Cape-class cutter

Cape Current (WPB-95307), a Type A Cape class patrol boat, in 1963.
Class overview
Name	Cape class (after 1964)
Builders	United States Coast Guard Yard in Curtis Bay, Baltimore
Operators	United States Coast Guard
Preceded by	83-foot patrol boat
Succeeded by	Island class cutter
Completed	36
General characteristics [1]
Class and type	Patrol boat
Displacement	Type A, 102 tons fully loaded Type B, 105 tons fully loaded Type C, 98 tons fully loaded [2]
Length	95 ft (29 m)
Beam	20 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[2]
Propulsion	twin propellers
Speed	Types A & B, 20 knots max, Type C, 22 knots max, renovated, 24 knots[2]
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)[2]
Complement	15 (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)[2]

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.