Name ARM Sonora Commissioned 4 September 2000 Length 81 m Displacement 1.179 million kg | Namesake Sonora Status in active service Weight 1,321 tons | |
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Class and type Durango-class patrol vessel |
ARM Sonora (PO-152) is a Durango-class 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 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.
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