POINT CLEAR WPB 82315

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 82315 (U.S. Coast Guard)
Commissioned April 26 1961

[Note: Although the U.S. Coast Guard may use "WPB-82315" in its documentation,
the identification painted on the ship's hull is "CG 82315" (as seen in photos)]


2. USCGC POINT CLEAR WPB-82315
Named and Designated January 1964 - Decommissioned September 15 1969


3. HUYNH VAN CU (South Vietnamese Naval Service) (alt: HUỲNH VĂN CƯ)
Transferred to South Vietnam September 15 1969
Decommissioned 19 May 1976

Scrapped in 1976 at Subic Bay, Philippines

 

Conflicting History Data

There is disagreement on the name given to the ship by the South Vietnamese Navy.

U.S. Wikipedia says: "Huỳnh Văn Đức"
The U.S. Coast Guard says: "Haynh Van Duc"
While the Vietnamese Wikipedia page for Navy of the Republic of Vietnam says: "Huỳnh Văn Cư"

I'll ignore the name given by the U.S. Coast Guard but it is a toss-up on whether the U.S. Wikipedia name or the Vietnamese Wikipedia name is the correct one.
Neither name produces many references when doing an internet search. One early document, The Republic of Vietnam Navy Sets Sail published in 1975
by Diep My Linh (ĐIỆP-MỸ-LINH) uses "Huỳnh Văn Cư". Although the Vietnamese Wikipedia article agrees with it in this case, there are several names on which
they do not agree so the ship names in the 1975 document were not used by (or at least not the sole source for) the ship names in the Wikipedia article.

In other cases of conflicting history between the U.S. Wikipedia and the Vietnamese Wikipedia, I chose to use the data from the Vietnamese Wikipedia.
For consistency, I will do so again.

 

Naval Covers

This section lists active links to the pages displaying covers associated with the ship. There should be a separate set of pages for each incarnation of the ship (ie, for each entry in the "Ship Name and Designation History" section). Covers should be presented in chronological order (or as best as can be determined).

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

1966-01-15 to 1966-01-15

N/A

Note:

 

Locy Type 2 USS Tutuila ARG-4

1966-08-18 to 1966-08-18

N/A

Note:

 

Other Information

This section lists any other information that might be relevant to this ship.

 

Additional Naming History Sources

From Harpoon Databases:
At the fall of South Vietnam on April 30, 1975, Huynh Van Duc "made a rendezvous with other surviving South Vietnamese warships
off Son Island and fled to the Philippines however the USCG did not want the decrepit ship back and she was scrapped there."

 

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