USCGC Point Mast
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USCGC Point Mast (WPB-82316) 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-82316 when commissioned and acquired the name Point Mast in January 1964 when the Coast Guard started naming all cutters longer than 65 feet (20 m).[6][7]
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USCGC Point Mast being loaded on board a merchant ship for shipment to Subic Bay Naval Station, Philippines | |
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Name | USCGC Point Mast (WPB-82316) |
Owner | United States Coast Guard |
Builder | Coast Guard Yard, Curtis Bay, Maryland |
Commissioned | 10 May 1961 |
Decommissioned | 15 June 1970 |
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Fate | Transferred to Republic of Vietnam Navy as RVNS Đằm Thoại (HQ-721), 15 June 1970[4] |
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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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