| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | USCGC Point Caution (WPB-82301) |
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| Owner | United States Coast Guard |
| Builder | Coast Guard Yard, Curtis Bay, Maryland |
| Commissioned | 5 October 1960 |
| Decommissioned | 29 April 1970 |
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| 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 Caution (WPB-82301) was the first 82-foot (25 m) USCG Point class cutter constructed at the Coast Guard Yard at Curtis Bay, Maryland. She was built and commissioned 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-82301 when commissioned and acquired the name Point Caution in January 1964 when the Coast Guard started naming all cutters longer than 65-foot (20 m).[6][7]
- ^ "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.
- ^ Scotti, p 209
- ^ 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