USCGC Spencer

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Royal Navy ship
gptkbp:awards gptkb:American_Campaign_Medal
gptkb:Asiatic-Pacific_Campaign_Medal
gptkb:National_Defense_Service_Medal
gptkb:Presidential_Unit_Citation
gptkb:World_War_II_Victory_Medal
gptkb:Republic_of_Vietnam_Campaign_Medal
gptkb:Vietnam_Service_Medal
gptkb:Navy_Unit_Commendation
gptkb:Coast_Guard_Unit_Commendation
gptkb:Republic_of_Vietnam_Gallantry_Cross_Unit_Citation
gptkbp:builder gptkb:New_York_Shipbuilding_Corporation
Robert E. Derecktor Shipyard
gptkbp:class gptkb:Famous-class_cutter
Secretary-class cutter
gptkbp:decommissioned 1974
gptkbp:homeport gptkb:Boston,_Massachusetts
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label USCGC Spencer
gptkbp:hullNumber WMEC-905
WPG-36
gptkbp:launched 1937
1984
gptkbp:length 270 feet (WMEC-905)
327 feet (WPG-36)
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:John_C._Spencer
gptkbp:notableEvent rescued survivors from torpedoed ships
assisted in migrant interdiction operations
conducted fisheries enforcement
escorted convoys during WWII
interdicted drug smuggling vessels
participated in international exercises
patrolled Caribbean and Atlantic
responded to maritime disasters
sank U-175 in 1943
served in Battle of the Atlantic
served in Operation Market Time
supported hurricane relief efforts
gptkbp:operatedBy gptkb:United_States_Coast_Guard
gptkbp:role gptkb:law_enforcement
environmental protection
maritime security
search and rescue
combat operations
gptkbp:servedIn gptkb:Vietnam_War
gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:status active (WMEC-905)
decommissioned (WPG-36)
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Coast_Guard_Cutters
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5