USCGC Cape Fox

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Flag of the United States Coast Guard.svgUnited States
NameUSCGC Cape Fox
Operator United States Coast Guard
Builder Coast Guard Yard, Curtis Bay, Baltimore
Commissioned22 August 1955
Decommissioned30 June 1989
IdentificationWPB-95316
FateTransferred to the Bahamas, 30 June 1989
Naval Ensign of the Bahamas.svgBahamas
NameHMBS San Salvador II
Operator Royal Bahamas Defence Force
Acquired30 June 1989
Stricken1999
IdentificationP10
General characteristics [1]
Class and type Cape-class cutter
Displacement105 long tons (107  t) full load
Length
  • 95 ft (29 m) o/a
  • 90 ft (27 m) w/l
Beam20 ft (6.1 m)
Draft6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)
Propulsion
  • As built:
  • 4 × Cummins VT-600 diesel engines, 2,200 shp (1,641 kW)
  • After refit:
  • 2 × Detroit 16V149 diesels, 2,470 shp (1,842 kW)
Speed
  • As built:
  • 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
  • After refit:
  • 24 knots (44 km/h; 28 mph)
Complement15
Sensors and
processing systems
SPS-64 navigation radar
Armament
  • As built:
  • 2 × Mousetrap ASW
  • 2 × Depth charge racks
  • 1 × 40 mm gun
  • 2 × .50 caliber machine guns
  • Added 1987:
  • 2 × 12.7 mm machine guns
  • 2 × 40 mm Mk 64 grenade launchers

USCGC Cape Fox (WPB-95316) was a Type B Cape-class cutter of the United States Coast Guard. Built at the Coast Guard Yard in Curtis Bay, Baltimore the vessel was commissioned on 22 August 1955.

Service history

The ship was stationed at New London, Connecticut, until transferred to Riviera Beach, Florida, in 1964. After a major refit in 1980–82, she replaced the Cape York in late 1981 after the Cuban Boatlift in Key West, Florida, apart from the period between December 1983 to February 1984, when she conducted surveillance operations from St. George's, Grenada. The principal duties of Cape Fox were search and rescue and law enforcement operations; she was credited with numerous seizures of shipments of illegal drugs. [1]

The ship was decommissioned on 30 June 1989, and transferred to The Bahamas, [1] where she served in the Royal Bahamas Defence Force under the name HMBS San Salvador II (P10) until 1999. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "CAPE FOX, 1955". U.S. Coast Guard Cutter History. 2012. Retrieved 14 July 2012.
  2. Colton, Tim (2012). "U.S. Coast Guard Patrol Craft Post-WWII". shipbuildinghistory.com. Retrieved 14 July 2012.