC-722)
gptkbp:speed 20 knots
gptkbp:status Decommissioned
gptkbp:successor gptkb:USCGC_Point_Class_Cutters