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USS High Point (PCH-1)
USS High Point underway
USS High Point United States Navy
NameUSS High Point
NamesakeHigh Point, North Carolina
Awarded14 June 1960
BuilderJ.M. Martinac Shipbuilding Corp.
Laid down27 February 1961
Launched17 August 1962
Commissioned15 August 1963
DecommissionedMarch 1975
Stricken1980
FateTransferred to U.S. Coast Guard 4 April 1975
AcquiredTransferred from U.S. Coast Guard May 1975
Stricken1980
FateSold 2002
United States Coast Guard
NameUSCGC High Point
NamesakePrevious name retained
Acquired4 April 1975
CommissionedApril 1975
Decommissioned5 May 1975
Stricken1980
FateTransferred to U.S. Navy May 1975
USS High PointUnited States
NameHigh Point
NamesakePrevious name retained
Acquired2002
FateScrapped August 2023
General characteristics
Class and typeHigh Point-class patrol craft
Displacement110 Tons
Length115 ft (35 m)
Beam32 ft (9.8 m)
Draft17 ft (5.2 m) with foils down
PropulsionGeneral Electric turbine (foil-borne)[1]
SpeedMaximum 48 knots (foil-borne)[1]

USS High Point (PCH-1) was a High Point-class patrol craft[2] of the United States Navy in commission from 1963 to 1975. She subsequently was in commission in the United States Coast Guard briefly in 1975.

  1. ^ a b "High Point, PCH-1". U.S. Coast Guard Historians Office. Retrieved 17 December 2023.
  2. ^ "Naval Vessel Register – HIGH POINT (PCH 1)". nvr.navy.mil. Retrieved 25 December 2018.

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