USCGC Cape Small

History
United States
Name	USCGC Cape Small (WPB-95300)
Owner	United States Coast Guard
Operator	United States Coast Guard
Builder	Coast Guard Yard
Commissioned	17 July 1953
Decommissioned	13 April 1987
Homeport	Hilo, Hawaii (1953-1987)
Fate	Transferred to Marshall Islands, 10 December 1987
General characteristics
Class and type	Cape class
Displacement	102 long tons (114 short tons)
Length	90 ft (27 m) waterline; 95 ft (29 m) overall;
Beam	20 ft (6.1 m) max
Draft	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Propulsion	4 Cummins VT-600 diesels; 2 Detroit 16V149 diesels (renovated);
Speed	20 knots (37 km/h); 24 knots (44 km/h) (renovated);
Range	1,418 nautical miles (2,626 km; 1,632 mi)
Complement	15
Armament	2 mousetraps; 2 depth charge racks; 2 20mm (twin); 2 .50-caliber machine guns; 2 12.7mm machine guns; 2 40mm Mk 64 grenade launchers;

USCGC Cape Small was United States Coast Guard steel-hulled patrol boat of the 95-Foot or Cape class.^[1] She was stationed in Hilo, Hawaii from 1953 to 1987 where she assisted in law enforcement as well as search and rescue operations. In December 1968, she assisted with the search and eventually rescued the pilot of a Piper Cherokee that ditched in the ocean 9 miles North of Hawaii's big island.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b "U.S. Coast Guard Cutter History". www.uscg.mil. Retrieved 30 July 2016.

[history-1] "U.S. Coast Guard Cutter History". www.uscg.mil. Retrieved 30 July 2016.

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