page_title: Small unit riverine craft
hierarchical_section_title: Small unit riverine craft
caption_attribution_description: English: Riverine Squadron (RIVRON-), Detachment 3, 1st Brigade, 3rd Infantry Division, II Marine Expeditionary Force prepare to launch a Small Unit Riverine Craft (SURC) for Operation Gibraltar in Anbar Province. Location: Camp Ramadi, Iraq.
context_page_description: The small unit riverine craft is rigid-hull, armed and armored patrol boat used by the U.S. Marines and U.S. Navy to maintain control of rivers and inland waterways. They are similar in size and purpose to the much older Patrol Boat, River vessels used during the Vietnam War.
  According to the Navy, “The primary mission of the SURC is to provide tactical mobility and a limited weapons platform for the ground combat element of a Marine Air Ground Task Force in littoral and riverine environments.” The boat’s secondary mission includes “command and control, reconnaissance, logistic/resupply, medevac, counter-drug operations, humanitarian assistance, peacekeeping, and noncombatant evacuation operations.”
  The boats are built by Raytheon Naval & Maritime Integrated Systems, with a contract to build up to 100 boats. Raytheon’s contract partners are SAFE Boats International of Bremerton, Washington and Boat Master of Fort Myers, Florida.
  The boat is transportable by C-130 Hercules aircraft and can be launched from its trailer at lakeside.
context_section_description: The small unit riverine craft (SURC) is rigid-hull, armed and armored patrol boat used by the U.S. Marines and U.S. Navy to maintain control of rivers and inland waterways.  They are similar in size and purpose to the much older Patrol Boat, River vessels used during the Vietnam War.
  According to the Navy, “The primary mission of the SURC is to provide tactical mobility and a limited weapons platform for the ground combat element of a Marine Air Ground Task Force in littoral and riverine environments.” The boat’s secondary mission includes “command and control, reconnaissance, logistic/resupply, medevac, counter-drug operations, humanitarian assistance, peacekeeping, and noncombatant evacuation operations.”
  The boats are built by Raytheon Naval & Maritime Integrated Systems, with a contract to build up to 100 boats. Raytheon’s contract partners are SAFE Boats International of Bremerton, Washington and Boat Master of Fort Myers, Florida.
  The boat is transportable by C-130 Hercules aircraft and can be launched from its trailer at lakeside.
caption: U.S. Marines launch a SURC in Iraq
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