| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| 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 Verde (WPB-82311) |
| Owner: | United States Coast Guard |
| Builder: | Coast Guard Yard, Curtis Bay, Maryland |
| Laid down: | 29 June 1960 |
| Commissioned: | 15 March 1961[1] |
| Decommissioned: | 12 June 1991 |
| Fate: | Transferred to the government of Mexico, 12 June 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: | 1961 • 2 × 600 hp (447 kW) Cummins diesel engines 1990 • 2 × 800 hp (597 kW) Caterpillar 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: | 1961 • 1 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannon |
USCGC Point Verde (WPB-82311) was an 82 foot 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 feet (30 m) in length, it was designated as WPB-82311 when commissioned and acquired the name Point Verde in January 1964 when the Coast Guard started naming all cutters longer than 65 feet (20 m).[2][3]
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Point Verde 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 hp (447 kW) VT600 Cummins diesel main drive engines and had two five-bladed 42 inch propellers. The main drive engines were later replaced by 900 hp (671 kW) VT900M (1710) 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 not refit with 800 hp (597 kW) Caterpillar main drive engines.[2]
After delivery in 1961, Point Verde was assigned a homeport of Venice, Louisiana, where she served as a law enforcement and search and rescue patrol boat.[2] In September 1965 she assisted in cleanup operations in the Gulf of Mexico after Hurricane Betsy. Escort duty was performed in November 1965 of a raised barge carrying chlorine. After Norwegian MV Sage Sky struck a submerged object, Point Verde escorted her to Southwest Pass. The crew of Point Verde used their law enforcement experience after a knife fight aboard MV Ashley Lykes by taking two seamen into custody near Southwest Pass on 26 February 1967. On 2 April 1967 she escorted the disabled FV Lovie D. to South Pass. On 30 October 1967 she medevaced a passenger from MV Bashkara Jayanti 380 miles southeast of New Orleans. Point Verde assisted in fighting a fire on MV Gulf Supreme in Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana on 25 December 1967. She towed a disabled pleasure craft near Mobile Point to Dauphin Island, Alabama on 30 October 1968. While in dry dock at New Orleans she sustained a fire during January 1969.[2][5]
From 1969 to 1979 Point Verde was homeported at Dauphin Island. After 1979 she was stationed at Pensacola, Florida. On 12 June 1991 Point Verde was decommissioned and transferred to the government of Mexico.[2]
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