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U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Antonio Garcia · Public domain · Resized · Public domain · Source ↗ · Modified
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Ambassador MK III missile boatlarger figure on 4 of 4
Special Operations Craft – Riverine
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Length
Single source63 m (206 ft 8 in)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Ambassador MK III missile boat | Special Operations Craft – Riverine |
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| Complement | 36 (8 officers, 10 chief petty officers, and 18 ratings), 38[source] | — |
| Name | Ambassador MK III[source] | SOC-R (Special Operations Craft Riverine)[source] |
| Builders | VT Halter Marine[source] | United States Marine Inc.[source] |
| Operators | Egyptian Navy[source] | United States Navy , Ukrainian Navy , Ukrainian Air Assault Forces , Special Operations Forces (Ukraine) , Hungarian Defence Forces |
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
33 ft (10 m)[source]
crew (1 helmsman, 3 gunners)
Single source4 crew (1 helmsman, 3 gunners)[source]
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| Cost | US$1.290 billion (total program in 2009) US$240m (marginal cost of fourth hull in 2009)[source] | — |
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| Built | 2008–2013[source] | — |
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| In commission | 2013–[source] | — |
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| Planned | — |
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| Active | — |
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| Type | Missile boat[source] | River boat[source] |
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| Propulsion | 4 shafts[source] | — |
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| Endurance | 8 days at sea[source] | — |
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| Sensors & processing systems | Thales MRR-3D NG G band multi-role radar Thales Scout ( I / J band ) Maritime Surveillance Radar Thales STING-EO Mk2 fire control Radar Link ASN 150, LinkYE, Link 14 and Link 11 data links IFF TACTICOS Combat Management System with Model 033-2T/066-2T Tracking Pedestals.[source] | Forward Looking Infra Red (FLIR) GPS navigation IFF (identification Friend or Foe) gear VHF/HF/UHF/FM Net & SATCOMM[source] |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys | 4 × chaff/IR Decoy launchers ESM / ECM[source] | — |
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| Armament | 8 × RGM-84 Boeing Harpoon SSM Block 1G in 2 quad canister launchers 1 × OTO Melara Mk 75 76 mm/62 Super Rapid DP gun 1 × Mk 31 Mod 3 RIM-116 RAM (21 missiles) 1 × Raytheon Mk 15 Mod 21 Phalanx (Block 1B) 20 mm Phalanx CIWS 2 × deck-mounted 7.62 mm M60 machine guns[source] | 2 × GAU-17 miniguns (forward) 1 × M2HB .50 caliber (12.7 mm) machine gun (aft) 2 × M240B 7.62 mm light machine gun(s) (side-mounted) 2 × 40 mm Mk 19 grenade launcher[source] |
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| Country of origin | United States[source]Ambassador MK III missile boat · origin explicitly stated in the linked current national-inventory row; no inference from operator or shipyard | United States[source]Inventory Origin column; table 7, row 5, cell 3; revision 1374122399; retrieved 2026-09-30 |
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| Capacity | — | 700 lbs cargo[source] |
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| Troops | — | 8 SEALs[source] |
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| Armor | — | Ballistic protection (up to .7.62mm x 39mm ball) for the engines, helmsman and gunners[source] |
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