ARM Guanajuato

ARM Guanajuato in Port-au-Prince
History
Mexico
Name:	Guanajuato
Namesake:	Guanajuato
Builder:	Mexican Navy Ship yards
Commissioned:	December 12, 2001
Status:	Active
General characteristics
Class & type:	Durango-class patrol vessel
Displacement:	1300 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)
Complement:	70 Troop capacity 55 crew
Armament:	Bofors 57mm Mk 3 gun 9K38 Igla
Armor:	Rolled armor with composite overlay
Aircraft carried:	Eurocopter Fennec
Aviation facilities:	Helipad and helicopter hangar

The ARM Guanajuato (PO-153) is a Durango-class oceanic patrol vessel in the Mexican Navy with a 57mm main gun turret and a helicopter landing pad, currently primarily used for drug interception and maritime security in Mexican territorial waters. 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 Guanajuato.^[1]

Disaster relief operations

In an effort to assist the Haitian population following, the Mexican government sent 20 tons of food aid to Haiti. In charge of the task was the ARM Guanajuato, the ship sailed from the port of Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz and arrived in Port-au-Prince on June 18, 2008.^[2]

References & sources

Commissioned Ships of the Mexican Navy Destroyers Quetzalcóatl-class Netzahualcoyotl Manuel Azueta-class Manuel Azueta Frigates Bravo-class Nicolás Bravo Hermenegildo Galeana Allende-class Allende Abasolo Victoria Mina Amphibious assault ships Panuco-class Rio Panuco Manzanillo Papaloapan-class Papaloapan Usumacinta Missile boats Huracán-class Huracán Tormenta Patrol vessels Offshore patrol vessels Valle-class Juan de la Barrera Mariano Escobedo Manuel Doblado Santos Degollado Juan N. Álvarez Manuel Gutiérrez Zamora Valentin Gómez Farías Francisco Zarco Ignacio L. Vallarta Jesús González Ortega Mariano Matamoros Uribe-class Uribe Azueta Baranda Breton Blanco Monasterio Holzinger-class Holzinger Godinez De La Vega Berriozabal Sierra-class corvette Sierra Prieto Romero Durango-class Durango Sonora Guanajuato Veracruz Oaxaca-class Oaxaca Baja California Independencia Revolucion Coastal patrol ships Azteca-class Cordova Rayón Rejón De la Fuente Guzmán Ramírez Mariscal Jara Colima Lizardi Mugica Velazco Macías Tamaulipas Yucatán Tabasco Cochimie Puebla Vicario Ortíz Demócrata-class Demócrata Francisco I. Madero Cabo-class Cabo Corso Cabo Catoche Punta-class Punta Morro Punta Mastún Cabo Corrientes-class Cabo Corrientes Cabo Corso Cabo Catoche