 USCGC Point Marone leaving Subic Bay Naval Base for Vietnam along with other cutters of Division 11, 17 July 1965
| |
| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | USCGC Point Marone (WPB-82331) |
| Owner | United States Coast Guard |
| Builder | Coast Guard Yard, Curtis Bay, Maryland |
| Commissioned | 14 March 1962 |
| Decommissioned | 15 August 1970 |
| Honors and awards | |
| Fate |
|
| 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 |
|
| Complement |
|
| Armament |
|
USCGC Point Marone (WPB-82331) was an 82-foot (25 m) Point class cutter constructed at the Coast Guard Yard at Curtis Bay, Maryland in 1962 for use as a law enforcement and search and rescue patrol boat. Since the Coast Guard policy in 1962 was not to name cutters under 100 feet (30 m) in length, it was designated as WPB-82331 when commissioned and acquired the name Point Marone in January 1964 when the Coast Guard started naming all cutters longer than 65 feet (20 m).[6][7]
- ^ Scotti, p 211
- ^ "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
- ^ Coast Guard Historian website
- ^ Scheina, p 72
© MMXXIII Rich X Search. We shall prevail. All rights reserved. Rich X Search