USCGC Point Franklin
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USCGC Point Franklin (WPB-82350) was an 82-foot (25 m) Point class cutter constructed at the J.M. Martinac Shipbuilding Corp. yards at Tacoma, Washington in 1966 for use as a law enforcement and search and rescue patrol boat.[2][3]
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United States | |
Name | USCGC Point Franklin (WPB-82350) |
Namesake | Point Franklin, Alaska |
Owner | United States Coast Guard |
Builder | J.M. Martinac Shipbuilding Corp. |
Commissioned | 14 November 1966[1] |
Decommissioned | 23 June 1998[2] |
Fate | Transferred to Venezuela. 3 August 1998[2] |
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) |
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Complement | Domestic service : 8 men |
Armament | 1966 • 1 × [Mk 2 Mod 0 MG /81mm Mortar and Browning .50 Caliber machine gun] |
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