List of ships of the Mexican Navy

Allende-class frigates

The list of Mexican Navy ships comprises all of the vessels that make up the Mexican Navy. The Mexican Navy operates four frigates, two missile boats and a number of patrol ships for both offshore and inshore patrol. The Mexican Navy also has six tank landing ships at its disposal.

Ships by number

Destroyers

  • Manuel Azueta class - 1
  • Cuauhtémoc class - 2
  • Quetzalcóatl class - 2

Frigates

  • California class - 4
  • Brown class - 2
  • Allende class - 4
  • Reformador class - 1

Corvettes

  • Sierra class - 4

Missile boats

  • Huracan class - 2

Offshore patrol vessels

  • Valle class - 11
  • California class - 4
  • Coahuila class - 1
  • Uribe class - 5
  • Holzinger class - 4
  • Sierra class - 4
  • Durango-class patrol vessel - 4
  • Oaxaca-class patrol vessel - 8

Coastal patrol boats

  • Demócrata class - 2
  • Azteca class - 20
  • Punto class - 2
  • Tenochtitlan class - 10
  • Cabo class - 3

Interceptor patrol boats

  • Polaris class - 47
  • Isla class - 4
  • Acuario class - 6
  • Acuario B class - 4
  • Polaris II class - 9

Tank landing ships

  • Panuco class - 3
  • Papaloapan class - 2

Logistics ships

  • Isla Tiburón class - 2 [1]
  • Isla Madre class - 1

Training ships

  • Cuauhtémoc class - 1

Transport ships

  • Maya class - 2

Tankers

  • Aguascalientes class - 2

Tugboats

  • Otomí class - 4
  • Sotoyomo class - 1
  • Iztaccihuatl class - 6

List of ships

Hull no. Ship name Class Type Homeport Comment
F-101 / POLA-101 Benito Juárez Reformador (Sigma 10514 LROPV) Frigate / Oceanic Patrol Vessel Mexican built Dutch design
F-211 Allende Allende Frigate Purchased from the United States
F-212 Abasolo Purchased from the United States
F-213 Victoria Purchased from the United States
F-214 Mina Purchased from the United States
A-301 Huracán Huracán Missile boat Purchased from Israel
A-302 Tormenta Purchased from Israel
PO-102 Juan de la Barrera Valle Offshore patrol vessel Purchased from the United States
PO-103 Mariano Escobedo Purchased from the United States
PO-104 Manuel Doblado Purchased from the United States
PO-106 Santos Degollado Purchased from the United States
PO-108 Juan N. Álvarez Purchased from the United States
PO-109 Manuel Gutiérrez Zamora Purchased from the United States
PO-110 Valentín Gómez Farías Purchased from the United States
PO-112 Francisco Zarco Purchased from the United States
PO-113 Ignacio L. Vallarta Purchased from the United States
PO-114 Jesús González Ortega Purchased from the United States
PO-117 Mariano Matamoros Purchased from the United States
PO-121 Uribe Uribe Offshore patrol vessel Purchased from Spain
PO-122 Azueta Purchased from Spain
PO-123 Baranda Purchased from Spain
PO-124 Bretón Purchased from Spain
PO-125 Blanco Purchased from Spain
PO-126 Monasterio Purchased from Spain
PO-131 Holzinger Holzinger Offshore patrol vessel Built in Mexico
PO-132 Godínez Built in Mexico
PO-133 De la Vega Built in Mexico
PO-134 Berriozabal Built in Mexico
PO-141 Sierra Sierra Offshore patrol vessel / Corvette Designed and built in Mexico
PO-143 Prierto Designed and built in Mexico
PO-144 Romero Designed and built in Mexico
PO-151 Durango Durango Offshore patrol vessel Designed and built in Mexico
PO-152 Sonora Designed and built in Mexico
PO-153 Guanajuato Designed and built in Mexico
PO-154 Veracruz Designed and built in Mexico
PO-161 Oaxaca Oaxaca Offshore patrol vessel Designed and built in Mexico
PO-162 Baja California Designed and built in Mexico
PO-163 Independencia Designed and built in Mexico
PO-164 Revolución Designed and built in Mexico
PO-165 Chiapas Designed and built in Mexico
PO-166 Hidalgo Designed and built in Mexico
PO-167 Jalisco Designed and built in Mexico
PO-168 Tabasco Designed and built in Mexico
PC-202 Cordova Azteca Coastal patrol boat Built in Mexico
PC-206 Rayón Built in Mexico
PC-207 Rejón
PC-208 De la Fuente Built in Mexico
PC-209 Guzmán Built in Mexico
PC-210 Ramírez Built in Mexico
PC-211 Mariscal Built in Mexico
PC-212 Jara Built in Mexico
PC-214 Colima Built in Mexico
PC-215 Lizardi Built in Mexico
PC-216 Mugica Built in Mexico
PC-218 Velazco Built in Mexico
PC-220 Macías Built in Mexico
PC-223 Tamaulipas Built in Mexico
PC-224 Yucatán Built in Mexico
PC-225 Tabasco Built in Mexico
PC-226 Cochimie Built in Mexico
PC-228 Puebla Built in Mexico
PC-230 Vicario Built in Mexico
PC-231 Ortíz Built in Mexico
PC-241 Demócrata Demócrata Coastal patrol boat Built in Mexico
PC-242 Francisco I. Madero Built in Mexico
PC-331 Tenochtitlan Tenochtitlan Coastal patrol boat Built in Mexico
PC-332 Teotihuacan Built in Mexico
PC-333 Palenque Built in Mexico
PC-334 Mitla Built in Mexico
PC-335 Uxmal Built in Mexico
PC-336 Tajín Built in Mexico
PC-337 Tulum Built in Mexico
PC-338 Monte Albán Built in Mexico
PC-339 Bonampak Built in Mexico
PC-340 Chichen Itzá Built in Mexico
PC-271 Cabo Corrientes Cabo Coastal patrol boat Purchased from the United States
PC-272 Cabo Corzo Purchased from the United States
PC-273 Cabo Catoche Purchased from the United States
PI-1101 Polaris Polaris Interceptor patrol boat
PI-1102 Sirius
PI-1103 Capella
PI-1104 Canopus
PI-1105 Vega
PI-1106 Achernar
PI-1107 Rigel
PI-1108 Arturus
PI-1109 Alpheratz
PI-1110 Procyon
PI-1111 Avyor
PI-1112 Deben
PI-1113 Fomalhuat
PI-1114 Pollux
PI-1115 Regulus
PI-1116 Acrux
PI-1117 Spica
PI-1118 Hadar
PI-1119 Shaula
PI-1120 Mirfak
PI-1121 Ankaa
PI-1122 Bellatrix
PI-1123 Elnath
PI-1124 Arnilan
PI-1125 Peacock
PI-1126 Betelgeuse
PI-1127 Adhara
PI-1128 Alioth
PI-1129 Rosalhague
PI-1130 Nunki
PI-1131 Hamal
PI-1132 Suhail
PI-1133 Dubhe
PI-1134 Denebola
PI-1135 Alkaid
PI-1136 Alphecca
PI-1137 Eltanin
PI-1138 Cochab
PI-1139 Enif
PI-1140 Shedaf
PI-1141 Markab
PI-1142 Megrez
PI-1143 Mizar
PI-1144 Phekda
PI-1145 Acamar
PI-1146 Diphda
PI-1147 Menkar
PI-1148 Sabik
PI-1201 Coronado Isla Interceptor patrol boat Built in Mexico
PI-1202 Lobos Built in Mexico
PI-1203 Guadalupe Built in Mexico
PI-1204 Cozumel Built in Mexico
PI-1301 Acuario Acuario Interceptor patrol boat Built in Mexico
PI-1302 Aguila Built in Mexico
PI-1303 Aries Built in Mexico
PI-1304 Auriga Built in Mexico
PI-1305 Cáncer Built in Mexico
PI-1306 Capricornio Built in Mexico
PI-1307 Centauro Acuario B Interceptor patrol boat Built in Mexico
PI-1308 Géminis Built in Mexico
PI-1401 Miaplacidus Polaris II Interceptor patrol boat
PI-1402 Algol
PI-1403 Castor
PI-1404 Merak
PI-1405 Caph
PI-1406 Mirach
PI-1407 Alhena
PI-1408 Saiph
PI-1409 Algorab
A-411 Papaloapan Papaloapan Tank landing ship Purchased from the United States
A-412 Usumacinta Purchased from the United States
BAL-01 Isla Tubarón Isla Tubarón[2] Logistics ship Built in Mexico
BAL-02 Isla Holbox Built in Mexico
BAL-11 Isla Madre Isla Madre (Damen Stan 5009 Fast Crew Supplier) Logistics ship Built in Netherlands
BE-01 Cuauhtémoc - Sail training ship Built in Spain
BI-01 Comala Altair[2] Research ship Purchased from the United States
BI-02 Onjuku Confiscated from Japan
BI-03 Sayulita Altair Manzanillo[3] Purchased from the United States
BI-04 Pátzcuaro Veracruz[3] Purchased from the United States
BI-05 Rio Suchiate Purchased from the United States
BI-06 Zimapán Altair Purchased from the United States
BI-07 Amealco Purchased from the United States
BI-08 Mazunte ?
BI-09 Rizo - ?
BI-10 Cabezo ?
BI-11 De Adentro ?
ATR-01 Maya Maya Transport ship ?
ATR-03 Tarasco ?
ARE-01 Otomí Otomí Tugboat Purchased from the United States
ARE-02 Yaqui Purchased from the United States
ARE-03 Seri Purchased from the United States
ARE-04 Cora Purchased from the United States
ARE-05 Iztaccihuatl Iztaccihuatl Purchased from the United States
ARE-06 Popocatépetl Purchased from the United States
ARE-07 Citlaltépetl Purchased from the United States
ARE-08 Xinantécatl Purchased from the United States
ARE-09 Matlalcueye Purchased from the United States
ARE-10 Tláloc Purchased from the United States
ARE-11 Tepehua Kukulkán[2]
ARE-12 Huave
ATQ-01 Aguascalientes Aguascalientes Tanker Purchased from the United States
ATQ-02 Tlaxcala Purchased from the United States
AMP-01 Huasteco - Multipurpose Built in Mexico
AMP-02 Zapoteco Built in Mexico
ADR-01 Banderas - Dredger ?
ADR-02 Magdalena ?
ADR-03 Kino ?
ADR-04 Yavaros ?
ADR-05 Chamela ?
ADR-06 Tepoca ?
ADR-07 Todo Santos ?
ADR-08 Asunción ?
ADR-09 Almejas ?
ADR-10 Chacagua ?
ADR-11 Coyuca ?
ADR-12 Farallón ?
ADR-13 Chairel ?
ADR-14 San Adrés ?
ADR-15 San Ignacio ?
ADR-16 Términos ?
ADR-17 Teculapa ?
ADR-31 Contralmirante Luis Schaufelberger Alatorre José Villalpando Rascón[2] ?
ADR-32 Comodoro David Coello Ochoa ?
AM-60801 Alvarado - Support ship ?
AM-41801 Blanquilla ?
AM-22601 Catemaco ?
AM-51701 Chapala ?
AM-21202 De en Medio ?
AM-22602 Galleguilla ?
AM-51902 Lagartos ?
AM-60802 Pájaros ?
AM-21201 Palancar ?
AM-51901 Progreso ?
AM-32315 Sisal ?
AM-32316 Tanhuijo ?

Decommissioned ships

Hull no. Ship name Class Date retired Comment
PC-281 Punto Morro Punto Coastal patrol boat Unknown
PC-282 Punto Mastun Unknown
G-04 Ponciano Arriaga Valle Offshore patrol vessel 1988
G-17 Mariano Matamoros Unknown, Before 1993
PO-101 Leandro Valle 2004
PO-105 Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada 2004
PO-107 Ignacio de la Llave 2004
PO-111 Ignacio Altamirano 2004 Supposedly seen abandoned, afloat near Guaymas, Mexico.
PO-115 Felipe Xicoténcatl 2004
PO-116 Juan Aldama 2004
B-03 California California Offshore patrol vessel 1972 Wrecked at Baja California, 16 January 1972
B-04 Papaloapan 1976 Scrapped after running aground, 1976
B-05 Tehuantepec 1989 Scrapped, 1989
B-06 Usumacinta 16 July 2001 Scrapped, 2002
B-07 Coahuila Coahuila July 2001 Renamed ARM Vincente Guerrero, 1994. Later renamed again to ARM Coahuila (E-21).[4][5]
B-08 Chihuahua California 16 July 2001
E-01 Cuauhtémoc Cuauhtémoc Destroyer 1982
E-02 Cuitláhuac 2001 Plans of converting the ship to a museum ship fell through and later scrapped.[6][7]
E-03 Quetzalcoatl Quetzalcóatl Destroyer 2002 Renamed ARM Ilhuicamina (E-10), late 1982.
E-04 Netzahualcóyotl 2014
PO-142 Juarez Sierra Offshore patrol vessel / Corvette 2003 Sunk as target, 2007
- California (1947) California Frigate Unknown Scrapped, 1964
General José María Morelos Unknown Scrapped, 1964
General Vicente Guerrero Unknown Scrapped, 1964
Papaloapan Unknown Scrapped, 1965
F-201 Nicolas Bravo Bravo Frigate 2017
F-202 Hermenegildo Galeana 2017
A-01 Rio Panuco Panuco Tank landing ship Unknown Sunk as artificial reef, 2010
A-02 Manzanillo 16 November 2011
A-05 General Vincente Guerrero Unknown Renamed ARM Rio Grijalva (A-403), 1993.[8]
A-06 Commodore Manuel Azueta Manuel Azueta Training ship / Destroyer 3 July 2015 Renamed ARM Commodore Manuel Azueta Perillos (E-30), 1994. Renamed again to ARM Commodore Manuel Azueta (D-111), 2001.[9]
C-07 Guanajuato - Gunboat 2001 Museum ship in Boca del Río, since 2007
- DM-01 DM-01 Minesweeper 2000 Sunk as artificial reef, August 2001
DM-02 1986 Scrapped, 1 August 1988
DM-03 16 July 2001
DM-04 (1962) April 1973 Replaced by another ship from the same class
DM-04 (1973) 16 July 2001
DM-05 1999 Sunk as artificial reef, 1999
DM-06 1986
DM-07 Unknown
DM-08 Unknown
DM-09 Unknown
DM-10 1986
DM-11 2000 Sunk as artificial reef, 2000[10]
DM-12 2000 Sunk as artificial reef, 2000
DM-13 2000 Sunk as artificial reef, 2000
DM-14 16 July 2001
DM-15 Unknown
DM-16 1986
DM-17 2000
DM-18 16 July 2001
DM-19 16 July 2001
DM-20 After 2007 Sunk as artificial reef, date unknown[11]
H-41 Almirante Câmara - Research ship 2004
- Sotoyomo Sotoyomo Tugboat Unknown

Historical ship

Ship name Type Service Photo Fate
Guadaloupe Frigate 1842-1847
Sold to the Spanish Navy at Cuba in August 1847
Montezuma Frigate 1842-1846 Sold to the Spanish Navy at Cuba in August 1846
Meteoro Brigantine 1848-1850 Sold to Chile, 1850
Libertad Gunboat 1874-?
Independencia Gunboat 1874-?
Guerra Demócrata Gunboat 1875-?
Zaragoza Corvette 1892-1926
Sunk as target, 1926
Agua Prieta Gunboat 1920-1935
Anáhuac Cruiser 1924-1938
Scrapped, 1938
Orizaba Yacht 1939-1960 Scrapped, 1960

References

  1. ^ "Comunicado de Prensa 177/2012". Semar.gob.mx. Archived from the original on 2012-09-14. Retrieved 2012-09-12.
  2. ^ a b c d "Acuerdos Secretariales para Unidades de Superficie" (PDF) (in Spanish). Armada de Mexico. January 2023. Archived (PDF) from the original on 22 February 2024. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
  3. ^ a b "Buques de Investigación Oceanográfica". digaohm.semar.gob.mx. Retrieved 2022-01-23.
  4. ^ Wertheim, Eric, ed. (2007). "Mexico". The Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World: Their Ships, Aircraft, and Systems (15th ed.). Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. p. 472. ISBN 978-1-59114-955-2. OCLC 140283156.
  5. ^ "Barber (6114753)". Miramar Ship Index. Retrieved 16 December 2009.
  6. ^ LACEY, MARC; BARANGER, WALT (2008-07-15). "One More Battle for a Vintage Warship". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-01-23.
  7. ^ "Destroyer Photo Index DD-574 USS JOHN RODGERS". www.navsource.org. Retrieved 2022-01-23.
  8. ^ "Fabius (ARVA-5) Class". www.shipscribe.com. Retrieved 2022-01-23.
  9. ^ Wertheim, Eric, ed. (2007). "Mexico". The Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World: Their Ships, Aircraft, and Systems (15th ed.). Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. pp. 472–73. ISBN 978-1-59114-955-2. OCLC 140283156.
  10. ^ "The History of the C-54 Agustin Melgar". Blue Nation Baja. 2018-08-31. Retrieved 2022-01-23.
  11. ^ Cancun, Endless Tours (2010-08-11). "Endless Tours Cancun: C-58 Minesweeper Wreck Site - Advanced Diving Attraction". Endless Tours Cancun. Retrieved 2022-01-23.
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Commissioned ships of the Mexican Navy
Frigates
Bravo class
  • Nicolás Bravo
  • Hermenegildo Galeana
Allende class
  • Allende
  • Abasolo
  • Victoria
  • Mina
Amphibious
assault ships
Panuco class
  • 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
  • Sierra
  • Prieto
  • Romero
Durango class
  • Durango
  • Sonora
  • Guanajuato
  • Veracruz
Oaxaca class
  • Oaxaca
  • Baja California
  • Independencia
  • Revolucion
Coastal
patrol
ships
Tenochtitlan class
  • Tenochtitlan
  • Teotihuacan
  • Palenque
  • Mitla
  • Uxmal
  • Tajín
  • Tulum
  • Tulum
  • Bonampak
  • Chichen Itzá
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
Training ships
  • Cuauhtémoc
  • Manuel Azueta