USCGC Cape Fox

Sister ship USCGC Cape Newagen
History
United States
NameUSCGC Cape Fox
OperatorUnited States Coast Guard
BuilderCoast Guard Yard, Curtis Bay, Baltimore
Commissioned22 August 1955
Decommissioned30 June 1989
IdentificationWPB-95316
FateTransferred to the Bahamas, 30 June 1989
Bahamas
NameHMBS San Salvador II
OperatorRoyal Bahamas Defence Force
Acquired30 June 1989
Stricken1999
IdentificationP10
General characteristics
Class & typeCape-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 &
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.

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