USCGC Point Young (WPB 82303) in Vietnam service colors
History
United States
Name
USCGC Point Young (WPB-82303)
Namesake
Point Young, near Juneau, Alaska
Owner
United States Coast Guard
Builder
Coast Guard Yard, Curtis Bay, Maryland
Commissioned
26 October 1960
Decommissioned
16 March 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 1 bronze service stars
Fate
Transferred to Republic of Vietnam Navy as RVNS Trần Lo (HQ-714),
16 March 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
1960
1 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannon
Vietnam service
5 × M2 Browning machine guns
1 × 81 mm M29 mortar[5]
USCGC Point Young (WPB-82303) was an 82-foot (25 m) Point class cutter constructed at the Coast Guard Yard at Curtis Bay, Maryland in 1960 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-82303 when commissioned and acquired the name Point Young in January 1964 when the Coast Guard started naming all cutters longer than 65 feet (20 m).[6][7]
^Scotti, p 212
^"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
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