ARM Durango
 ARM Durango
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| History | |
|---|---|
 Mexico | |
| Name | ARM Durango |
| Builder | Mexican Navy Ship yards |
| Commissioned | 11 September 2000 |
| Status | in active service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Template:Sclass- |
| Displacement | 1,500+ 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 Template:Sclass- 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 2007-08-10. Retrieved 2007-07-24.
References
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