- Drug Interception
- External links
- References
{{Infobox ship image| Ship image=ARM Durango.jpg | Ship caption=ARM Durango
}}{{Infobox ship career | Hide header= | Ship country=Mexico | Mexico|naval}} | Ship name=ARM Durango | Ship namesake= | Ship ordered= | Ship builder=Mexican Navy Ship yards | Ship yard number= | Ship laid down= | Ship launched= | Ship acquired= | Ship commissioned=11 September 2000 | Ship decommissioned= | Ship in service= | Ship out of service= | Ship struck= | Ship reinstated= | Ship honours= | Ship fate= | Ship status={{ship in active service}} | Ship notes=
}}{{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header= | Header caption= | Durango|patrol vessel}} | Ship displacement=1,500+ tons | 81.4|m|abbr=on}} | 10.5|m|abbr=on}} | Ship draught= | 3.90|m|abbr=on}} | Ship propulsion= | 20|kn}} | Ship range= | Ship troops=capacity for 70 | Ship complement=55 | Ship sensors= | Ship EW= | Ship armament=*Bofors 57 mm Mk 3 gun | Ship armour= | Ship armor=Rolled armor with composite overlay | Ship aircraft= Eurocopter Fennec | Ship aircraft facilities=Helipad and helicopter hangar | Ship notes=
}} | ARM Durango (PO-151) is a {{sclass-|Durango|patrol vessel}} in the Mexican Navy with a main 57 mm 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 DurangoDrug InterceptionOn December 6, 2009, ARM Durango, in a joint operation with a United States Coast Guard ship, intercepted four boats {{convert|55|nmi|km}} from the Guatemalan - Mexico border in the Pacific. Twenty packages of cocaine with the weight of {{convert|262|kg}} were seized and nine men were detained.[1] External links- {{cite web| title= Mexican Naval Secretariat| url= http://www.semar.gob.mx/newclass/patrulla.htm#durango| accessdate= 2007-07-24| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20070810014508/http://www.semar.gob.mx/newclass/patrulla.htm#durango| archivedate= 2007-08-10| deadurl= yes| df= }}
References1. ^http://www.semar.gob.mx/sitio/?option=com_content&task=view&id=1189&Itemid=201
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