USCGC Pontchartrain (WPG-70)

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/USCGC_Pontchartrain_(WPG-70)
GPTKB entity
Statements (29)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Royal Navy ship
Owasco-class high endurance cutter
gptkbp:armament 2 × depth charge tracks
1 × Hedgehog anti-submarine mortar
2 × 40 mm anti-aircraft guns
1 × 5 in (127 mm)/38 caliber gun
6 × 20 mm anti-aircraft guns
gptkbp:beam 39 feet
gptkbp:builder gptkb:Western_Pipe_&_Steel_Company
gptkbp:builtYear gptkb:San_Pedro,_California
gptkbp:commissioned 28 July 1945
gptkbp:decommissioned 18 August 1973
gptkbp:displacement 1,830 tons
gptkbp:draught 17 feet
gptkbp:fate scrapped
gptkbp:homeport gptkb:Alameda,_California
gptkb:San_Francisco,_California
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USCGC Pontchartrain (WPG-70)
gptkbp:launched 16 July 1944
gptkbp:length 255 feet
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:Lake_Pontchartrain
gptkbp:notableEvent Rescued survivors of Pan Am Flight 6 in 1956
gptkbp:operator gptkb:United_States_Coast_Guard
gptkbp:propulsion 2 × Babcock & Wilcox boilers
2 × Westinghouse geared turbines
gptkbp:scrapped 1974
gptkbp:speed 18 knots
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Fore_River_Shipyard,_Quincy,_Massachusetts
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7