Cape-class cutter
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.The Cape class was originally developed as an ASW boat and as a replacement for the aging, World War II vintage, wooden 83-foot patrol boats (83 feet (25 m) in length) that were used mostly for search and rescue duties.[2] With the outbreak of the Korean War and the requirement tasked to the Coast Guard to secure and patrol port facilities in the United States under the Magnuson Act of 1950, the complete replacement of the 83-foot boat was deferred and the 95-foot boat was used for harbor patrols.[1][3][4] The first 95-foot hulls were laid down at the Coast Guard Yard in 1952 and were officially described as "seagoing patrol cutters".The Type B was fitted more for search and rescue (SAR) with the addition of scramble nets, a towing bitt, and a large searchlight.
Cape classUnited States Coast Guard YardCurtis Bay, BaltimoreUnited States Coast Guard83-foot patrol boatIsland class cutterpatrol boatsanti-submarine warfareCurtis Bay, MarylandWorld War II83-foot patrol boatssearch and rescueKorean WarIsland classCaribbeanSouth AmericaCape Uprightartificial reefCape MayNew JerseySea Shepherd Conservation SocietyGalapagos National ParkCape FoxCape HenlopenList of United States Coast Guard cuttersCape SmallCape CrossCape HornCape DarbyCape ShoalwaterArgentine NavyUnited States NavyRoyal Bahamas Defence ForceFenrick StirrupDavid TuckerSan Salvador IICosta Rican Coast GuardAstronauta Franklin ChangHaitian Coast GuardRepublic of Korea NavyIonmeto 2Mexican NavyFSM National PolicePaluwapPalau PoliceNational Navy of UruguayRío Negro