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POINT WARDE, 1967 (WPB 82368)

March 18, 2021
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POINT WARDE, 1967

WPB 82368


Builder:  J.M. Martinac Shipbuilding Corp., Tacoma, WA 

Commissioned:  14 August 1967 

Decommissioned:  29 June 2000 

Disposition:  Transferred to Colombia, 29 June 2000 

Length:  82’10” oa, 78’ bp 

Navigation Draft:  5’11” max (1960) 

Beam:  17’7” max 

Displacement:  69 fl; 60 light (1960) 

Main Engines:  2 Cummins diesel (see class history) 

BHP:  1,600 

Performance, Maximum Sustained:  18.0 kts, 542-mi radius (1,600 hp, 1963)
Performance, Economic:  9.4 kts, 1,500-mi radius (1,600 hp, 1963)

Maximum Speed:  22.9 kts (1963) 

Fuel Capacity:  1,840 gal 

Complement:  8 men (1960), 2 officers, 8 men (1965) 

Electronics:

Radar:  SPN-11, CR-103 (1960), or SPS-64 

Armament: 1 x 20mm (1960), 5 x .50 cal mg, 1 x 81 mm mortar (Vietnam service)


Ship's history:

The Point Warde was stationed at San Juan, PR, from 1967 to July 1987. She was used for law enforcement and search and rescue operations. On 5 March 1968, she assisted following the grounding of tanker Ocean Eagle off Puerto Rico. On 11 April 1986, she helped fight fire on M/V Pizarro at San Juan. On 11 and 12 October 1969, she stood by the grounded British M/V Hawthorne Enterprise until relieved by a salvage tug. On 20 February 1970, she helped fight fire on the Spanish M/V La Mancha off San Juan. On 9 August 1970, she towed the disabled F/V Western 10 10 miles northwest of Cabo Engano until relieved by a commercial tug. From 6 to 10 October 1970, she evacuated refugees during the flooding in Puerto Rico. On 27 March 1984, she intercepted a 27-foot F/V in the Mona Passage with 30 illegal immigrants on board. They were taken to Mayaguez, PR. On 27 July 1984, she towed the disabled F/V Keika Michille to Puerto Rico. On 1 September 1984, she intercepted 4 sailboats and transported 52 to immigration officials. On 30 September 1984, she seized F/V Three Brothers 30 miles southwest of Puerto Rico with 14 tons of marijuana on board.

She was stationed at Wrightsville Beach, NC, from 1987.


Sources:

Cutter History File.  USCG Historian's Office, USCG HQ, Washington, D.C.

"The 82-Foot Class Patrol Boat." U.S. Coast Guard Engineer's Digest No. 133 (Mar-Apr 1962), pp. 2-5.

Robert Scheina.  U.S. Coast Guard Cutters & Craft, 1946-1990.  Annapolis, MD: Naval Institute Press, 1990