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.
.jpg) Sister ship USCGC Cape Newagen
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | USCGC Cape Fox |
| Operator | United States Coast Guard |
| Builder | Coast Guard Yard, Curtis Bay, Baltimore |
| Commissioned | 22 August 1955 |
| Decommissioned | 30 June 1989 |
| Identification | WPB-95316 |
| Fate | Transferred to the Bahamas, 30 June 1989 |
 Bahamas | |
| Name | HMBS San Salvador II |
| Operator | Royal Bahamas Defence Force |
| Acquired | 30 June 1989 |
| Stricken | 1999 |
| Identification | P10 |
| General characteristics [1] | |
| Class and type | Cape-class cutter |
| Displacement | 105 long tons (107 t) full load |
| Length | |
| Beam | 20 ft (6.1 m) |
| Draft | 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) |
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| Complement | 15 |
| Sensors and processing systems | SPS-64 navigation radar |
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Service history
editThe 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]
References
edit- ^ a b c "CAPE FOX, 1955". U.S. Coast Guard Cutter History. 2012. Retrieved 14 July 2012.
- ^ Colton, Tim (2012). "U.S. Coast Guard Patrol Craft Post-WWII". shipbuildinghistory.com. Retrieved 14 July 2012.