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Small unit riverine craft

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The small unit riverine craft (SURC) is rigid-hull, armed and armored patrol boat used by the U.S. Marines and U.S. Navy to maintain control of rivers and inland waterways. They are similar in size and purpose to the much older Patrol Boat, River vessels used during the Vietnam War. According to the Navy, The primary mission of the SURC is to provide tactical mobility and a limited weapons platform for the ground combat element of a Marine Air Ground Task Force in littoral and riverine environments.[1] The boats secondary mission includes command and control, reconnaissance, logistic/resupply, medevac, counter-drug operations, humanitarian assistance, peacekeeping, and noncombatant evacuation operations.[1] The boat is transportable by C-130 Hercules aircraft and can be launched from its trailer at lakeside. The boats were first deployed to Iraq and were used there by the U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps. The United States Navy Riverine Squadrons, units of the Navy Expeditionary Combat Command (NECC) used the boats to patrol strategic areas of Iraq. The boats are built by Raytheon Naval & Maritime Integrated Systems, with a contract to build up to 100 boats. Raytheons contract partners are Safe Boats International of Port Orchard, Washington and Boat Master of Fort Myers, Florida.
U.S. Marines with Dam Security Unit, Bravo Company, 4th Assault Amphibian Battalion near Haditha Dam in 2006.

U.S. Navy Riverine Squadron 2 patrols the waters above Haditha Dam, Anbar Province, Iraq, in a Small Unit Riverine Craft.

Contents
1 General characteristics 2 See also 3 References 4 External links

General characteristics
Hull Type: Collars: Length: Aluminum with full length beaching plates High strength solid cell foam collar provides stability, redundant buoyancy, and small-arms ballistic protection 38 ft (12 m) (with transom platform)

U.S. Marines launch a SURC in Iraq

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10 ft 2 in (3.10 m) (collars removable for C-130 transport) Draft: 24 in (0.61 m) static Displacement: 22,000 lb (10,000 kg) combat load Weight: 17,500 lb (7,900 kg) craft and trailer Propulsion: Twin Yanmar 6LY2A-STP diesel engines, 440 bhp (330 kW) at 3300 RPM; Twin Hamilton waterjets HJ292 Fuel: JP-5, JP-8, and marine diesel 35 knots (65 km/h) cruise, 39 knots (72 Speed: km/h) sprint Accelerate to 25 knots (46 km/h) in less Acceleration: than 15 seconds Turn 180 degrees in less than three boat Turning: lengths Range: Greater than 250 nm Crew: 2 Capacity: 16 troops 3 mounts for heavy machine gun and Weapons: smoke launchers Ballistic Propulsion system armored against protection: mobility kill Navigation: Ritchie magnetic compass Integrated AN/PSN-11 GPS (PLGR) Raymarine SL72 LCD radar ST 60 depth sounder Communications: Raymarine RAY53 VHF marine band radio SINCGARS (VHF tactical) radio and AN/VIC-3 internal stations Beam:

Landing ashore

See also
Combat Boat 90 - known as 'Riverine Command Boat' in US Navy service. Fast Patrol Craft United States Navy SEALS Special Warfare Combatant-craft Crewmen

References
1. ^ a b Wavelengths Online. Small Unit Riverine Craft, May 17, 2004 (http://www.dt.navy.mil/wavelengths/archives/000070.html)

External links
U.S. Navy: USMC Family of Small Craft (http://usmc.boats.dt.navy.mil/surc.asp) GlobalSecurity.org: Small Unit Riverine Craft (SURC) (http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/systems/ship/surc.htm)

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