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[[File:ARM Veracruz Progeso.jpg|thumb|The ARM Veracruz docked at Progreso, Yucatan, Mexico. Her sister ship, the ''Guanajuato'' is docked along side her on the other side.]] |
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'''ARM ''Veracruz ''''' (PO-151) is a {{sclass-|Durango|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 [[9K38 Igla|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. |
'''ARM ''Veracruz ''''' (PO-151) is a {{sclass-|Durango|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 [[9K38 Igla|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. |
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Name | Veracruz |
Builder | Mexican Navy Ship yards |
Commissioned | September 11, 2000 |
Status | Active |
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) |
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 Template:Sclass- 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.
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