Special Operations Craft – Riverine
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Special Operations Craft – Riverine is a boat used by the United States Navy to perform short-range insertion and extraction of special operations forces in river and near-shore environments. It replaced the Patrol Boat, River, and the mini armored troop carrier.[when?][1][2]
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SOC-R transiting the Salt River in northern Kentucky during pre-deployment training | |
Class overview | |
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Name | SOC-R (Special Operations Craft Riverine) |
Builders | United States Marine Inc. |
Operators | United States Navy |
General characteristics | |
Type | River boat |
Displacement |
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Length | 33 ft (10 m) |
Beam | 2.97m |
Draft | 2 ft (0.61 m) |
Propulsion | 2 × 440 hp Yanmar 6LY2M-STE diesel engines each driving a Hamilton HJ292 water pump-jet |
Speed | 40 knots (74 km/h; 46 mph) |
Range | 125 nautical miles (232 km; 144 mi) |
Capacity | 700 lbs cargo |
Troops | 8 SEALs |
Crew | 4 crew (1 helmsman, 3 gunners) |
Sensors and processing systems |
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Armament |
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Armor | Ballistic protection (up to .7.62mm x 39mm ball) for the engines, helmsman and gunners |
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