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UNITED STATES COAST GUARD (UNITED STATES OF AMERICA)

COAST GUARD SHIPS AND CRAFT

"CAPE" boats (CAPE SMALL) (1953 - 1959)

WPB95300 1953

Cape Gull 1963

Cape Higgon 1979

Cape Hatteras 1990

No Name Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comm Fate
WPB95300 1.1964- Cape Small   USCG Yard, Curtis Bay     7.1953 to Marshall Islands 1987 (Ionmeto 2)
WPB95301 1.1964- Cape Coral   USCG Yard, Curtis Bay     9.1953 decommissioned 1987
WPB95302 1.1964- Cape Higgon   USCG Yard, Curtis Bay     10.1953 to Uruguay 1990 (Colonia)
WPB95303 1.1964- Cape Upright   USCG Yard, Curtis Bay     7.1953 to Bahamas 1989 (David Tucker)
WPB95304 1.1964- Cape Gull   USCG Yard, Curtis Bay     6.1953 scuttled 1989
WPB95305 1.1964- Cape Hatteras   USCG Yard, Curtis Bay     7.1953 to Mexico 1991 (Cabo Catoche)
WPB95306 1.1964- Cape George   USCG Yard, Curtis Bay     8.1953 to Palau 1990 (FSM05)
WPB95307 1.1964- Cape Current   USCG Yard, Curtis Bay     8.1953 to Bahamas 1989 (Austin Smith)
WPB95308 1.1964- Cape Strait   USCG Yard, Curtis Bay     9.1953 training hulk 1983
WPB95309 1.1964- Cape Carter   USCG Yard, Curtis Bay     12.1953 to Mexico 1990 (Cabo Corrientes)
WPB95310 1.1964- Cape Wash   USCG Yard, Curtis Bay     12.1953 to US Navy as auxiliary 1987
WPB95311 1.1964- Cape Hedge   USCG Yard, Curtis Bay     12.1953 to Mexico 1990 (Cabo Corzo)
WPB95312 1.1964- Cape Knox   USCG Yard, Curtis Bay     6.1955 decommissioned 1989
WPB95313 1.1964- Cape Morgan   USCG Yard, Curtis Bay     7.1955 to Bahamas 1989 (Fort Fincastle)
WPB95314 1.1964- Cape Fairweather   USCG Yard, Curtis Bay     7.1955 decommissioned 1985
WPB95315     USCG Yard, Curtis Bay     8.1955 to Haiti 1956 (La Crete a Pierrot)
WPB95316 1.1964- Cape Fox   USCG Yard, Curtis Bay     8.1955 to Bahamas 1989 (San Salvador II)
WPB95317 1.1964- Cape Jellison   USCG Yard, Curtis Bay     9.1955 to Sea Scouts 1993
WPB95318 1.1964- Cape Newagen   USCG Yard, Curtis Bay     9.1955 to Mexico 1982
WPB95319 1.1964- Cape Romain   USCG Yard, Curtis Bay     10.1955 to US Navy as auxiliary 1989
WPB95320 1.1964- Cape Starr   USCG Yard, Curtis Bay     8.1956 to Chile 1987
WPB95321 1.1964- Cape Cross   USCG Yard, Curtis Bay     8.1958 to Micronesia 1990 (Paluwlap)
WPB95322 1.1964- Cape Horn   USCG Yard, Curtis Bay     9.1958 to Uruguay 1990 (Río Negro)
WPB95323 1.1964- Cape Darby   USCG Yard, Curtis Bay     10.1958 to South Korea 1969 (PB11)
WPB95324 1.1964- Cape Shoalwater   USCG Yard, Curtis Bay     12.1958 to Bahamas 1989 (Fenrick Stirrup)
WPB95325 1.1964- Cape Florida   USCG Yard, Curtis Bay     10.1958 to South Korea 1968 (PB7)
WPB95326 1.1964- Cape Corwin   USCG Yard, Curtis Bay     11.1958 to Micronesia 1990 (Constitution)
WPB95327 1.1964- Cape Porpoise   USCG Yard, Curtis Bay     11.1958 to South Korea 1968 (PB8)
WPB95328 1.1964- Cape Henlopen   USCG Yard, Curtis Bay     12.1958 to Costa Rica 1989 (Astronauta Franklin Chang)
WPB95329 1.1964- Cape Kiwanda   USCG Yard, Curtis Bay     4.1959 to South Korea 1969 (PB12)
WPB95330 1.1964- Cape Falcon   USCG Yard, Curtis Bay     5.1959 to South Korea 1968 (PB9)
WPB95331 1.1964- Cape Trinity   USCG Yard, Curtis Bay     5.1959 to South Korea 1968 (PB10)
WPB95332 1.1964- Cape York   USCG Yard, Curtis Bay     6.1959 to Bahamas 1989 (Edward Williams)
WPB95333 1.1964- Cape Rosier   USCG Yard, Curtis Bay     6.1959 to South Korea 1968 (PB3)
WPB95334 1.1964- Cape Sable   USCG Yard, Curtis Bay     7.1959 to South Korea 1968 (PB5)
WPB95335 1.1964- Cape Providence   USCG Yard, Curtis Bay     7.1959 to South Korea 1968 (PB6)

 

Displacement standard, t

WPB95300-95311: 105 trials

WPB95312-95320: 106 trials

WPB95321-95335: 98 trials

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

29.0

Breadth, m

5.80

Draught, m

1.83

No of shafts

2

Machinery

4 Cummings diesels

Power, h. p.

2200

Max speed, kts

20

Fuel, t

diesel oil
Endurance, nm(kts)

WPB95300-95311: 2600(9)

WPB95312-95320: 3000(9)

WPB95321-95335: 2800(9)

Armament

2 x 1 - 12.7/90 or (1 x 1 - 12.7/90, 1 x (1 - 12.7/90 + 1 - 81/12 M29 mortar))
Electronic equipment presumably SPN-11 radar

Complement

14

Project history: Coastal USCG patrol craft.

Modernizations: mid-1980s, all survived: were re-engined with 2 General Motors diesels (2400hp, 20kts, 2500(10)nm), 98/148t); - SPN-11 radar; + SPS-64(v)1 radar, mortar was dismounted from all boats.

Naval service: No significant events.

Cape Fairweather 1976

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