USCGC Point Welcome (WHEC-761)

GPTKB entity

Properties (47)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_Coast_Guard_Cutter
gptkbp:armament machine guns
76 mm gun
40 mm gun
gptkbp:beam 41 feet
gptkbp:built 1970
gptkbp:class Point class cutter
gptkbp:commissioned 1970
gptkbp:constructedIn gptkb:Mare_Island_Naval_Shipyard
gptkbp:crewSize 60
gptkbp:decommissioned 1995
gptkbp:design Cutter design
gptkbp:displacement 1,200 tons
gptkbp:fate Scrapped
gptkbp:finalDisposal Scrapped in 2000
gptkbp:historicalSignificance Part_of_the_U.S._Coast_Guard's_fleet
gptkbp:homePort gptkb:San_Juan
gptkb:San_Juan,_Puerto_Rico
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USCGC Point Welcome (WHEC-761)
gptkbp:launched 1969
gptkbp:legacy Contributed to maritime safety and security.
gptkbp:length 210 feet
gptkbp:notableEvent Conducted search and rescue missions
Engaged in environmental protection missions
Participated in drug interdiction operations
Supported maritime law enforcement
Assisted in hurricane relief efforts
gptkbp:operationalArea International waters
Coastal_waters
U.S._territorial_waters
gptkbp:operationalHistory Active in various missions
gptkbp:operationalStatus Decommissioned
gptkbp:primaryMission Search and rescue
gptkbp:propulsion gptkb:Diesel_engines
gptkbp:replacedBy Newer class cutters
gptkbp:role Multi-mission vessel
gptkbp:secondaryMission Law enforcement
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:Atlantic_Ocean
gptkb:Caribbean_Sea
Gulf of Mexico
gptkbp:serviceBranch gptkb:United_States_Coast_Guard
gptkbp:serviceYears 25 years
gptkbp:sisterShip gptkb:USCGC_Point_Class_Cutters
gptkb:USCGC_Point_Reyes_(WHEC-733)
gptkb:USCGC_Point_Banks_(WHEC-762)
gptkb:USCGC_Point_Loma_(WHEC-73)
gptkbp:speed 20 knots