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Point-class cutter

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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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

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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

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

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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

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