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High Point (PCH-1) was a hydrofoil patrol craft, was launched August 17, 1962 by J. M. Martinac Shipbuilding Corp., Tacoma, Washington, in conjunction with Boeing Co., Seattle; and placed in service August 15 1963 with Lt. H. G. Billerbeck in charge. High point is a city in central North Carolina, the boats namesake. It was decommissioned, March 1975, from the Navy and transferred to the Coast Guard on April 4, 1975 and commissioned USCGC High Point (WMEH 1). It was again decommissioned May 5, 1975 and returned to US Navy custody. It was Struck from the Naval Registry, 1980. High Point was the first of a series of hydrofoil craft designed to evaluate the performance of this kind off propulsion in the modern Navy. She has three submerged foils containing propulsion nacelles and propellers, and is also capable of riding on her hull like a more conventional ship. On her foils, High Point is capable of very high-speed operation was evaluated for mobility and flexibility as a antisubmarine forces. The craft carried out tests in Puget Sound during 1968 through 1967. it was later evauluted by the Coast Guard in 1975. (PCH--1: dp. 110 ; l. 115' ; b. 82' ; dr. about 17' with foils down ; s. over 30 k, ; cl. High Point)

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