USCGC Point Loma (WHEC-53)

GPTKB entity

Properties (41)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_Coast_Guard_Cutter
gptkbp:armament 1 × 76 mm gun
1 × 40 mm gun
2 × .50 caliber machine guns
gptkbp:beam 33 feet
gptkbp:builder gptkb:M._Rosenblatt_&_Son
gptkbp:built 1960
1960-1961
gptkbp:class Point class cutter
gptkbp:commissioned 1961
gptkbp:crew_size 100 personnel
gptkbp:decommissioned 1994
gptkbp:displacement 1,200 tons
gptkbp:draft 11 feet
gptkbp:engineType gptkb:Diesel_engine
gptkbp:fate Preserved as a museum ship
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:San_Diego,_California
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USCGC Point Loma (WHEC-53)
gptkbp:length 210 feet
gptkbp:location gptkb:San_Diego_Maritime_Museum
gptkbp:maximum_speed 20 knots
gptkbp:motto Semper_Paratus
gptkbp:nickname Point class cutter
gptkbp:notable_event Drug interdiction missions
Participation in Operation Able Manner
Assistance during the 1980s refugee crisis
Rescue_operations_during_Hurricane_Katrina
Search_and_rescue_missions_in_the_Pacific_Ocean
gptkbp:operational_area gptkb:Pacific_Ocean
gptkbp:range 5,000 nautical miles
gptkbp:replacedBy Fast Response Cutters
gptkbp:role Environmental protection
Law enforcement
Search and rescue
Icebreaking
gptkbp:secondary_mission Maritime law enforcement
Search and rescue operations
gptkbp:service_branch gptkb:United_States_Coast_Guard
gptkbp:sister_ship gptkb:USCGC_Point_Welcome_(WHEC-53)
gptkbp:status Decommissioned
Museum ship