Cape class patrol boat

Cape class patrol boats were 95-foot steel hull patrol boats with aluminum superstructures of the United States Coast Guard. They were unnamed until 1964, when they acquired names of US capes of land. Originally designed for anti-submarine warfare, all 35 boats in this class were built at the United States Coast Guard Yard in Curtis Bay, Maryland. There were three sub-classes of 95-footers. The A class was outfitted primarily for Anti Submarine Warfare (ASW). The B class was fitted more for search and rescue (SAR) with the addition of scramble nets, a towing bit, and a large searchlight. The C class vessels were constructed with a deck house aft of the bridge. 16 boats were overhauled as part of a renovation program began in the mid-late 1970s. The 95-footers were replaced by the 110-foot Island class patrol boats beginning in the late 1980s. Many of the 95-footers were transferred to nations of the Caribbean and South America after they were decommissioned out of Coast Guard service.

Units

Table source: [http://www.coltoncompany.com/shipbldg/ussbldrs/postwwii/government/cgpatrolboats.htm Colton Company]

ee also

*List of United States Coast Guard cutters

External links

* [http://www.uscg.mil/history/webcutters/Cape_Class_WPB_Index.html "CAPE" Class 95-foot WPBs] USCG History page