USCGC POINT WELLS WPB-82343 Naval Cover 1987 Cachet MONTAUK, NY

It was sent 5 Nov 1987. It was franked with stamp "Fireworks".

This cover is in very good, but not perfect condition. Please look at the scan and make your own judgement. 

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POINT WELLS, 1963


WPB 82343


Class history—The 82-foot patrol boats have mild steel hulls and aluminum superstructures. Longitudinally framed construction was used to save weight.


These boats were completed with a variety of power plants. 82301 through 82313, 82315 through 82317, and 82319 through 82331 were powered by two Cummins 600-hp diesels. Boats 82318 and 82332 through 82379 received two Cummins 800-hp diesels. The 82314 was fitted with two 1,000-hp gas turbines and controllable-pitch propellers. The purpose of this installation was to permit the service to evaluate the propulsion equipment. All units were eventually fitted with the 800-hp diesels. Units remaining in 1990 were re-equipped with Caterpillar diesels.


WPB 82301 through 82344 were commissioned without names; at that time the Coast Guard did not name patrol craft shorter than 100 feet. In January 1964 they were assigned names.  


Builder:  Coast Guard Yard, Curtis Bay, MD 


Commissioned:  20 November 1963 


Decommissioned:  13 October 2000 


Disposition:  Transferred to Colombia on 13 October 2000 


Length:  82’10” oa, 78’ bp 


Navigation Draft:  5’11” max (1960) 


Beam:  17’7” max 


Displacement:  69 fl; 60 light (1960) 


Main Engines:  2 Cummins diesel (see class history) 


BHP:  1,600 


Performance, Maximum Sustained:  18.0 kts, 542-mi radius (1,600 hp, 1963)

Performance, Economic:  9.4 kts, 1,500-mi radius (1,600 hp, 1963)


Maximum Speed:  22.9 kts (1963) 


Fuel Capacity:  1,840 gal 


Complement:  8 men (1960), 2 officers, 8 men (1965) 


Electronics:


Radar:  SPN-11, CR-103 (1960), or SPS-64 


Armament: 1 x 20mm (1960), 5 x .50 cal mg, 1 x 81 mm mortar (Vietnam service)


Ship's history:


The Point Wells was stationed at Montauk, NY.  She was used for law enforcement and search and rescue operations.  On 4 July 1967, she towed the disabled sloop Waterloo from 120 miles south of Montauk Point to New York.  On 17 September 1968, she towed a disabled fishing vessel 35 miles southeast of Montauk Point to Greenport, NY.  On 4 August 1969, she towed the disabled pleasure craft Peggy II 30 miles southwest of Montauk Point to safety.  On 9 December 1986, she helped fight fire on F/V Old Colony off Montauk Point.


She was decommissioned on 13 October 2000.