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Namesake: | ARM Sonora |
Builder: | Mexican Navy Ship yards |
Commissioned: | September 4, 2000 |
Status: | Active |
General characteristics | |
Class and type: | Durango class patrol vessel |
Displacement: | 1300 Tons |
Length: | 81.4m |
Beam: | 10.5 m |
Draft: | 3.90m |
Speed: | 20 knots (37 km/h) |
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Armament: | |
Armor: | Rolled armor with composite overlay |
Aircraft carried: | Eurocopter Fennec |
Aviation facilities: | Helipad and helicopter hangar |
ARM Sonora (PO-152) is a Durango class oceanic patrol vessel in the Mexican Navy with a main 4 inch 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 Sonora