 Ramba uchiverenga ndima ino - Cape class yakatanga kugadzirwa sechikepe chinorwisa mabhomba uye ichitsiva zvikepe zvaichengetedza vanhu zvaishandiswa pakutsvaka vanhu uye kuponesa vanhu zvaishandiswa muHondo Yenyika II. Nokutanga kweHondo yeKoreauye chinodikanwa chakatarwa ku Coast Guard kuchengetedza uye kutenderera zvivako zvengarava muUnited States pasi peMagnuson Act ya1950, kutsiva kwakakwana kwechikepe chemamita 83 kwakamiswa uye chikepe chemamita 95 chakashandiswa pakufamba kwechiteshi chengarava. Zvimedu zvokutanga zvemamita 95 zvakaiswa pa Coast Guard Yard muna 1952 uye zvakarondedzerwa zviri pamutemo sezvimedu zvekufambisa zvegungwa. Nemhaka yokuti mutemo weCoast Guard hauna kugovera mazita ekucheka pasi panguva yekuvakwa kwavo ivo vainongedzerwa nenhamba yavo yechipfuva chete uye vakawana mazita eCape-class muna 1964 apo basa rakashandura mazita ekutumidza mazita ku. Kirasi yacho yakatumidzwa mazita emhenderekedzo dzeNorth America. 