| ARM Veracruz | |
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File:ARM Veracruz Progeso.jpg ARM Veracruz docked at Progreso, Yucatan, Mexico. Her sister ship, Guanajuato is docked alongside her on the other side | |
| Career (Mexico) |  |
| Name: | Veracruz |
| Builder: | Mexican Navy Ship yards |
| Commissioned: | September 11, 2000 |
| Status: | Active |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & 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) |
| Troops: | capacity for 70 |
| Complement: | 55 |
| Armament: | |
| Armor: | Rolled armor with composite overlay |
| Aircraft carried: | Eurocopter Fennec |
| Aviation facilities: | Helipad and helicopter hangar |
ARM Veracruz (PO-151) is a Durango-class patrol vessel in service with the Mexican Navy with a 57 mm main 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.
External links[]
- "Mexican Naval Secretariat". Archived from the original on 2007-08-10. https://web.archive.org/web/20070810014508/http://www.semar.gob.mx/newclass/patrulla.htm#durango. Retrieved 2007-07-24.
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The original article can be found at ARM Veracruz and the edit history here.