POINT BANKS WPB 82327

Ship Name and Designation History

This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.

Point Class 82 foot Coastal Patrol Boat
Keel Laid - Launched


1. CG 82327 (U.S. Coast Guard)
Commissioned December 13 1961

[Note: Although the U.S. Coast Guard may use "WPB-82327" in its documentation,
the identification painted on the ship's hull is "CG 82327" (as seen in photos)]


2. USCGC POINT BANKS WPB-82327
Named and Designated January 1964 - Decommissioned May 26 1970


3. NGO VAN QUYEN HQ-718 (South Vietnamese Naval Service) (alt: NGÔ VĂN QUYỀN)
Transferred to South Vietnam May 26 1970
Effectively decommissioned on April 30, 1975 with the fall of South Vietnam

The archived version of Harpoon Databases says NGO VAN QUYEN HQ-718 (ex-USCGC Point Lomas) was "Scrapped (Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam) 1987".
Given the naming controversy (POINT BANKS vs POINT LOMAS - see below), it is unclear which ship this fate applies to.

 

Conflicting History Data

There is one minor disagreement on the date of transfer to South Vietnam and a larger disagreement on the Vietnamese name and hull number.

1. Regarding the date of transfer to South Vietnam:

Wikipedia says: "On 17 November 1969, Point Banks was turned over to the Republic of Vietnam Navy
as part of the Vietnamization of the war effort and recommissioned as HQ-719."

The U.S. Coast Guard history page for POINT BANKS says: "Transferred to South Vietnam as HQ 719 on 26 May 1970."
The May 1970 service end date conflicts with Wikipedia's November 1969 but they both agree the ship was transferred to South Vietnam as HQ-719.

The Story of the Republic of Vietnam Navy Evacuation blog article by Dinh Manh Hung (Đinh Mạnh Hùng) dated January 26, 2018 says:
"The cutters numbered HQ700 to HQ707 were transferred to the Republic of Vietnam Navy in 1969, from HQ708 to HQ725 were transferred in 1970."
This supports the Coast Guard date.


2. Regarding the ship's Vietnamese name and hull number:

The U.S. Wikipedia pages for POINT BANKS and POINT LOMAS (with a little help from the Point-class cutters of the Republic of Vietnam Navy Wikipedia page) say the following:
     POINT LOMAS --> NGO VAN QUYEN HQ-718
     POINT BANKS --> VAN DIEN HQ-719

However, the Vietnamese Wikipedia page for Navy of the Republic of Vietnam says the opposite:
     POINT BANKS --> NGO VAN QUYEN HQ-718
     POINT LOMAS --> VAN DIEN HQ-719

It is difficult to choose between the U.S. Wikipedia version and the Vietnamese Wikipedia version. On the one hand, I would expect (hope) the Vietnamese Wikipedia to be more accurate as their authors should have better access to documentation related to the Vietnamese Navy. However, any cachets made for the ship will likely use U.S. / English language sources and if we list a different name than what the cachet shows, it may be confusing.
In the end, I chose to go with the Vietnamese Wikipedia version in the hope of accuracy.

 

Naval Covers

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Since a ship may have many covers, they may be split among many pages so it doesn't take forever for the pages to load. Each page link should be accompanied by a date range for covers on that page.

1. Covers Page 1     (DATE RANGE)

 

Postmarks

This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. There should be a separate set of postmarks for each incarnation of the ship (ie, for each entry in the "Ship Name and Designation History" section). Within each set, the postmarks should be listed in order of their classification type. If more than one postmark has the same classification, then they should be further sorted by date of earliest known usage.

A postmark should not be included unless accompanied by a close-up image and/or an image of a cover showing that postmark. Date ranges MUST be based ONLY ON COVERS IN THE MUSEUM and are expected to change as more covers are added.
 
>>> If you have a better example for any of the postmarks, please feel free to replace the existing example.

 

Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Date From to Date To	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

 

Locy Type 2 USS Krishna ARL-38

1966-03-21 to 1966-03-21

N/A

Note:

 

Locy Type 2 USS Tutuila ARG-4

1966-09-07 to 1966-09-07

N/A

Cachet by Vincent A. Prete

 

Other Information

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