USCGC Point Grey

History
United States
Name	USCGC Point Grey (WPB-82324)
Namesake	Point Grey, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Owner	United States Coast Guard
Builder	Coast Guard Yard, Curtis Bay, Maryland
Commissioned	11 October 1961
Decommissioned	14 July 1970
Honors and; awards	Navy Unit Commendation; Meritorious Unit Commendation (Navy); Vietnam Service Medal with 2 silver and 3 bronze service stars;
Fate	Transferred to Republic of Vietnam Navy as RVNS Huỳnh Bộ (HQ-723),; 14 July 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 Grey (WPB-82324) 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 feet (30 m) in length, it was designated as WPB-82324 when commissioned and acquired the name Point Grey in January 1964 when the Coast Guard started naming all cutters longer than 65 feet (20 m).

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