USCGC Point Cypress (WPB-82326) off An Thoi, November 1968
History
United States
Name
USCGC Point Cypress (WPB-82326)
Owner
United States Coast Guard
Builder
Coast Guard Yard, Curtis Bay, Maryland, U.S.
Commissioned
22 November 1961
Decommissioned
15 August 1970
Honors and awards
Presidential Unit Citation (Navy)[2]
Navy Unit Commendation[3]
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Navy)[4]
Vietnam Service Medal with 2 silver and 2 bronze service stars
Fate
Transferred to Republic of Vietnam Navy as RVNS Hồ Duy (HQ-724),
15 August 1970[1]
General characteristics
Class and 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)
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[5]
USCGC Point Cypress (WPB-82326) 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-foot (30 m) in length, it was designated as WPB-82326 when commissioned and acquired the name Point Cypress in January 1964 when the Coast Guard started naming all cutters longer than 65-foot (20 m).[6][7]
^Scotti, p 210
^"Presidential Unit Citation (Navy)". Mobile Riverine Force Association. Archived from the original on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 16 May 2011.
^"Navy Unit Commendation". Mobile Riverine Force Association. Archived from the original on 22 January 2002. Retrieved 16 May 2011.
^"Meritorious 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
^"Point Cypress, 1961, WPB-82326", Cutters, Craft & U.S. Coast Guard Manned Army & Navy Vessels, U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office
^Scheina, p 72
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