USCGC Crocodile
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USCGC Crocodile (WPB-87369) is the sixty-ninth Marine Protector-class coastal patrol boat. Its home port is St Petersburg, Florida.
NameUSCGC Crocodile
Home portSt Petersburg, Florida
Identification
- MMSI number: 369493458
- Callsign: NCFA
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | USCGC Crocodile |
| Builder | Bollinger Shipyards, Lockport, Louisiana |
| Home port | St Petersburg, Florida |
| Identification |
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| Status | in active service |
| Badge |  |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & 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 |
Background
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]
