Cape class patrol boat

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Cape Current (WPB-95307), a Type A boat, 1963.

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.

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Number	Type	Name	Delivery	Disposition
95300	A	Cape Small	17 July 1953	To Marshall Islands 1987 as Ionmeto 2; sold 1992
95301	A	Cape Coral	21 September 1953	Decommissioned 1987; fate unknown
95302	A	Cape Higgon	14 October 1953	To Uruguay 1990 as Colonia; active
95303	A	Cape Upright	2 July 1953	To Bahamas 1989 as David Tucker; struck
95304	A	Cape Gull	8 June 1953	Scuttled 1989
95305	A	Cape Hatteras	28 July 1953	To Mexico 1991 as Cabo Catoche; active
95306	A	Cape George	10 August 1953	To Palau 1990
95307	A	Cape Current	24 August 1953	To Bahamas 1989 as Austin Smith, struck
95308	A	Cape Strait	10 September 1953	Sunk 09-Sept-93 off the New Jersey Coast; Cape May Artificial Reef
95309	A	Cape Carter	7 December 1953	To Mexico 1990 as Cabo Corrientes; active
95310	A	Cape Wash	15 December 1953	To US Navy 1987
95311	A	Cape Hedge	21 December 1953	To Mexico 1990 as Cabo Corzo; active
95312	B	Cape Knox	13 June 1955	Decommissioned 1989
95313	B	Cape Morgan	5 July 1955	To Bahamas 1989 as Fort Fincastle; struck 1999
95314	B	Cape Fairweather	18 July 1955	Decommissioned 1985
95315	B	La Crete a Pierrot	1 August 1955	To Haiti 1956; disposition unknown
95316	B	Cape Fox	22 August 1955	To Bahamas 1989 as San Salvador II; struck 1999
95317	B	Cape Jellison	7 September 1955	Sea Scout Ship 145 SSS Challenger [1]
95318	B	Cape Newagen	26 September 1955	To Mexico 1982; disposition unknown
95319	B	Cape Romain	11 October 1955	Sea Scout Ship 51 SSS Intrepid [2]
95320	B	Cape Starr	15 August 1956	Decommissioned 1987
95321	C	Cape Cross	20 August 1958	To Micronesia 1990 as Paluwlap (FSM 03); active
95322	C	Cape Horn	3 September 1958	To Uruguay 1990 as Rio Negro; active
95323	C	Cape Darby	3 October 1958	To South Korea 1969 as PB 11; struck 1984
95324	C	Cape Shoalwater	9 December 1958	To Bahamas 1989 as Fenrick Stirrup, struck
95325	C	Cape Florida	28 October 1958	To South Korea 1968 as PB 7; struck 1971
95326	C	Cape Corwin	14 November 1958	To Micronesia 1990 as Constitution (FSM 04); active
95327	C	Cape Porpoise	21 November 1958	To South Korea 1968 as PB 8; struck 1984
95328	C	Cape Henlopen	5 December 1958	To Costa Rica 1989 as Astronauta Franklin Chang (SP 951), active
95329	C	Cape Kiwanda	28 April 1959	To South Korea 1969 as PB 12; struck 1984
95330	C	Cape Falcon	12 May 1959	To South Korea 1968 as PB 9; struck 1984
95331	C	Cape Trinity	26 May 1959	To South Korea 1968 as PB 10; struck 1984
95332	C	Cape York	9 June 1959	To Bahamas 1989 as Edward Williams, struck
95333	C	Cape Rosier	23 June 1959	To South Korea 1968 as PB 3; struck 1984
95334	C	Cape Sable	7 July 1959	To South Korea 1968 as PB 5; struck 1984
95335	C	Cape Providence	21 July 1959	To South Korea 1968 as PB 6; struck 1984