Crews of Point Lomas and Point Orient (left) prepare for an inspection at Danang Navy Base, 24 July 1965
History
United States
Name
USCGC Point Orient (WPB-82319)
Namesake
Orient Point, at Orient, New York
Owner
United States Coast Guard
Builder
Coast Guard Yard, Curtis Bay, Maryland
Commissioned
28 June 1961
Decommissioned
14 July 1970
Honors and awards
Navy Unit Commendation[2]
Meritorious Unit Commendation (Navy)[3]
Vietnam Service Medal with 2 silver and 3 bronze service stars
Fate
Transferred to Republic of Vietnam Navy as RVNS Nguyễn Kim Hưng (HQ-722),
14 July 1970[1]
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[4]
USCGC Point Orient (WPB-82319) 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-82319 when commissioned and acquired the name Point Orient in January 1964 when the Coast Guard started naming all cutters longer than 65-foot (20 m) .[5][6]
^Scotti, p 211
^"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
^Coast Guard Historian website
^Scheina, p 72
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