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BWarships
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BPS-500 missile boatlarger figure on 2 of 2
Cape-class cutterlarger figure on 0 of 2
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
Measured figures
Length
Single source62 metres (203.4 ft )[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | BPS-500 missile boat | Cape-class cutter |
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| Displacement | — | Type A, 102 tons fully loaded Type B, 105 tons fully loaded Type C, 98 tons fully loaded[source] |
| Name | BPS-500 class[source] | Cape class (after 1964)[source] |
| Operators | Vietnam People's Navy[source] | United States Coast Guard[source] |
| Built | 1998–2001, 2025–present[source] | — |
| In commission | 2001–present |
95 ft (29 m)[source]
at 14 knots (26 km/h )
Single source2,200 nautical miles (4,100 km ; 2,500 mi ) at 14 knots (26 km/h )[source]
Cruising at 12 knots; Type A,1,418 mi ( ) Type B
Single sourceRange
Single sourceType C,1,780 mi (
Single sourceCruising at 12 knots; Type A,1,418 mi (2,282 km) Type B, 1,700 mi (2,700 km) Type C,1,780 mi (2,860 km)[source]
2 × MTU diesel engine for 19,600 bhp (14,600 kW); 2 x Kamewa pump-jets[source]
4 Cummins VT-600 diesels (Types A, B, and C) after renovation, 2 Detroit 16V149 diesels
Single sourceInstalled power
Single source4 Cummins VT-600 diesels (Types A, B, and C), 2200 hp; after renovation, 2 Detroit 16V149 diesels, 2470 hp[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
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| On order | — |
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| Building | — |
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| Completed | 36[source] |
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| Active | — |
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| Laid up | — |
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| Retired | — |
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| Type | Guided-missile corvette[source] | — |
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| Tonnage | 850 tons (full load)[source] | — |
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| Sensors & processing systems | MR-352 ("Cross Dome") search radar MR-123 ("Bass Tilt") fire control radar[source] | SPS-64 radar (1987)[source] |
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| Armament | 1 x AK-176 76 mm gun 1 x AK-630 30 mm CIWS 2 x 12.7 mm machine guns Anti-ship missiles 8 x Kh-35 Uran anti-ship missiles ( Ship 381 ) 8 x VCM-01 anti-ship missiles (from A2 onward) 1 x 9K38 Igla MANPADS[source] | Type A; 2 mousetrap depth charge racks, 2 20mm twin Oerlikon cannons, 2 .50 cal machine guns Type B; 2 mousetrap depth charge racks, 1 40mm cannon, 2 .50 cal machine guns Type C; 2 .50 cal machine guns, 2 40mm Mk 19 grenade launchers (1987)[source] |
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| National origin | Russia[source] | — |
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| Alternative designation | BPS-500[source] | — |
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| Builders | — | United States Coast Guard Yard in Curtis Bay, Baltimore[source] |
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| Preceded by | — | 83-foot patrol boat[source] |
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| Succeeded by | — | Island class cutter[source] |
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| Class & type | — | Patrol boat[source] |
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| Propulsion | — | twin propellers[source] |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | — | retractable type sonar (Types A & B only)[source] |
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