USCGC Point Chico
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USCGC Point Chico (WPB-82339) was an 82-foot (25 m) Point class cutter constructed at the Coast Guard Yard at Curtis Bay, Maryland in 1962 for use as a law enforcement and search and rescue patrol boat. Since the Coast Guard policy in 1962 was not to name cutters under 100 feet (30 m) in length, it was designated as WPB-82339 when commissioned and acquired the name Point Chico in January 1964 when the Coast Guard started naming all cutters longer than 65 feet (20 m).[2][3]
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Point Chico with USS Berkeley (DDG-15) | |
History | |
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United States | |
Name | USCGC Point Chico (WPB-82339) |
Owner | United States Coast Guard |
Builder | Coast Guard Yard, Curtis Bay, Maryland |
Commissioned | 29 October 1962[1] |
Decommissioned | 24 June 2001[2] |
Fate | Transferred to Costa Rica |
General characteristics | |
Type | Patrol Boat (WPB) |
Displacement | 60 tons |
Length | 82 ft 10 in (25.25 m) |
Beam | 17 ft 7 in (5.36 m) max |
Draft | 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 22.9 knots (42.4 km/h; 26.4 mph) |
Range |
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Complement | Domestic service : 8 men |
Armament | 1962 • 1 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannon |
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