USCGC Point Thatcher
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USCGC Point Thatcher (WPB-82314) 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-82314 when commissioned and acquired the name Point Thatcher in January 1964 when the Coast Guard started naming all cutters longer than 65 feet (20 m).[2][3] Point Thatcher was unique because it was the only cutter that was built in the class that was powered using gas turbine main drive engines.
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United States | |
Name | USCGC Point Thatcher (WPB-82314) |
Namesake | Point Thatcher, Tongass National Forest, Sitka, Alaska |
Owner | United States Coast Guard |
Builder | Coast Guard Yard, Curtis Bay, Maryland |
Laid down | 11 July 1960[1] |
Launched | 24 March 1961[1] |
Commissioned | 13 September 1961 |
Decommissioned | 13 March 1992[2] |
Fate | Sunk as artificial reef off Ocean City, Maryland in 2000[2] |
General characteristics | |
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 |
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Speed | 1963 • 22.9 knots (42.4 km/h; 26.4 mph) |
Complement | Domestic service (1961) 8 men; (1965) 2 officers, 8 men |
Sensors and processing systems | 1961 • SPN-11 radar, CR-103 |
Armament | 1961 • 1 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannon |
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