| Class overview | |
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| Builders: | Coast Guard Yard 1960-63, 1970; J.M. Martinac Shipbuilding Corp. 1966-67 |
| Operators: | United States Coast Guard |
| Preceded by: | Cape-class 95' patrol boat |
| Succeeded by: | Marine Protector-class 87' patrol boat |
| Built: | 1960-1970 |
| In commission: | 1960-2003 |
| Completed: | 79 |
| Retired: | 79 |
| Career (USA) | |
| Name: | USCGC Point Hope (WPB-82302) |
| Namesake: | Point Hope, Alaska |
| Owner: | United States Coast Guard |
| Builder: | Coast Guard Yard, Curtis Bay, Maryland |
| Commissioned: | 5 October 1960[1] |
| Decommissioned: | 3 May 1991 |
| 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: | 577 nmi (1,069 km) at 14.5 kn (26.9 km/h; 16.7 mph) 1,271 nmi (2,354 km) at 10.7 kn (19.8 km/h; 12.3 mph) |
| Complement: | Domestic service : 8 men |
| Armament: | 1960 • 1 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannon |
USCGC Point Hope (WPB-82302) was an 82 foot Point-class cutter constructed at the Coast Guard Yard at Curtis Bay, Maryland 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-82302 when commissioned and acquired the name Point Hope in January 1964 when the Coast Guard started naming all cutters longer than 65 feet (20 m).[2][3]
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Point Hope was built with a mild steel hull and an aluminum superstructure that could accommodate an 8 man crew.[4] She was powered by two 600 horsepower VT600 Cummins diesel main drive engines and had two five bladed 42 inch propellers. The main drive engines were later replaced by 800 horsepower VT800 Cummins engines. Longitudinally framed construction was used to save weight. Water tank capacity was 1,550 US gallons (5,900 L) and fuel tank capacity was 1,840 US gallons (7,000 L) at 95% full.[2][4] In 1990 she was refit with 800 horsepower Caterpillar main drive engines.[2]
After delivery in 1960, Point Hope was assigned a homeport of Sabine Pass, Texas, where she served as a law enforcement and search and rescue patrol boat.[2] On 26 February 1968 she towed the disabled FV Hope 60 miles to Sabine Pass. On 6 October 1968 Point Hope towed the disabled FV Miss Cubit 30 miles to Galveston, Texas. On 11 March 1969 she extinguished a fire on tug Gulf Master and towed her to the Port of Sabine. She fought another fire on a gas drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico on 30 September 1971. Point Hope rescued seven personnel from a capsized jack-up barge on 17 October 1984. In May 1987 she transported endangered loggerhead turtles to deep water.[5]
On 3 May 1991 Point Hope was transferred to the government of Costa Rica.[2]
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