 USCGC Point Hudson (WPB-82322) on her first patrol of the Saigon River 9 March 1966.
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| History | |
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| Name | USCGC Point Hudson (WPB-82322) |
| Namesake | Point Hudson near Port Townsend, Washington |
| Owner | United States Coast Guard |
| Builder | Coast Guard Yard, Curtis Bay, Maryland |
| Commissioned | 30 August 1961 |
| Decommissioned | 11 December 1969 |
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| Fate | Transferred to Republic of Vietnam Navy as RVNS Đặng Văn Hoành (HQ-707), 11 December 1969[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) |
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USCGC Point Hudson (WPB-82322) 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-82322 when commissioned and acquired the name Point Hudson in January 1964 when the Coast Guard started naming all cutters longer than 65-foot (20 m).[4][5]
- ^ Scotti, p 210
- ^ "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
- ^ Coast Guard Historian website
- ^ Scheina, p 72
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