AWarships
Cape-class cutter
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US Coast Guard · Public domain · Resized · Public domain · Source ↗ · Modified
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At a glance
Cape-class cutterlarger figure on 0 of 2
Type 054A frigatelarger figure on 2 of 2
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
Measured figures
Length
Single source95 ft (29 m)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Cape-class cutter | Type 054A frigate |
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| Name | Cape class (after 1964)[source] | — |
| Builders | United States Coast Guard Yard in Curtis Bay, Baltimore[source] | Hudong-Zhonghua Shipyard Huangpu Shipyard[source] |
| Operators | United States Coast Guard[source] | People's Liberation Army Navy China Coast Guard Pakistan Navy[source] |
| Preceded by | 83-foot patrol boat[source] | Type 054 frigate[source] |
134 m (440 ft)[source]
Unspecified
Single source180人[source]Unspecified
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]
estimated at 18 kn (33 km/h; 21 mph)
Single source3,800 nautical miles (4,400 mi; 7,000 km) estimated at 18 kn (33 km/h; 21 mph)[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]
CODAD , 4 × SEMT Pielstick 16 PA 6V 280 STC diesels, 20.7 MW (28,200 hp) total, 2 shafts[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
| Succeeded by | Island class cutter[source] | Type 054B frigate[source] |
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| Completed | 36[source] | — |
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| Class & type | Patrol boat[source] | — |
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| Propulsion | twin propellers[source] | — |
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| Sensors & processing systems | SPS-64 radar (1987)[source] | Type 382 Radar Type 344 Radar (Mineral-ME Band Stand ) target acquisition and SSM fire control radar 4 × MR-90 Front Dome SAM fire control radars MR-36A surface search radar, I-band Type 347G 76 mm gun fire control radar 2 × Racal RM-1290 navigation radars, I-band MGK-335 medium frequency active/passive sonar system H/SJG-206 towed array sonar ZKJ-4B/6 (developed from Thomson-CSF TAVITAC) combat data system HN-900 Data link (Chinese equivalent of Link 11 A/B, to be upgraded) SNTI-240 SATCOM AKD5000S Ku band SATCOM[source] |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | retractable type sonar (Types A & B only)[source] | 2 × Type 726-4 18-tube decoy rocket launchers Type 922-1 radar warning receiver HZ-100 ECM & ELINT system Kashtan-3 missile jamming system[source] |
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| Armament | 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] | 1 × 32-cell H/AKJ-16 VLS HHQ-16 SAM Yu-8 anti-submarine missile 2 × 4 YJ-83 anti-ship missiles 1 × H/PJ-26 76 mm naval gun (Type 054A and Type 054A+) or 1 x H/PJ-87 100 mm naval gun (Type 054AG) 2 × 30 mm Type 730 7-barrel gun-based CIWS or Type 1130 11-barrel gun-based CIWS 2 × 3 324 mm Yu-7 torpedo launchers 2 × 6 Type 87 240mm anti-submarine rocket launcher[source] |
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| Subclasses | — | Tughril class (Pakistan) Type 818 Cutter (China Coast Guard)[source] |
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| Cost | — | US$348 million (est. 2015)[source] |
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| Built | — | 2005–present[source] |
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| In commission | — | 2008–present[source] |
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| Planned | — | 50[source] |
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| Active | — | 46[source] |
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| Type | — | Frigate[source] |
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| Aircraft carried | — | Type 054A: Harbin Z-9 C or Kamov Ka-28 'Helix' Type 054AG: Harbin Z-20 family helicopter including Z-20F anti-submarine version and the Z-20J naval utility version[source] |
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| Aviation facilities | — | hangar[source] |
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| Country of origin | — | People's Republic of China[source] People's Republic of China[source] |
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