USCGC Point Slocum
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USCGC Point Slocum (WPB-82313) 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-foot (30 m) in length, it was designated as WPB-82313 when commissioned and acquired the name Point Slocum in January 1964 when the Coast Guard started naming all cutters longer than 65-foot (20 m).[4][5]
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Name | USCGC Slocum (WPB-82313) |
Namesake | Point Slocum, Chichagof Island, Sitka, Alaska |
Owner | United States Coast Guard |
Builder | Coast Guard Yard, Curtis Bay, Maryland |
Commissioned | 12 April 1961 |
Decommissioned | 11 December 1969 |
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Fate | Transferred to Republic of Vietnam Navy as RVNS Nguyễn Ngọc Thạch (HQ-706), 11 December 1969[2] |
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Type | Point class cutter |
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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