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PCH-1 High Point

Courtesy of the International Hydrofoil Society and Mike Smolinski

High Point served both the U. S. Navy and Coast Guard.


High Point Class Hydrofoil Patrol Craft: Laid down, 27 February 1961 by the J. M. Martinac Shipbuilding Corp., Tacoma, WA, and the Boeing Co., Seattle, WA; Launched, 17 August 1962; Commissioned, 15 August 1963; Decommissioned, March 1975; Transferred to the Coast Guard, 4 April 1975 and commissioned USCGC High Point (WMEH 1); Decommissioned, 5 May 1975 and returned to US Navy custody; Struck from the Naval Registry, 1980.
Fate unknown

Specifications: Displacement 110 t; Length 115'; Beam 22'; Depth 17' (with foils down); Speed 30+k.; Complement unknown; Armamant unknown; Propulsion two General Motors 12V71 diesel engines and two LM2500 gas turbines.


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PCH-1 123k US Navy photo -
PCH-1 32k US Navy photo -
PCH-1 105k US Navy photo -
WMEH-1 87k WMEH-1 during Coast Guard evaluations.
US Coast Guard Photo
US Coast Guard
Washington DC
WMEH-1 44k WMEH-1 during Coast Guard evaluations.
US Coast Guard Photo
US Coast Guard
Washington DC
WMEH-1 121k WMEH-1 during Coast Guard evaluations.
US Coast Guard Photo
US Coast Guard
Washington DC
WMEH-1 88k US Coast Guard Photo US Coast Guard
Washington DC
WMEH-1 130k The High Point's "Bridge."
US Coast Guard Photo
US Coast Guard
Washington DC

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Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association

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