ARM Durango
| History | |
|---|---|
 Mexico | |
| Name: | ARM Durango |
| Builder: | Mexican Navy Ship yards |
| Commissioned: | 11 September 2000 |
| Status: | in active service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Durango-class patrol vessel |
| Displacement: | 1,300 tons |
| Length: | 81.4 m (267 ft) |
| Beam: | 10.5 m (34 ft) |
| Draft: | 3.90 m (12.8 ft) |
| Speed: | 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) |
| Troops: | capacity for 70 |
| Complement: | 55 |
| Armament: | |
| Armor: | Rolled armor with composite overlay |
| Aircraft carried: | Eurocopter Fennec |
| Aviation facilities: | Helipad and helicopter hangar |
ARM Durango (PO-151) is a Durango-class patrol vessel in the Mexican Navy with a main 57 mm gun turret and a helicopter landing pad, currently primarily used to fight drug cartels. It is also armed with SA-18 Grouse missiles. Like other ships of this class, it was designed and built in Mexican dockyards, and is sometimes referred to as a compact frigate. It was named after the Mexican state of Durango
Drug Interception
On December 6, 2009, ARM Durango, in a joint operation with a United States Coast Guard ship, intercepted four boats 55 nautical miles (102 km) from the Guatemalan - Mexico border in the Pacific. Twenty packages of cocaine with the weight of 262 kilograms (578 lb) were seized and nine men were detained.[1]
External links
- "Mexican Naval Secretariat". Archived from the original on 10 August 2007. Retrieved 2007-07-24.
References
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