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Oaxaca-class Patrol Vessel
The ''Oaxaca'' class are Patrol boat, 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 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 Secretary of The Navy Shipyards, Naval Shipyards. Description The vessels are long and have a Draft (hull), draft of , and a Beam (nautical), beam of . They Displacement (ship), displace . Primary armament is a single Otobreda 76 mm, OTO Melara naval gun or Bofors 57 mm L/70 naval artillery gun, Bofors 57 mm gun. They also mount a pair of OTO Melara remote controlled naval turret Mod. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Secretary Of The Navy Shipyards
The Astilleros de la Secretaría de Marina (Mexican Secretary of The Navy Shipyards), are also known as ASTIMAR. The yards are dependent on the Mexican General Directorate of Naval Construction of the Mexican Navy, which carries out various types of naval construction and repairs in the Mexican territory. Facilities These yards have five facilities: *In the Gulf of Mexico **Shipyard Marina 1 (ASTIMAR 1) in Tampico, Tamaulipas **Shipyard Marina 3 (ASTIMAR 3) in Coatzacoalcos, Veracruz *In the Pacific Ocean **Shipyard Marina 6 (ASTIMAR 6) in Guaymas, Sonora **Shipyard Marina 18 (ASTIMAR 18) in Acapulco, Guerrero **Shipyard Marina 20 (ASTIMAR 20) in Salina Cruz, Oaxaca Oaxaca ( , also , , from nci, Huāxyacac ), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Oaxaca ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Oaxaca), is one of the 32 states that compose the political divisions of Mexico, Federative Entities of Mexico. It is ... The construction of the Ocean Patrol Vessels (OPV) are being carr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |