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Point-class cutter: History & Measurement

The Point-class cutter was a class of 82-foot patrol vessels designed to replace the United States Coast Guard's aging 83-foot wooden hull patrol boat being used at the time. The boats had a mild steel hull and an aluminum superstructure. The Coast Guard Yard discontinued building the 95-foot Cape-class cutter to have the capacity to produce the 82-foot…

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Point-class cutter topic overview

The analysis highlights History and Measurement as prominent areas in the source structure around Point-class cutter.

Related topics
35
Source areas
4
Connected nodes
39
Extracted relationships
62
Concept neighborhoods
19
Bridge connections
39

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Design and production · 17 topics
Overview · 9 topics
History · 8 topics
Naming the class · 1 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Armament
1960 · 1 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannon · Vietnam service · 5 × M2 Browning machine guns · 1 × 81 mm M29 mortar
Beam
17 ft 7 in (5.36 m) max
Builders
Coast Guard Yard 1960–1963, 1970; · J.M. Martinac Shipbuilding Corp. 1966–1967
Built
1960–1970
Complement
domestic service, 1 officer and 9 enlisted; Vietnam service, 2 officers, 8 enlisted
Completed
79

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

Naming the class

Design and production

History

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How Point-class cutter connects Entity context

The extracted context around Point-class cutter shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, Point-class cutter → Alameda, All USCG Point-class, At, California, Coast Guard, Coast Guard Squadron One, Crews, May, Navy, Operation Market Time, Philippine Navy, Philippines, Point-class, Some, South, South Vietnamese, South Vietnamese Navy, The, Vietnam, Vietnam People's Navy Another extracted example is Point-class cutter → Atlantic, Coast Guard, Gulf, Marine Protector-class, Pacific, Point-class, The. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

Point-class cutter

Top relations

related to Vietnam service · 22
Point-class cutter → Alameda, All USCG Point-class, At, California, Coast Guard, Coast Guard Squadron One, Crews, May, Navy, Operation Market Time, Philippine Navy, Philippines, Point-class, Some, South, South Vietnamese, South Vietnamese Navy, The, Vietnam, Vietnam People's Navy
related to Domestic service · 7
Point-class cutter → Atlantic, Coast Guard, Gulf, Marine Protector-class, Pacific, Point-class, The
related to Replacement · 6
Point-class cutter → Another, Both, Marine Protector-class, Point-class, The, When
Armament · 5
Point-class cutter → 1 × 81 mm M29 mortar, 1 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannon, 1960, 5 × M2 Browning machine guns, Vietnam service
Propulsion · 3
Point-class cutter → (2) 1,000 hp (750 kW) gas turbine, hull 82314, (2) 800 hp (600 kW) Cummins diesel, hulls 82331 and up and hull 82318, Originally (2) 600 hp (450 kW) Cummins diesel, thru hull number 82330 ex. hulls 82314, 82318
Builders · 2
Point-class cutter → Coast Guard Yard 1960–1963, 1970;, J.M. Martinac Shipbuilding Corp. 1966–1967
Operators · 2
Point-class cutter → Panama, United States Coast Guard
Range · 2
Point-class cutter → 1271 miles at 10.7 knots economic speed (1960), 577 miles at maximum sustained speed of 14.5 knots
Beam · 1
Point-class cutter → 17 ft 7 in (5.36 m) max
Built · 1
Point-class cutter → 1960–1970

Important terminology

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Important terminology

boats coast vietnam patrol guard point-class boat cutter 1960 service hull yard cutters 82-foot used design united states class navy

Point-class cutter relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 62 structured relationships around Point-class cutter. Examples in this analysis include Point-class cutter → Armament → 1960 and Point-class cutter → Armament → 1 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannon. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
Point-class cutterArmament19601.00infobox
Point-class cutterArmament1 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannon1.00infobox
Point-class cutterArmamentVietnam service1.00infobox
Point-class cutterArmament5 × M2 Browning machine guns1.00infobox
Point-class cutterArmament1 × 81 mm M29 mortar1.00infobox
Point-class cutterBeam17 ft 7 in (5.36 m) max1.00infobox
Point-class cutterBuildersCoast Guard Yard 1960–1963, 1970;1.00infobox
Point-class cutterBuildersJ.M. Martinac Shipbuilding Corp. 1966–19671.00infobox
Point-class cutterBuilt1960–19701.00infobox
Point-class cutterComplementdomestic service, 1 officer and 9 enlisted; Vietnam service, 2 officers, 8 enlisted1.00infobox
Point-class cutterCompleted791.00infobox
Point-class cutterDisplacement60–69 tons1.00infobox
Point-class cutterDraft5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)1.00infobox
Point-class cutterIn commission1960–20031.00infobox
Point-class cutterLength82 ft 10 in (25.25 m)1.00infobox
Point-class cutterOperatorsUnited States Coast Guard1.00infobox
Point-class cutterOperatorsPanama1.00infobox
Point-class cutterPreceded byCape class1.00infobox
Point-class cutterPropulsionOriginally (2) 600 hp (450 kW) Cummins diesel, thru hull number 82330 ex. hulls 82314, 823181.00infobox
Point-class cutterPropulsion(2) 800 hp (600 kW) Cummins diesel, hulls 82331 and up and hull 823181.00infobox
Point-class cutterPropulsion(2) 1,000 hp (750 kW) gas turbine, hull 823141.00infobox
Point-class cutterRange577 miles at maximum sustained speed of 14.5 knots1.00infobox
Point-class cutterRange1271 miles at 10.7 knots economic speed (1960)1.00infobox
Point-class cutterRetired791.00infobox
Point-class cutterSpeed16.8 kn (31.1 km/h; 19.3 mph) (1960)1.00infobox
Point-class cutterSucceeded byMarine Protector class1.00infobox
Point-class cutterTypePatrol boat (WPB)1.00infobox

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around Point-class cutter bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Boat, Point-class and Cutters. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • Point-class cutter
    • Boat
    • Point-class
    • Cutters
    • Designed
    • Marine
    • Coast
    • Patrol
    • 82-foot
    • Guard
    • Vietnam
    • Crews
    • Hull
  • point-class cutter
    • Boat
    • Point-class
    • Cutters
    • Designed
    • Crew
    • Replacement
    • Marine
    • Coast
    • Hull
    • Patrol
    • 82-foot
    • Guard
  • patrol vessels
    • Boat
    • Point-class
    • 83-foot
    • 95-foot
    • States
    • United
    • Vessels
    • Used
    • Boats
    • Coast
    • Guard
    • Designed
  • united states coast guard
    • States
    • United
    • Guard
    • Vessels
    • Used
    • Yard
    • Boat
    • Patrol
    • Point-class
    • Cummins
    • Vietnam
    • 83-foot
  • coast guard yard
    • Guard
    • Production
    • Yard
    • Coast
    • Class
    • Boat
    • States
    • United
    • Vessels
    • Patrol
    • Design
    • Point-class
  • vietnam war
    • Service
    • Navy
    • 83-foot
    • 95-foot
    • Vietnam
    • War
    • Design
    • Cutters
    • Boat
    • Crews
    • States
    • United
  • patrol boats
    • Boat
    • Point-class
    • 83-foot
    • 95-foot
    • Diesel
    • States
    • United
    • Vessels
    • Engines
    • Used
    • Boats
    • Patrol
  • coast guard squadron one
    • Guard
    • Yard
    • Boat
    • States
    • United
    • Vessels
    • Patrol
    • Point-class
    • Vietnam
    • 83-foot
    • 95-foot
    • Hull

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For Point-class cutter, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects Point-class cutter with Design and production. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
Point-class cutter — Design and production · splits 22 ⟂ 18
Point-class cutter — Overview · splits 30 ⟂ 10
Point-class cutter — History · splits 31 ⟂ 9

Map overview Semantic statistics

Point-class cutter

Nodes40
Edges39
Triples62
Avg. degree1.95
Density0.05
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around Point-class cutter to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as History & Measurement, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — Point-class cutter · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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