USCGC Point Franklin (WHEC-70)

GPTKB entity

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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:Mare_Island_Naval_Shipyard
gptkbp:class gptkb:Hamilton-class_cutter
gptkbp:commissioned 1966
gptkbp:crew 150
gptkbp:decommissioned 1994
gptkbp:displacement 1,200 tons
gptkbp:fate Sold for scrapping
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:San_Francisco,_California
gptkb:Seattle,_Washington
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USCGC Point Franklin (WHEC-70)
gptkbp:launched 1965
gptkbp:length 210 feet
gptkbp:missions Environmental protection
Law enforcement
Search and rescue
Icebreaking
Military readiness
gptkbp:notableEvent Participated in Operation Market Time
Rescue operations during the 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens
Assisted in the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill cleanup
Humanitarian_missions_in_the_Pacific_Islands
Drug_interdiction_operations_in_the_Caribbean
gptkbp:propulsion Diesel-electric
gptkbp:serviceBranch gptkb:United_States_Coast_Guard
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:USCGC_Point_Allerton_(WHEC-70)
gptkb:USCGC_Point_Barrow_(WHEC-70)
gptkb:USCGC_Point_Judith_(WHEC-70)
gptkb:USCGC_Point_Class_Cutters
gptkb:USCGC_Point_Loma_(WHEC-70)
gptkb:USCGC_Point_Reyes_(WHEC-70)
gptkb:USCGC_Point_Defiance_(WHEC-70)
gptkb:USCGC_Point_Welcome_(WHEC-70)
gptkb:USCGC_Point_Baker_(WHEC-70)
USCGC Point Hope (WHEC-70)
gptkbp:speed 29 knots