title: USCGC Crocodile
text: # USCGC Crocodile
  
  USCGC Crocodile (WPB-87369) is the sixty-ninth Marine Protector-class 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-foot (9.4 m) 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.
  