USCGC Point Welcome

USCGC *Point Welcome* (WPB-82329)
	USCGC Point Welcome on patrol in Vietnamese waters
History
United States
Name	USCGC Point Welcome (WPB-82329)
Namesake	Point Welcome, Aleutian Islands, Alaska, U.S.
Owner	United States Coast Guard
Builder	Coast Guard Yard, Curtis Bay, Maryland, U.S.
Commissioned	14 February 1962
Decommissioned	29 April 1970
Honors and; awards	Navy Unit Commendation; Meritorious Unit Commendation (Navy); Vietnam Service Medal with 2 silver; and 1 bronze service stars;
Fate	Transferred to Republic of Vietnam as RVNS Nguyễn Hấn (HQ-717),; 29 April 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	1962; 1 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannon; Vietnam service; 5 × M2 Browning machine guns; 1 × 81 mm M29 mortar;

USCGC Point Welcome (WPB-82329) 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.

Coast Guard policy in 1962 was not to name cutters under 100 feet (30 m) in length, so she was designated as WPB-82329 when commissioned and renamed Point Welcome in January 1964 when the Coast Guard began naming cutters longer than 65 feet (20 m). She was notable for being the victim of a friendly fire incident during the Vietnam War.

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