USCGC Point Lomas
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USCGC Point Lomas (WPB-82321) 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 1961 was not to name cutters under 100 feet (30 m) in length, it was designated as WPB-82321 when commissioned and acquired the name Point Lomas in January 1964 when the Coast Guard started naming all cutters longer than 65-foot (20 m) .[4][5]
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Crews of Point Lomas (right) and Point Orient prepare for an inspection at Da Nang Navy Base, 24 July 1965 | |
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United States | |
Name | USCGC Point Lomas (WPB-82321) |
Namesake | Point Loma, near San Diego, California |
Owner | United States Coast Guard |
Builder | Coast Guard Yard, Curtis Bay, Maryland |
Commissioned | 9 August 1961 |
Decommissioned | 23 May 1970 |
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Fate | Transferred to Republic of Vietnam Navy as HQ-718, 23 May 1970 |
South Vietnam | |
Name | RVNS Ngô Văn Quyền (HQ-718) |
Acquired | 26 May 1970 |
Fate | Transferred to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam |
Socialist Republic of Vietnam | |
Acquired | 1976 |
Fate | Scrapped Ho Chi Minh City, 1987 |
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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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