Patrol Boats are armed and armored water-craft used by military and civilian law enforcement to guard rivers and harbors.
SURC[]
The small unit riverine craft (SURC) is rigid-hull, armed and armored patrol boat used by the US Marines and US Navy to maintain control of rivers and inland waterways.
- General characteristics
| Hull Type: | Aluminum with full length beaching plates |
| Collars: | High strength solid cell foam collar provides stability, redundant buoyancy, and small-arms ballistic protection |
| Length: | 38′ (11.6m) (with transom platform) |
| Beam: | 10′2″ (3.1m) (collars removable for C-130 transport) |
| Draft: | 24″ (0.6m) static |
| Displacement: | 22,000 lbs (9979 kg) combat load |
| Weight: | 17,500 lbs (7938 kg) craft and trailer |
| Propulsion: | Twin Yanmar 6LY2A-STP diesel engines, 440 bhp at 3300 RPM; Twin Hamilton waterjets HJ292 Fuel: JP-5, JP-8, and marine diesel #2 |
| Speed: | 35 knots cruise, 39 knots sprint |
| Acceleration: | Accelerate to 25 knots in less than 15 seconds |
| Turning: | Turn 180 degrees in less than three boat lengths |
| Range: | Greater than 250 nm |
| Crew: | 2 |
| Capacity: | 16 troops |
| Weapons: | 3 mounts for heavy machine gun and smoke launchers |
| Ballistic protection: | Propulsion system armored against 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 |