Patrol Boat
The Point class cutter was a 70 ton, 82-foot (25 m) patrol vessel. It had a crew of 10 men, and a top speed of 16.8 knots (31.1 km/h; 19.3 mph). Armament consisted of five M2 Browning machine guns and an 81 mm mortar.
The ships were transferred to the VNN under the United States Coast Guard's SCATTOR (Smallcraft Assets: Training/Turnover Of Resources) programme; numerically they were the largest class of the VNN. By 1972, most were in poor condition and mothballed due to lack of fuel and spares. Ngô Văn Quyền (HQ-718) was still active and in good condition when South Vietnam fell in 1975, she was taken into the Vietnam People's Navy and served for many more years. A few other Point-class ships reportedly participated in a final defense of Saigon, firing at North Vietnamese troops from the Saigon River in April 1975. Some may have been damaged or sunk in action. Huỳnh Văn Đức (HQ-702) rendezvoused with other surviving South Vietnamese warships off Côn Sơn Island and fled to the Philippines, and was scrapped there. The rest of the former South Vietnamese fleet was presumably scrapped by Vietnam in the early 1980s.
| Name | Acquired | Formerly | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|
| RVNS Lê Phước Đức (HQ-700) | 16 May 1969 | USCGC Point League (WPB-82304) | Scrapped. |
| RVNS Lê Văn Ngà (HQ-701) | 16 May 1969 | USCGC Point Garnet (WPB-82310) | Scrapped. |
| RVNS Huỳnh Văn Đức (HQ-702) | 15 September 1969 | USCGC Point Clear (WPB-82315) | Escaped to the Philippines, April 1975. Scrapped Subic Bay, 19 May 1976 |
| RVNS Nguyễn Đao (HQ-703) | 11 November 1969 | USCGC Point Gammon (WPB-82328) | Scrapped. |
| RVNS Đào Thức (HQ-704) | 17 November 1969 | USCGC Point Comfort (WPB-82317) | Scrapped. |
| RVNS Lê Ngọc Thanh (HQ-705) | 9 December 1969 | USCGC Point Ellis (WPB-82330) | Scrapped. |
| RVNS Nguyễn Ngọc Thạch (HQ-706) | 11 December 1969 | USCGC Point Slocum (WPB-82313) | Scrapped. |
| RVNS Đặng Văn Hoành (HQ-707) | 11 December 1969 | USCGC Point Hudson (WPB-82322) | Scrapped. |
| RVNS Lê Đình Hùng (HQ-708) | 12 January 1970 | USCGC Point White (WPB-82308) | Scrapped. |
| RVNS Trường Tiền (HQ-709) | 14 February 1970 | USCGC Point Dume (WPB-82325) | Scrapped. |
| RVNS Phạm Ngọc Châu (HQ-710) | 14 February 1970 | USCGC Point Arden (WPB-82309) | Scrapped. |
| RVNS Đào Văn Đặng (HQ-711) | 14 February 1970 | USCGC Point Glover (WPB-82307) | Scrapped. |
| RVNS Lê Ngọc Ẩn (HQ-712) | 21 February 1970 | USCGC Point Jefferson (WPB-82306) | Scrapped. |
| RVNS Huỳnh Văn Ngan (HQ-713) | 16 March 1970 | USCGC Point Kennedy (WPB-82320) | Scrapped. |
| RVNS Trần Lo (HQ-714) | 16 March 1970 | USCGC Point Young (WPB-82303) | Scrapped. |
| RVNS Bùi Viết Thành (HQ-715) | 27 March 1970 | USCGC Point Partridge (WPB-82305) | Scrapped. |
| RVNS Nguyễn An (HQ-716) | 29 April 1970 | USCGC Point Caution (WPB-82301) | Scrapped. |
| RVNS Nguyễn Hấn (HQ-717) | 29 April 1970 | USCGC Point Welcome (WPB-82329) | Scrapped. |
| RVNS Ngô Văn Quyền (HQ-718) | 26 May 1970 | USCGC Point Lomas (WPB-82321) | Captured by North Vietnam, 1975. Scrapped Ho Chi Minh City, 1987 |
| RVNS Vân Điền (HQ-719) | 26 May 1970 | USCGC Point Banks (WPB-82327) | Scrapped. |
| RVNS Hồ Đăng La (HQ-720) | 15 June 1970 | USCGC Point Grace (WPB-82323) | Scrapped. |
| RVNS Đằm Thoại (HQ-721) | 15 June 1970 | USCGC Point Mast (WPB-82316) | Scrapped. |
| RVNS Nguyễn Kim Hưng (HQ-722) | 14 July 1970 | USCGC Point Orient (WPB-82319) | Unknown. |
| RVNS Huỳnh Bộ (HQ-723) | 14 July 1970 | USCGC Point Grey (WPB-82324) | Scrapped. |
| RVNS Hồ Duy (HQ-724) | 15 August 1970 | USCGC Point Cypress (WPB-82326) | Scrapped. |
| RVNS Trương Ba (HQ-725) | 15 August 1970 | USCGC Point Marone (WPB-82331) | Scrapped. |
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