USCGC Crocodile
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | USCGC Crocodile |
| Builder | Bollinger Shipyards, Lockport, Louisiana |
| Homeport | St Petersburg, Florida |
| Identification |
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| Status | in active service |
| Badge |  |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Marine Protector-class coastal patrol boat |
| Displacement | 91 long tons (92 t) |
| Length | 87 ft 0 in (26.5 m) |
| Beam | 19 ft 5 in (5.9 m) |
| Draft | 5 ft 7 in (1.7 m) |
| Propulsion | 2 x MTU 8V396TE94 diesels |
| Speed | 25 knots (46 km/h) |
| Range | 900 nmi (1,700 km) |
| Endurance | 3 days |
| Boats & landing craft carried | 1 high-speed deployable underway |
| Complement | 10 |
| Armament | 2 × .50-caliber M2 Browning machine guns |
USCGC Crocodile (WPB-87369) is the sixty-ninth Marine Protector-class coastal patrol boat. Its home port is St Petersburg, Florida.
Background
[edit]On December 30, 2021, the Crocodile participated in the search conducted between Cedar Key and west of Sea Horse Reef for two men who went missing after their 31-foot (9.4 m) vessel Dog House sank. Other Coast Guard air and surface assets and crews involved in the search included:
- a station Yankeetown 29-foot response boat
- an Air Station Clearwater Sikorsky MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter
- an Air Station Clearwater Lockheed HC-130 Hercules aircraft
- Florida Fish and Wildlife officers and Levy County Sheriff's Office with marine units.[1][2][3]
References
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to USCGC Marlin (WPB-87304).
- ^ "Coast Guard, FWC search for overdue 49-year-old man near Cedar Key, Fla". USCG. 2013-02-07.
- ^ "News Release: Coast Guard Cutter Marlin to hold change of command". USCG. 2010-07-08.
- ^ "US Coast Guard repatriates 85 Cuban migrants". Caribbean News Now. 2015-11-03. Retrieved 2015-11-03.
The Coast Guard Cutters Kathleen Moore, Marlin, along with numerous other Coast Guard patrol boats and aircraft, aggressively patrol the Florida Straits to detect and deter illegal and unsafe maritime migration. Safety of life at sea is always the Coast Guard's top priority.
