USCGC Point Houghton (WHEC-726)

GPTKB entity

Properties (38)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_Coast_Guard_Cutter
gptkbp:armament 1 x 76 mm gun
1 x 20 mm gun
2 x .50 caliber machine guns
gptkbp:beam 41 feet
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Bollinger_Shipyards
gptkbp:class Point class cutter
gptkbp:commissioned 1970
gptkbp:crewSize 40
gptkbp:decommissioned 1994
gptkbp:displacement 1,200 tons
gptkbp:fate Sold for scrap
gptkbp:firstDeployment gptkb:Bering_Sea
gptkb:Pacific_Ocean
gptkb:Aleutian_Islands
gptkb:Gulf_of_Alaska
Alaska_waters
gptkbp:helicopterCapacity HH-65 Dolphin
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:Ketchikan,_Alaska
From_Ketchikan_to_Seattle
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USCGC Point Houghton (WHEC-726)
gptkbp:length 210 feet
gptkbp:missionsConducted Drug interdiction operations
Environmental response missions
Numerous search and rescue operations
gptkbp:notableEvent Conducted icebreaking operations
Supported fisheries enforcement
Assisted in the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill response
Participated_in_Operation_Able_Manner
Conducted_Arctic_patrols
gptkbp:primaryMission Search and rescue
gptkbp:propulsion gptkb:Diesel_engine
gptkbp:radar Search radar
Navigation_radar
gptkbp:secondaryMission Environmental protection
Law enforcement
gptkbp:serviceBranch gptkb:United_States_Coast_Guard
gptkbp:speed 20 knots