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Cape Fairweather 1976

Ships

No	Name	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comm	Fate
WPB95300	1.1964- Cape Small		USCG Yard, Curtis Bay			7.1953	to Marshall Islands 1987 (Ionmeto 2)
WPB95301	1.1964- Cape Coral		USCG Yard, Curtis Bay			9.1953	decommissioned 1987
WPB95302	1.1964- Cape Higgon		USCG Yard, Curtis Bay			10.1953	to Uruguay 1990 (Colonia)
WPB95303	1.1964- Cape Upright		USCG Yard, Curtis Bay			7.1953	to Bahamas 1989 (David Tucker)
WPB95304	1.1964- Cape Gull		USCG Yard, Curtis Bay			6.1953	scuttled 1989
WPB95305	1.1964- Cape Hatteras		USCG Yard, Curtis Bay			7.1953	to Mexico 1991 (Cabo Catoche)
WPB95306	1.1964- Cape George		USCG Yard, Curtis Bay			8.1953	to Palau 1990 (FSM05)
WPB95307	1.1964- Cape Current		USCG Yard, Curtis Bay			8.1953	to Bahamas 1989 (Austin Smith)
WPB95308	1.1964- Cape Strait		USCG Yard, Curtis Bay			9.1953	training hulk 1983
WPB95309	1.1964- Cape Carter		USCG Yard, Curtis Bay			12.1953	to Mexico 1990 (Cabo Corrientes)
WPB95310	1.1964- Cape Wash		USCG Yard, Curtis Bay			12.1953	to US Navy as auxiliary 1987
WPB95311	1.1964- Cape Hedge		USCG Yard, Curtis Bay			12.1953	to Mexico 1990 (Cabo Corzo)
WPB95312	1.1964- Cape Knox		USCG Yard, Curtis Bay			6.1955	decommissioned 1989
WPB95313	1.1964- Cape Morgan		USCG Yard, Curtis Bay			7.1955	to Bahamas 1989 (Fort Fincastle)
WPB95314	1.1964- Cape Fairweather		USCG Yard, Curtis Bay			7.1955	decommissioned 1985
WPB95315			USCG Yard, Curtis Bay			8.1955	to Haiti 1956 (La Crete a Pierrot)
WPB95316	1.1964- Cape Fox		USCG Yard, Curtis Bay			8.1955	to Bahamas 1989 (San Salvador II)
WPB95317	1.1964- Cape Jellison		USCG Yard, Curtis Bay			9.1955	to Sea Scouts 1993
WPB95318	1.1964- Cape Newagen		USCG Yard, Curtis Bay			9.1955	to Mexico 1982
WPB95319	1.1964- Cape Romain		USCG Yard, Curtis Bay			10.1955	to US Navy as auxiliary 1989
WPB95320	1.1964- Cape Starr		USCG Yard, Curtis Bay			8.1956	to Chile 1987
WPB95321	1.1964- Cape Cross		USCG Yard, Curtis Bay			8.1958	to Micronesia 1990 (Paluwlap)
WPB95322	1.1964- Cape Horn		USCG Yard, Curtis Bay			9.1958	to Uruguay 1990 (Río Negro)
WPB95323	1.1964- Cape Darby		USCG Yard, Curtis Bay			10.1958	to South Korea 1969 (PB11)
WPB95324	1.1964- Cape Shoalwater		USCG Yard, Curtis Bay			12.1958	to Bahamas 1989 (Fenrick Stirrup)
WPB95325	1.1964- Cape Florida		USCG Yard, Curtis Bay			10.1958	to South Korea 1968 (PB7)
WPB95326	1.1964- Cape Corwin		USCG Yard, Curtis Bay			11.1958	to Micronesia 1990 (Constitution)
WPB95327	1.1964- Cape Porpoise		USCG Yard, Curtis Bay			11.1958	to South Korea 1968 (PB8)
WPB95328	1.1964- Cape Henlopen		USCG Yard, Curtis Bay			12.1958	to Costa Rica 1989 (Astronauta Franklin Chang)
WPB95329	1.1964- Cape Kiwanda		USCG Yard, Curtis Bay			4.1959	to South Korea 1969 (PB12)
WPB95330	1.1964- Cape Falcon		USCG Yard, Curtis Bay			5.1959	to South Korea 1968 (PB9)
WPB95331	1.1964- Cape Trinity		USCG Yard, Curtis Bay			5.1959	to South Korea 1968 (PB10)
WPB95332	1.1964- Cape York		USCG Yard, Curtis Bay			6.1959	to Bahamas 1989 (Edward Williams)
WPB95333	1.1964- Cape Rosier		USCG Yard, Curtis Bay			6.1959	to South Korea 1968 (PB3)
WPB95334	1.1964- Cape Sable		USCG Yard, Curtis Bay			7.1959	to South Korea 1968 (PB5)
WPB95335	1.1964- Cape Providence		USCG Yard, Curtis Bay			7.1959	to South Korea 1968 (PB6)

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	WPB95300-95311: 105 trials WPB95312-95320: 106 trials WPB95321-95335: 98 trials
Displacement full, t
Length, m	29.0
Breadth, m	5.80
Draught, m	1.83
No of shafts	2
Machinery	4 Cummings diesels
Power, h. p.	2200
Max speed, kts	20
Fuel, t	diesel oil
Endurance, nm(kts)	WPB95300-95311: 2600(9) WPB95312-95320: 3000(9) WPB95321-95335: 2800(9)
Armament	2 x 1 - 12.7/90 or (1 x 1 - 12.7/90, 1 x (1 - 12.7/90 + 1 - 81/12 M29 mortar))
Electronic equipment	presumably SPN-11 radar
Complement	14

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Project history

Coastal USCG patrol craft.

Modernizations

mid-1980s, all survived: were re-engined with 2 General Motors diesels (2400hp, 20kts, 2500(10)nm), 98/148t); - SPN-11 radar; + SPS-64(v)1 radar, mortar was dismounted from all boats.

Naval service

No significant events.