USCGC Point Clear information

	USCGC Point Clear (WPB-82315), March 1966
History
United States
Name	USCGC Point Clear (WPB-82315)
Namesake	Point Clear, Alabama
Owner	United States Coast Guard
Builder	Coast Guard Yard, Curtis Bay, Maryland
Commissioned	26 April 1961
Decommissioned	15 September 1969
Honors and; awards	Navy Unit Commendation; Vietnam Service Medal with 2 silver service stars;
Fate	Transferred to Republic of Vietnam Navy as RVNS Huỳnh Văn Đức (HQ-702), 15 September 1969
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	2 × 600 hp (447 kW) Cummins diesel engines
Speed	16.8 knots (31.1 km/h; 19.3 mph)
Range	577 nmi (1,069 km) at 14.5 kn (26.9 km/h; 16.7 mph); 1,271 nmi (2,354 km) at 10.7 kn (19.8 km/h; 12.3 mph);
Complement	Domestic service: 8 men; Vietnam service: 2 officers, 8 men;
Armament	1961; 1 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannon; Vietnam service; 5 × M2 Browning machine guns; 1 × 81 mm M29 mortar;

USCGC Point Clear (WPB-82315) 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 feet (30 m) in length, it was designated as WPB-82315 when commissioned and acquired the name Point Clear in January 1964 when the Coast Guard started naming all cutters longer than 65 feet (20 m).^[1]^[5]

^ ^a ^b Coast Guard Historian website
^ Scotti, p 209
^ "Navy Unit Commendation". Mobile Riverine Force Association. Archived from the original on 22 January 2002. Retrieved 16 May 2011.
^ William R. Wells II, The United States Coast Guard's Piggyback 81mm Mortar/.50 cal. machine gun, Vietnam Magazine, August 1997
^ Scheina, p 72

[USCG-1] Coast Guard Historian website

[Scotti209-2] Scotti, p 209

[mrfa2-3] "Navy Unit Commendation". Mobile Riverine Force Association. Archived from the original on 22 January 2002. Retrieved 16 May 2011.

[Wells-4] William R. Wells II, The United States Coast Guard's Piggyback 81mm Mortar/.50 cal. machine gun, Vietnam Magazine, August 1997

[Scheina72-5] Scheina, p 72

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