USCGC Point Gammon
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USCGC Point Gammon (WPB-82328) 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-82328 when commissioned and acquired the name Point Gammon in January 1964 when the Coast Guard started naming all cutters longer than 65 feet (20 m).[4][5]
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USCGC Point Gammon gets a camouflage coat of dark grey paint at Da Nang, October 1965 | |
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Name | USCGC Point Gammon (WPB-82328) |
Namesake | Point Gammon, West Yarmouth, Massachusetts |
Owner | United States Coast Guard |
Builder | Coast Guard Yard, Curtis Bay, Maryland |
Commissioned | 31 January 1962 |
Decommissioned | 11 November 1969 |
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Fate | Transferred to Republic of Vietnam Navy as RVNS Nguyễn Đao (HQ-703), 11 November 1969[2] |
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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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