MV Cape Pine[1] is a charter boat operated by the Maritime Heritage Society of Vancouver.
SC-715 was laid down at the Fisher Boat Works in Detroit, Michigan on 14 May 1942, launched on 23 October 1942 and commissioned into the navy on 4 December 1942.
She was one of 70 such vessels transferred to the coastguard to cope with the problem of large numbers of aviation accidents as troops and personnel were returned to the United States after the war, in Operation Magic Carpet.
[6] The shortage of experienced pilots as enlisted men were discharged caused the number of accidents to rise.
[6] Her new owners re-powered and modified the former submarine chaser to convert her to a high-endurance fish packer in support of the salmon and herring fisheries on the west coast of Canada.