USCGC Point Clear
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USCGC Point Clear (WPB-82315) was an 82-foot (25 m) Point class cutter constructed at the Coast Guard Yard at Curtis Bay, Maryland in 1961 for use as a law enforcement and search and rescue patrol boat. Since the Coast Guard policy in 1960 was not to name cutters under 100 feet (30 m) in length, it was designated as WPB-82315 when commissioned and acquired the name Point Clear in January 1964 when the Coast Guard started naming all cutters longer than 65 feet (20 m).[2][5]
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USCGC Point Clear (WPB-82315), March 1966 | |
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Name | USCGC Point Clear (WPB-82315) |
Namesake | Point Clear, Alabama |
Owner | United States Coast Guard |
Builder | Coast Guard Yard, Curtis Bay, Maryland |
Commissioned | 26 April 1961 |
Decommissioned | 15 September 1969 |
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Fate | Transferred to Republic of Vietnam Navy as RVNS Huỳnh Văn Đức (HQ-702), 15 September 1969[2][3] |
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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 | 2 × 600 hp (447 kW) Cummins diesel engines |
Speed | 16.8 knots (31.1 km/h; 19.3 mph) |
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