Cape-class cutter

The Cape-class patrol boats were 95-foot (29 m) steel hull patrol boats with aluminum superstructures of the United States Coast Guard. They were unnamed until 1964, when they acquired names of U.S. capes of land. Originally designed for anti-submarine warfare (ASW), all 36 boats in this class were built at the United States Coast Guard Yard in Curtis Bay, Maryland.

For other ships with the same name, see Cape class.
Cape Current (WPB-95307), a Type A Cape class patrol boat, in 1963.
Class overview
NameCape class (after 1964)
BuildersUnited States Coast Guard Yard in Curtis Bay, Baltimore
Operators United States Coast Guard
Preceded by83-foot patrol boat
Succeeded byIsland class cutter
Completed36
General characteristics
Class and typePatrol boat
Displacement
  • Type A, 102 tons fully loaded
  • Type B, 105 tons fully loaded
  • Type C, 98 tons fully loaded
Length95 ft (29 m)
Beam20 ft (6.1 m) max
Draft
  • Type A, 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
  • Type B, 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
  • Type C, as completed
Installed power
  • 4 Cummins VT-600 diesels (Types A, B, and C), 2200 hp;
  • after renovation, 2 Detroit 16V149 diesels, 2470 hp
Propulsiontwin propellers
Speed
  • Types A & B, 20 knots max,
  • Type C, 22 knots max,
  • renovated, 24 knots
Range
  • Cruising at 12 knots;
  • Type A,1,418 mi (2,282 km)
  • Type B, 1,700 mi (2,700 km)
  • Type C,1,780 mi (2,860 km)
Complement15 (1961)
Sensors and
processing systems		SPS-64 radar (1987)
Electronic warfare
& decoys		retractable type sonar (Types A & B only)
Armament
  • Type A; 2 mousetrap depth charge racks, 2 20mm twin Oerlikon cannons, 2 .50 cal machine guns
  • Type B; 2 mousetrap depth charge racks, 1 40mm cannon, 2 .50 cal machine guns
  • Type C; 2 .50 cal machine guns, 2 40mm Mk 19 grenade launchers (1987)
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