USCGC Point Herron (WPB-82318) was an Point class cutter constructed at the Coast Guard Yard at Curtis Bay, Maryland in 1961 for use as a law enforcement and search and rescue patrol boat. Since the Coast Guard policy in 1961 was not to name cutters under in length, it was designated as WPB-82318 when commissioned and acquired the name Point Herron in January 1964 when the Coast Guard started naming all cutters longer than .