| Mexican Navy | |
|---|---|
| Armada de México (Spanish) | |
 | |
| Founded | January 19, 1800 |
| Country | Mexico |
| Type | Navy |
| Role | Naval warfare |
| Size | 87,556 personnel (2024) |
| Part of | Secretariat of the Navy |
| Anniversaries | June 1, National Navy Day[1] |
| Engagements | |
| Commanders | |
| Current commander | Admiral José Rafael Ojeda Durán |
| Insignia | |
| Naval jack |  |
The Mexican Navy is one of the two independent armed forces of Mexico. The actual naval forces are called the Armada de México. The Secretaría de Marina (SEMAR) (English: Naval Secretariat) includes both the Armada itself and the attached ministerial and civil service. The commander of the Navy is the Secretary of the Navy, who is both a cabinet minister and a career naval officer.
The Mexican Navy's stated mission is "to use the naval force of the federation for external defense, and to help with internal order".[2] As of 2020, the Navy consisted of about 68,200 men and women plus reserves,[3] over 189 ships, and about 130 aircraft.[4][5] The Navy attempts to maintain a constant modernization program to upgrade its response capability.
Given Mexico's large area of water (3,149,920 km2 (1,216,190 sq mi)) and extensive coastline (11,122 km (6,911 mi)), the Navy's duties are of great importance. Perhaps its most important on-going missions are fighting the Mexican drug war, which includes protecting Pemex's oil wells in Campeche in the Gulf of Mexico. Another important task of the Mexican Navy is to help people in hurricane relief operations and other natural disasters.
The Mexican navy is the second largest navy in Latin America and North America, and the third largest in the Americas after the United States and Brazil.
- ^ "Día de la Marina". sct.gob.mx. Archived from the original on May 31, 2015. Retrieved December 24, 2014.
- ^ "Mission and objectives" Archived July 7, 2007, at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
- ^ "Secretaria de Marina – Armada de México". Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved December 24, 2014.
- ^ [1] Archived September 11, 2008, at the Wayback Machine Rendición de cuentas SEMAR 2006 página 40
- ^ "Material Aereo" Archived February 5, 2007, at the Wayback Machine(outdated page) (in Spanish)