Cape class patrol boats were 95 feet (29 m) steel hull patrol boats

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 with aluminum superstructures of the United States Coast Guard

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. They were unnamed until 1964, when they acquired names of US cape

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s of land. Originally designed for anti-submarine warfare

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 (ASW), all 35 boats in this class were built at the United States Coast Guard Yard

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 in Curtis Bay, Maryland

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There were three sub-classes. The A class was outfitted primarily for ASW. The B class was fitted more for search and rescue

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 (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 feet (33.5 m) Island class patrol boats beginning in the late 1980s. Many of the 95-footers were transferred to nations of the Caribbean

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 and South America

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 after they were decommissioned out of Coast Guard service.

Units

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; disposition unknown
95302	A	Cape Higgon	14 October 1953	To Uruguay 5 January 1990 as Colonia; active
95303	A	Cape Upright	2 July 1953	To Bahamas 10 June 1989 as David Tucker (Hull Number P07); Decommissioned in 1996 and donated and sunk as an artificial reef in 1997 as part of Nassau's artificial reef program. A popular dive spot; it is located along an area known as Clifton Wall
95304	A	Cape Gull	8 June 1953	Sold at auction to Fort Lauderdale businessman Dale Scutti who renamed her Robert Edmister in memory of a deceased friend; She was scuttled 11 December 1989 by five eight-pound dynamite charges administered by the Broward Sheriff's Office Bomb & Arson Unit. She now forms a part of the Broward County Artificial Reef Program.
95305	A	Cape Hatteras	28 July 1953	To Mexico 1991 as Cabo Catoche; active
95306	A	Cape George	10 August 1953	To Palau 10 June 1990
95307	A	Cape Current	24 August 1953	To Bahamas 30 June 1989 as Austin Smith
95308	A	Cape Strait	10 September 1953	Sunk 09-Sept-93 off the New Jersey Coast; sunk as an artificial reef in Cape May
95309	A	Cape Carter	7 December 1953	To Mexico 2 March 1990 as Cabo Corrientes; active
95310	A	Cape Wash	15 December 1953	To U.S. Navy 1987, in service as Venture, PTB-951
95311	A	Cape Hedge	21 December 1953	To Mexico 27 April 1990 as Cabo Corzo; active
95312	B	Cape Knox	13 June 1955	Decommissioned 1989; sold to Sea Shepherd Conservation Society in 1991 as Sirenian. Renamed Yoshka in 2006. Currently working for the Galapagos National Park Galapagos National Park Galápagos National Park, established in 1959, is Ecuador's first national park. The government of Ecuador designated 97% of the land area of Galápagos as the country's first National Park... .
95313	B	Cape Morgan	5 July 1955	To Bahamas 20 October 1989 as Fort Fincastle; struck 1999
95314	B	Cape Fairweather	18 July 1955	Decommissioned 1985; disposition unknown
95315	B	La Crete a Pierrot	1 August 1955	To Haiti 1956; disposition unknown
95316	B	Cape Fox	22 August 1955	To Bahamas 30 June 1989 as San Salvador II; struck 1999
95317	B	Cape Jellison	7 September 1955	transferred to U.S. Navy; transferred Sea Scouts as ship 145 SSS Challenger http://ship145.org in 1993
95318	B	Cape Newagen	26 September 1955	To Mexico 1982; reportedly transferred to US Naval Air Station, Point Mugu, California
95319	B	Cape Romain	11 October 1955	transferred to US Navy 11 August 1989; transferred to Sea Scouts as ship 51 SSS Intrepid http://www.sssintrepid.org in 1993
95320	B	Cape Starr	15 August 1956	Decommissioned 1987, active (pilot launch Toucan http://www.tabsa.cl/Eng/Html/Pilots.php) at Punta Arenas (Strait of Magellan); Chile; acquired by Transbordadora Austral Broom S.A. in 1995, Rebuild 2010.
95321	C	Cape Cross	20 August 1958	To Micronesia 30 March 1990 as Paluwlap (FSM 03); active
95322	C	Cape Horn	3 September 1958	To Uruguay January 1990 as Rio Negro; active
95323	C	Cape Darby	3 October 1958	To South Korea 24 March 1969 as PB 11; struck 1984
95324	C	Cape Shoalwater	9 December 1958	To Bahamas 30 June 1989 as Fenrick Stirrup, struck
95325	C	Cape Florida	28 October 1958	To South Korea 13 November 1968 as PB 7; struck 1971
95326	C	Cape Corwin	14 November 1958	To Micronesia 30 September 1990 as Constitution (FSM 04); active
95327	C	Cape Porpoise	21 November 1958	To South Korea 13 November 1968 as PB 8; struck 1984
95328	C	Cape Henlopen	5 December 1958	To Costa Rica 28 September 1989 as Astronauta Franklin Chang (SP 951), active
95329	C	Cape Kiwanda	28 April 1959	To South Korea 24 March 1969 as PB 12; struck 1984
95330	C	Cape Falcon	12 May 1959	To South Korea 13 November 1968 as PB 9; struck 1984
95331	C	Cape Trinity	26 May 1959	To South Korea 24 September 1968 as PB 10; struck 1984
95332	C	Cape York	9 June 1959	To Bahamas 30 June 1989 as Edward Williams; struck ????; sunk as artificial reef Bahamas http://www.skin-diver.com/bahamas01/diving.html
95333	C	Cape Rosier	23 June 1959	To South Korea 24 September 1968 as PB 3; struck 1984
95334	C	Cape Sable	7 July 1959	To South Korea 24 September 1968 as PB 5; struck 1984
95335	C	Cape Providence	21 July 1959	To South Korea 24 September 1968 as PB 6; struck 1984

Source: US Coast Guard

External links

• "CAPE" Class 95 feet (29 m) WPBs USCG History page