ARM Durango

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	Template:Sclass-
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	Bofors 57 mm Mk 3 gun 9K38 Igla
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.

External links

• "Mexican Naval Secretariat". Archived from the original on 2007-08-10. Retrieved 2007-07-24. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)