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Cape (MSI 2)


Cape Class Inshore Minesweeper: Laid down, (date unknown) by Bellingham Shipyard, Bellingham, WA; Launched, 5 April 1958; Placed in service as USS Cape (MSI 2), 27 February 1959; Placed out of service, 9 June 1992; Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown); Scrapped, (date unknown).

Specifications: Displacement 120 t.; Length 112'; Beam 23'; Draft 8'; Speed 12 kts; Complement 21; Armament one .50 cal. machine gun; Propulsion four General Motors 6-71 diesel engines, reduction to one shaft.
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Cape 48k Long Beach, CA USS Cape (MSI 2) Web Site
Cape 94k . USS Cape (MSI 2) Web Site
Cape/Cove 41k Cape alongside Cove (MSI 1). USS Cape (MSI 2) Web Site
Cape 35k . Gunter Krebs
Cape/Illusive 45k Cape outboard of USS Illusive (MSO 448) at San Francisco, CA.
c. 1963.
USS Cape (MSI 2) Web Site

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Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
Naval Minewarfare Association
Association of Minemen

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