Mexican Navy

The Mexican Navy (Template:Langx) is one of the components of the Mexican Armed Forces. The Secretariat of the Navy is in charge of administration of the navy. 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".<ref>"Mission and objectives" Template:Webarchive Template:In lang</ref> As of 2020, the Navy consisted of about 68,200 personnel plus reserves,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> over 189 ships, and about 130 aircraft.<ref name="autogenerated1">[1] Template:Webarchive Rendición de cuentas SEMAR 2006 página 40</ref><ref>"Material Aereo" Template:Webarchive(outdated page) Template:In lang</ref> The Navy attempts to maintain a constant modernization program to upgrade its response capability.

Given Mexico's large area of water (Template:Convert) and extensive coastline (Template:Convert), 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.

History

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Depiction of Mexican Navy Lieutenant José Azueta firing a French Hotchkiss machine gun in the defense of Veracruz during the Second U.S. intervention of the Mexican Revolution, painting at the Naval Historical Museum in Mexico City

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Mexico's naval jack from 1994 to 2000

The Mexican Navy has its origins in the creation of the Ministry of War in 1821. From that year until 1939 it existed jointly with the Mexican Army in the organic ministry. Since its declaration of independence from Spain in September 1810, through the mid decades of the 19th century, Mexico found itself in a constant state of war, mostly against Spain which had not recognized its independence. Therefore, its priority was to purchase its first fleet from the U.S. to displace the last remaining Spanish forces from its coasts.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

The Mexican Navy has participated in many naval battles to protect and defend Mexico's interests. Some of the most important battles were:

Attempts by Spain to reconquer Mexico

• Takeover of the San Juan de Ulúa fort (1821–1825)
• The invasion of Cabo Rojo (1829)
• Battle of Mariel (February, 1828)

The first French intervention in Mexico (The 'Pastry War') (November 1838 – March 1839)

• An entire Armada was captured at Veracruz

Texan Independence (1836–1845)

• Texas Navy

Yucatán Independence (1841–1848)

• Naval Battle of Campeche

The Mexican–American War (1846–1848)

The Second French Intervention (1862–1867)

The Mexican Revolution (1910–1919)

• First Battle of Topolobampo
• Second Battle of Topolobampo
• Third Battle of Topolobampo
• Tampico Affair
• Fourth Battle of Topolobampo

Second invasion by the United States (April 9, 1914 – November 23, 1914)

• United States occupation of Veracruz

Historical ships

• Schooner Anáhuac
• Schooner Iguala
• Cutter Campechana
• Cutter Chalco
• Cutter Chapala
• Cutter Orizaba
• Cutter Texcoco
• Cutter Zumpango
• Cutter Papaloapan
• Cutter Tampico
• Cutter Tlaxcalteca
• Cutter Tuxpan
• Ship Congreso Mexicano (previously called Asia and San Jerónimo)
• Brigantine Constante
• Brigantine Vicente Guerrero
• Steamer paddle frigate Guadalupe
• Steamer paddle frigate Montezuma
• Steamer gunboat Libertad

• Steamer gunboat Independencia
• Steamer Guerra Demócrata
• Steam yacht Orizaba
• Gunboat Democráta
• Gunboat México
• Corvette Template:Ship
• School ship Yucatán
• Pontoon Chetumal
• Gunboat Tampico
• Gunboat Veracruz
• Gunboat Nicolás Bravo
• Transport vessel Progreso
• Transport Vicente Guerrero
• Gunboat Agua Prieta
• Coastal defence Battleship Anáhuac
• Auxiliary ship Zaragoza II
• School ship Velero Cuauhtémoc

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  Mexican Navy gunboat Libertad in the 1870s

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  Mexican Navy training ship Cuauhtemoc in 2005

Organization

The President of Mexico is commander in chief of all military forces. Day-to-day control of the Navy lies with the Navy Secretary, José Rafael Ojeda Durán.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In Mexico there is no joint force command structure with the army, so the Secretary reports directly to the President. The Navy has a General Headquarters and three naval forces. There are furthermore eight regions (four on the Pacific coast, three on the Mexican Gulf coast and the Región Naval Central, grouping the naval forces, based in and around the capital Mexico City, such as the 7th Naval Infantry Brigade, the Central Special Operations Group and the Air Transport Squadron), thirteen zones, and fourteen naval sectors.

The Navy is divided into three main services designated as "forces":

• Gulf and Caribbean Sea Naval Force
• Pacific Naval Force
• Naval Infantry Force

Other notable services include:

• Naval Aviation
• Search and Rescue

Officers are trained at the Mexican Naval Academy, called the "Heroica Escuela Naval Militar" ("Heroic Military Naval School"), located in Antón Lizardo, Veracruz.

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Mexican Naval Infantry Marines insignia

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Mexican marines displaying three different camouflage patterns used by the Mexican marine corps.

Naval Infantry

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The Mexican Naval Infantry Corps was reorganized in 2007–2009 into 30 Naval Infantry Battalions (Batallones de Infantería de Marina – BIM), a paratroop battalion, a battalion attached to the Presidential Guard Brigade, two Fast Reaction Forces with six battalions each, and three Special Forces groups.<ref>Informe 2009 Secretaria de Marina – Armada de MéxicoTemplate:Dead link</ref> The Naval Infantry are responsible for port security, protection of the ten-kilometer coastal fringe, and patrolling major waterways.

The Naval Infantry also is responsible for 23 National Service Training Units under the responsibility of the Navy Secretary, enforcing the National Service obligation for Mexicans of teenage and young adult age.

Naval Aviation

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Search and rescue units

{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} In 2008, the Mexican Navy created its new search and rescue system, allocated in strategic ports at Pacific and Gulf of Mexico ports, to provide assistance to any ships which are in jeopardy or at risk due to mechanical failure, weather conditions or life risk to the crew. To provide such support, the Navy has ordered Coast Guard Defender class ships (two per station, and one 47-Foot Motor Lifeboat coast guard vessel). Other stations will be provided only with Template:Sclass2s.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Maritime role

On April 1, 2014, SEMAR officially announced the creation of Port Protection Naval Units (Unidades Navales de Protección Portuaria: UNAPROP) which will include a marine section.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The main task of UNAPROPs is to ensure maritime surveillance and inspection.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Training and education

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A Mexican marine fast-ropes onto the flight deck of the German support ship Frankfurt Am Main during a simulated multi-national maritime interdiction operation

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Roundel of Mexico Naval Aviation insignia

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A Mexican Naval Aviation BO-105 helicopter

The Navy offers several options for graduate studies in their educational institutions:

Heroica Escuela Naval Militar

It is the school where future officers are trained for the General Corps of the Navy. Candidates can enter upon completing high school. Upon completion of studies, graduates obtain the degree of Sub-Lieutenant and the title of Naval Science Engineer.

Naval Medical School

This school Located in Mexico City, offers a career in medicine. Officers are trained with skills for the prevention and health care of naval personnel. By adopting a professional examination, graduates are commissioned Sub-Lieutenants.

Naval Engineering School

In the Naval Engineering School, officers are responsible for the preventive and corrective maintenance of systems and electronic equipment installed on ships and installations of the Mexican Navy. This school offers career of Electronic Engineering and Naval Communications. It is located between the town of Mata Grape and Anton Lizardo, Template:Convert from the port of Veracruz.

Naval Nursing School

Here the time to achieve a nursing degree lasts eight semesters. Officers are trained with the knowledge and skills necessary to enable them to assist medical personnel in caring for patients in hospitals, sanatoriums, clinics, health sections on land, aboard ships and at The Naval Medical Center.

Naval Aviation School

The Naval Aviation School trains pilots for the Mexican Naval Aviation as well as staff from the Federal Preventive Police and Naval personnel from various countries of Central America. This school is located on La Paz, Baja California Sur.<ref>SIAL Sistema Informativo Aeronáutico Latinoamericano Template:Webarchive</ref>

Search, Rescue and Diving School

Located in Acapulco, members of The Navy are trained for marine search, rescue and diving. It also trains state police officers and firefighters.

Rank insignia

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Commissioned officer ranks

The rank insignia of commissioned officers.

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Other ranks

The rank insignia of non-commissioned officers and enlisted personnel.

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Modernization and budget

The annual Navy's budget is in a one to three proportion of the national budget relative to the Mexican Army and Mexican Air Force. The Navy has a reputation for being well-run and well-organized. This reputation allows for a close relationship with the United States Navy (USN), as evidenced by the procurement of numerous former USN ships.

Ships

The Secretary of the Navy, Admiral Mariano Francisco Saynez Mendoza, announced on October 1, 2007, detailed plans to upgrade and modernize the country's naval capabilities. On the following day, La Jornada newspaper from Mexico City, disclosed the Mexican Navy plans, which are among others, to build six offshore patrol vessels (OPVs) with a length of Template:Convert, 1,680 tons and each housing a Eurocopter Panther helicopter as well as small high-speed interception boats. The budget for this project is above US$200 million.

Another project is to build 12 CB 90 HMN high speed (Template:Convert) interception boats under license from a Swedish boat company Dockstavarvet to the Mexican Navy. Also, a number of fully equipped planes for surveillance and maritime patrol are being considered. Combinations of options and development are being defined.

Shipbuilding

{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} The Mexican Navy depends upon their naval shipyards for construction and repairs of their ships. There are five shipyards located in the Gulf of Mexico and Pacific Ocean:

• Gulf of Mexico
  • Naval shipyard 1 (ASTIMAR 1) – Tampico, Tamaulipas
  • Naval shipyard 3 (ASTIMAR 3) – Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz
• Pacific Ocean
  • Naval shipyard 6 (ASTIMAR 6) – Guaymas, Sonora
  • Naval shipyard 18 (ASTIMAR 18) – Acapulco, Guerrero
  • Naval shipyard 20 (ASTIMAR 20) – Salina Cruz, Oaxaca

Missiles

The Mexican Navy initiated studies to develop and construct its first missile, according to a May 2005 interview with the undersecretary of the Navy, Armando Sanchez, the missile was to have an average range of Template:Convert and be able to target enemy ships and aircraft. The undersecretary added that they already had the solid propellant, and the basic design of the missile. All aspects relative to their fuselage were solved as well as the launch platforms. The Mexican Navy was developing the software to direct the missile to its target. In July 2008, the project was reported to be 80% complete. Despite this effort, the missile development was canceled in 2009 due to "problems with the propulsion system".<ref>Mexican Naval missile Template:Webarchive Template:In lang</ref>

Radar modernization

In 2009, the Mexican Navy began operating a batch of new MPQ-64 Sentinel radars in the oil-rich Gulf of Mexico. The radar network was installed in 2007 for a trial phase while military personnel were trained to get familiar with the system. The new installations will work together with combat surface vessels that patrol the area.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

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Mexican Navy Maritime search and rescue unit flag

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A Mexican Navy Maritime search and rescue team departs on a Royal Australian Air Force C-130H Hercules transport plane in Indonesia en route to Thailand to help survivors of the tsunami disaster in 2005

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Mexican Navy sailor in 2009

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CB 90 HMN – Polaris-class patrol interceptor

Present fleet

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Class	Image	Type	Ships	Origin
Frigates (5)
Reformador class<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> || File:ARM Benito Juarez (1).jpg	Multipurpose Frigate	F101 Benito Juárez<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>||Template:Flag/Template:Flag – Ships being built in The Netherlands and Mexico. At least 8 ships planned for fleet modernisation plan.
Missile boats (2)
Huracán class	File:Israel mexico navy ceremony.jpg	Missile boat	A301 Template:Ship A302 Template:Ship	Template:Flag – ex-Israeli Navy Template:Sclass2
Patrol vessel and other Warships (35)
Template:Sclass	File:A.R.M. Oaxaca (P161).JPG	Offshore patrol vessels	P161 Template:Ship P162 Template:Ship P163 Independencia P164 Revolución P165 Chiapas<ref name="ReferenceA">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> P166 Hidalgo<ref name="ReferenceA"/> P167 Jalisco<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> P168 Tabasco|| Template:Flag
Template:Sclass	File:ARM Durango.jpg	Offshore Patrol Vessel	P151 Template:Ship P152 Template:Ship P153 Template:Ship P154 Template:Ship	Template:Flag
Template:Sclass	File:Marina Michoacán.jpg	Corvette	P141 Sierra P143 Prieto P144 Template:Ship	Template:Flag
Template:Sclass	File:EPN. Día de la Marina.jpg	Offshore patrol vessels	P131 Holzinger P132 Godínez P133 De la Vega P134 Berriozabal	Template:Flag
Template:Sclass		Offshore patrol vessels	P122 Azueta P123 Baranda P124 Bretón P125 Blanco P126 Monasterio	Template:Flag
Template:Sclass	File:Quezon (PS 70).jpg	Converted Minesweeper / Offshore patrol vessels	P102 Juan de la Barrera P103 Mariano Escobedo P104 Manuel Doblado P106 Santos Degollado P108 Juan N. Álvarez P109 Manuel Gutiérrez Zamora P110 Valentín Gómez Farías P112 Francisco Zarco P113 Ignacio L. Vallarta P114 Jesús González Ortega P117 Mariano Matamoros	Template:Flag – ex-Template:Sclass
Coastal patrol ships (44)
Template:Sclass<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> || File:Patrulla Costera ARM Teotihuacan.jpg || Coastal patrol || PC331 Template:Ship PC332 Template:Ship PC333 ARM Palenque PC334 ARM Mitla PC335 ARM Uxmal PC336 ARM Tajin<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> PC337 ARM Tulum<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> PC338 ARM Monte Albán<ref name="gob.mx"/> PC339 ARM Bonampak<ref name="4° Informe">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> PC340 Chichen Iztzá || Template:Flag/Template:Flag Based on Damen Stan Patrol 4207
Template:Sclass2	File:Patrulla Costera Clase Azteca ARM Tamaulipas.jpg	Coastal patrol	PC202 Cordova PC206 Rayón PC207 Rejón PC208 De la Fuente PC209 Guzmán PC210 Ramírez PC211 Mariscal PC212 Jara PC214 Colima PC215 Lizardi PC216 Mugica PC218 Velazco PC220 Macías PC223 Tamaulipas PC224 Yucatán PC225 Tabasco PC226 Cochimie PC228 Puebla PC230 Vicario PC231 Ortíz	United Kingdom Template:Flag
Template:Sclass		Coastal patrol	PC241 Demócrata PC242 Francisco I. Madero	Template:Flag
Template:Sclass2		Coastal patrol	PC271 Corriente PC272 Corso PC273 Catoche	Template:Flag
Template:Sclass2		Coastal patrol	PC-281 Morro PC-282 Mastún	Template:Flag
Interceptors
Polaris class	File:ARM Armelnath 3.jpg	Small Patrol vessel	44 In service	Template:Flag
Polaris II class	File:ARM Armelnath 3.jpg	Small Patrol vessel	6 In service + 17 under construction	Template:Flag
Acuario A/B class		Patrol vessel	In service	Template:Flag
Isla class		Patrol boat	In service	Template:Flag
Amphibious ships (3)
Papaloapan class	File:US Navy 050909-N-8154G-180 The Mexican Navy amphibious ship Papaloapan (P-411) sits off the coast of Mississippi preparing to assist with Hurricane Katrina relief efforts along the Gulf Coast.jpg	Tank landing ship	A411 Papaloapan A412 Usumacinta	Template:Flag – ex-USN Template:Sclass
Panuco class	File:LST-942 underway in late 1944.jpg	Tank landing ship	A402 Manzanillo	Template:Flag – ex-US Navy USS Clearwater County, transferred in 1972
Logistic support vessel (2)
Template:Sclass	File:ARM Montes Azules leaving Port of Guaymas, 04.12.2019.jpg	Landing ship	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> || Template:Flag
TBD class		Supply ship	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> || Template:Flag/Template:Flag Based on Damen Stan 5009 Fast Crew Supplier
Mine counter-measure (6)
Template:Sclass		Minesweeper	Banderas Magdalena Kino Yavaros Chamela Tepoca	Template:Flag
Auxiliary vessels
Huasteco class		Multipurpose logistics vessel	AMP01 Huasteco AMP02 Zapoteco	Template:Flag
Maya class		Multipurpose	ATR01 Maya ATR02 Tarasco	Template:Flag
B.E.Cuauhtémoc class	File:Barquecuauhtemoc.jpg	Three-masted barque sail training ship	BE01 Template:Ship	Template:Flag

The Mexican Navy includes 60 smaller patrol boats and 32 auxiliary ships. It acquired 40 fast military assault crafts, designated CB 90 HMN, between 1999 and 2001 and obtained a production license in 2002, enabling further units to be manufactured in Mexico.

Modern equipment

Mexican Naval Infantry Inventory

Vehicle/System	Type	Versions
Armoured Vehicles
BTR-60/BTR-70	Amphibious Armored Personnel Carrier	APC-70
Carat Security Group	Armoured car	Wolverine (Escorpion)
Renault Sherpa Light<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>	Light Armored Vehicle	MACK Sherpa Scout
Land Rover	Military light utility vehicle	Defender 4x4
Infantry Transport Vehicles
AM General HMMWV<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>|| Military light utility vehicle || M1026, M1038, M1151
Ford-150<ref name="semar.gob.mx">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> || Pickup truck || 4x4 F-150 series pick up
Ford-250<ref name="semar.gob.mx"/>	Pickup truck	4x4 F-250 series pick up
Dodge Ram<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> || Pickup truck|| 4x4 Pick up
Mercedes-Benz G-Wagen<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> || Military light utility vehicle || 4x4 G-class
Trucks
Mercedes-Benz Zetros	Military truck	6x6 truck
Ural-4320<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> || Military truck || Off-road 6x6 truck
Unimog U-4000<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> || Military truck || 4x4 truck
Gama GoatTemplate:Citation needed	Amphibious 6-wheeled vehicle	6x6 truck
Freightliner M2<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> || Truck || 4x2 truck

Individual weapons and equipment

Mexican Naval Inventory

Name	Versions	Type
M16A2 rifle	5.56×45mm NATO	Assault rifle
M4 Carbine	5.56×45mm NATO	Carbine
IMI Galil	5.56×45mm NATO	Assault rifle
Heckler & Koch MP5	9×19mm	Submachine gun
Heckler & Koch UMP	.45 ACP	Submachine gun
FN P90	5.7×28mm	Submachine gun
Colt M1911	.45 ACP	Semi-automatic pistol
Beretta	9×19mm Parabellum	Pistol
Glock 17	9×19mm Parabellum	Semi-automatic pistol
Five-seveN	5.7×28mm	Semi-automatic pistol
Heckler & Koch MSG90	7.62×51mm NATO	Sniper rifle
Barrett M82	.50 BMG	Anti-material rifle
Remington 700	7.62×51mm NATO	Sniper rifle
FN Minimi	5.56×45mm NATO	Light machine gun
CETME Ameli<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> || 5.56×45mm NATO || Light machine gun
GAU-19	12.7×99mm NATO	Rotary machinegun
M2 Browning machine gun	12.7×99mm NATO	Heavy machine gun
M134	7.62×51mm NATO	Rotary machinegun
STK 40 AGL	40mm	Automatic grenade launcher
Milkor MGL	40mm	Grenade launcher
M203 grenade launcher	40mm	Grenade launcher
Remington 1100	12	Semi-automatic shotgun

Artillery

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Mexican Naval Inventory

Name	Versions	Type
Self-propelled artillery
Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/70	40mm	Anti-aircraft autocannon
Oerlikon	20mm	Anti-aircraft autocannon
Shipboard anti-aircraft artillery
Phalanx CIWS	20mm	Close in Weapon System
Multiple rocket launchers
FIROS	122mm	multiple rocket launcher
Towed artillery
OTO Melara Mod 56	105mm	Towed howitzer
K6	120mm	Heavy mortar
M29	81mm	Medium mortar
Brandt LR	60mm	Light mortar
Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/60	40mm	Towed anti-aircraft autocannon
Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/70	40mm	Towed anti-aircraft autocannon
Oerlikon	20mm	Towed anti-aircraft autocannon
Anti-shipping missiles
Gabriel	Mk. II	Anti-ship missile
RGM-84L Harpoon	Block II	Anti-ship missile
Anti-aircraft missiles
SA-18	72.2mm	Surface-to-air missile
RIM-116<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> || RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM) || Surface-to-air missile
RIM-162<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> || RIM-162 Evolved SeaSparrow Missile (ESSM) || Surface-to-air missile
Light anti-tank weapons
RPG-75	Anti-tank weapon	68mm
B300	Rocket-propelled grenade	82mm

Aircraft inventory

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Future

Template:Update section For the year 2008 budget, the Mexican Congress approved a US$15 million fund to build only 17 out of the 60 combat boats requested. These ships, designated CB 90 HMN, are to increase the Mexican Navy's fast boat fleet. Additional budgets will be awarded each passing year.<ref>It was published within the Chapter 13 of the SEMAR 2008 final budget, by the SHCP, the Mexican finance ministry for this period.</ref> In total, the Mexican Navy has over 189 operational ships.<ref name=autogenerated1 />

In January 2013, the 112th Session of US Congress authorized the transfer of the Template:Sclasss Template:USS and Template:USS to the Mexican Navy,<ref name="H.R. 6649">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> but due to the cost of overhauling the vessels and the removal of all the weapons systems and most of the electronics and radar gear by the USN prior to transfer, this is still undecided by Mexico. The offer expired on January 1, 2016.<ref name="H.R. 6649"/>

2014

On March 25, 2014 Beechcraft Corporation received an order of 2 T-6C+ military trainers from the Mexican Navy.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

On June 24, 2014, the Mexican Government requested the purchase of 5 UH-60Ms in USG configuration from the U.S.; its estimated cost is $225 million.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Also on June 24, BAE Systems announced it was awarded a contract by the Mexican Government to supply the navy with 4 Mk 3 57mm naval guns, for the ships of the Reformador class.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

See also

• Military of Mexico
• Mexican Naval Aviation
• Symphonic Orchestra and Chorus of the Secretariat of the Navy of Mexico

External links

• Secretary of the Navy Official site (Spanish)
• Naval Infantry official site (Spanish)