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BWarships
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BPS-500 missile boatlarger figure on 1 of 2
MV Cape Hornlarger figure on 1 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 | MV Cape Horn |
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| Power | 2 × MTU diesel engine for 19,600 bhp (14,600 kW); 2 x Kamewa pump-jets[source] | — |
| Name | BPS-500 class[source] | Cape Horn[source] |
| Operators | Vietnam People's Navy[source] | — |
| Built | 1998–2001, 2025–present[source] | — |
| In commission | 2001–present[source] | — |
| Planned |
749 feet[source]
Displacement
Single source51,007 long tons[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 | 1979[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] | 39,889 GT[source] |
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| Sensors & processing systems | MR-352 ("Cross Dome") search radar MR-123 ("Bass Tilt") fire control radar[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] | none[source] |
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| National origin | Russia[source] | Norway[source] |
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| Alternative designation | BPS-500[source] | — |
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| Namesake | — | Cape Horn[source] |
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| Owner | — | United States Department of Transportation United States Maritime Administration[source] |
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| Operator | — | TOTE Maritime[source] |
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| Builder | — | Tangen Verft , Kragerø , Norway[source] |
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| Launched | — | 31 January 1979[source] |
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| Acquired | — | December 1986[source] |
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| Commissioned | — | December 1986[source] |
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| Renamed | — | from Barber Tonsberg[source] |
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| Identification | — | IMO number : 7704942 MMSI number : 303944000 Callsign : KMJS Pennant number : T-AKR-5068[source] |
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| Status | — | Laid in San Francisco , in ROS-5 status[source] |
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| Class & type | — | Cape H -class roll-on/roll-off[source] |
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| Propulsion | — | Diesel, single propeller[source] |
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| Armor | — | none[source] |
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| Aircraft carried | — | none[source] |
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