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The Point-class cutter was a class of 82-foot patrol vessels designed to replace the United States Coast Guard's aging 83-foot wooden hull patrol boat being used at the time. The design utilized a mild steel hull and an aluminum superstructure.
This category contains the Point-class cutters of the United States Coast Guard. Subcategories. ... Point-class cutters of the Coast Guard of Georgia (3 P) M.
The class was followed by Cape-class 95-foot patrol boat (or cutter) and 82-foot Point-class cutter. Two of the cutters still survive. One, D-Day veteran CG-83366, is undergoing restoration to serve as a museum. The other, CG-83527, was a public attraction in the Seattle area from 2004-2016 [7] and is now used as a home by its new owner.
The Sentinel-class cutters, selected under the Fast Response Cutter (FRC) program, are slated to replace the Island class. Six Island class cutters (USCGC Adak , Aquidneck , Baranof , Maui , Monomoy , and Wrangell ) were stationed in Manama , Bahrain , as a part of Patrol Forces Southwest Asia to provide the Navy's Fifth Fleet with combat ready ...
USCGC Point Herron (WPB-82318) was an 82 ft (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.
USCGC Point Comfort (WPB-82317) 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.
GCGV General Mazniashvili (P211) is a 82-foot (25 m) Point class cutter used by the Coast Guard of Georgia.The boat was originally known as USCGC Point Baker (WPB-82342), having been constructed at the Coast Guard Yard at Curtis Bay, Maryland, in 1963 for use as a law enforcement and search and rescue patrol boat.
Stresses on the cutters are expected to be very severe. Structural analysis showed that some parts of the cutter could be expected to survive only 3 years. This was addressed in cutter 752 onwards, with the first two cutters receiving reinforcements. [50] WMSL-752, the Stratton, suffered corrosion and leaks within weeks of commissioning in 2012.