 ARM Oaxaca
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| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name | Oaxaca class |
| Builders | Tampico Naval Shipyard and Salina Cruz Naval Ship Yard |
| Operators |  Mexican Navy |
| Preceded by | Durango class |
| Planned | 12 |
| Building | 2 |
| Active | 8 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Patrol vessel |
| Displacement | 1,680 short tons (1,524.1 t) |
| Length | 282 ft 2 in (86.00 m) |
| Beam | 34 ft 4 in (10.46 m) |
| Draft | 11 ft 8 in (3.56 m) |
| Propulsion | 2 × Caterpillar 3616 V16 diesel engines, 2 props |
| Speed | 22 knots (41 km/h; 25 mph) |
| Complement | 77 Sailors, 39 Marines or Special Forces |
| Sensors and processing systems |
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| Armament |
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| Armor | ? |
| Aircraft carried | 1 × Panther helicopter |
| Aviation facilities | 1 helicopter hangar and Helipad |
The Oaxaca class are offshore patrol vessels, constructed and designed by and for the Mexican Navy. The class is named after the Mexican state of Oaxaca. The Mexican Navy has requested seven of these ships with four already in service, three in construction, which were disclosed on June 1[year missing] on the Navy anniversary, with the name PO-163 Independencia, which is to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the Independence of Mexico. Also, another ship PO-164, named Revolucion, is in the process of raising the Mexican flag in a couple of months. Two more to be constructed in Navy's Naval Shipyards.