Special Operations Craft – Riverine
SOC-R transiting the Salt River in northern Kentucky during pre-deployment training | |
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name | SOC-R (Special Operations Craft Riverine) |
| Builders | United States Marine Inc. |
| Operators | United States Navy , Ukrainian Navy , Ukrainian Air Assault Forces, Special Operations Forces (Ukraine) |
| 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 & 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 |
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.