USCGC Crocodile

USCGC Crocodile (WPB-87369) is the sixty-ninth Marine Protector-class patrol boat coastal patrol boat. Its home port is St Petersburg, Florida.

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 ft 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.