USCGC Point Grace

History
United States
Name	USCGC Point Grace (WPB-82323)
Namesake	Point Grace near Anchorage, Alaska
Owner	United States Coast Guard
Builder	Coast Guard Yard, Curtis Bay, Maryland
Commissioned	27 September 1961
Decommissioned	15 June 1970
Honors and; awards	Presidential Unit Citation (Navy); Navy Unit Commendation; Meritorious Unit Commendation (Navy); Vietnam Service Medal with 2 silver and 1 bronze service stars;
Fate	Transferred to Republic of Vietnam Navy as RVNS Hồ Đăng La (HQ-720), 15 June 1970
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; Vietnam service : 2 officers, 8 men;
Armament	1961; 1 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannon; Vietnam service; 5 × M2 Browning machine guns; 1 × 81 mm M29 mortar;

USCGC Point Grace (WPB-82323) was an 82-foot (25 m) 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-foot (30 m) in length, it was designated as WPB-82323 when commissioned and acquired the name Point Grace in January 1964 when the Coast Guard started naming all cutters longer than 65-foot (20 m).

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