List of ships of the Mexican Navy explained

The list of Mexican Navy ships comprises all of the vessels that make up the Mexican Navy. The Mexican Navy operates four frigates, two missile boats and a number of patrol ships for both offshore and inshore patrol. The Mexican Navy also has six tank landing ships at its disposal.

Ships by number

Destroyers

• Manuel Azueta class - 1
• Cuauhtémoc class - 2
• Quetzalcóatl class - 2

Frigates

• California class - 4
• Brown class - 2
• - 4
• Reformador class - 1

Corvettes

• - 4

Missile boats

• Huracan class - 2

Offshore patrol vessels

• Valle class - 11
• California class - 4
• Coahuila class - 1
• - 5
• - 4
• - 4
• - 4
• - 8

Coastal patrol boats

• Demócrata class - 2
• - 20
• Punto class - 2
• - 10
• - 3

Interceptor patrol boats

• Polaris class - 47
• - 4
• - 6
• - 4
• Polaris II class - 9

Tank landing ships

• Panuco class - 3
• Papaloapan class - 2

Logistics ships

• Isla Tiburón class - 2 ^[1]
• Isla Madre class - 1

Training ships

• Cuauhtémoc class - 1

Transport ships

• Maya class - 2

Tankers

• Aguascalientes class - 2

Tugboats

• Otomí class - 4
• Sotoyomo class - 1
• Iztaccihuatl class - 6

List of ships

Hull no.	Ship name	Class	Type	Homeport	Comment
F-101 / POLA-101	Benito Juárez	Reformador (Sigma 10514 LROPV)	Frigate / Oceanic Patrol Vessel		Mexican built Dutch design
F-211	Allende	Allende	Frigate		Purchased from the United States
F-212	Abasolo				Purchased from the United States
F-213	Victoria				Purchased from the United States
F-214	Mina				Purchased from the United States
A-301	Huracán	Huracán	Missile boat		Purchased from Israel
A-302	Tormenta				Purchased from Israel
PO-102	Juan de la Barrera	Valle	Offshore patrol vessel		Purchased from the United States
PO-103	Mariano Escobedo				Purchased from the United States
PO-104	Manuel Doblado				Purchased from the United States
PO-106	Santos Degollado				Purchased from the United States
PO-108	Juan N. Álvarez				Purchased from the United States
PO-109	Manuel Gutiérrez Zamora				Purchased from the United States
PO-110	Valentín Gómez Farías				Purchased from the United States
PO-112	Francisco Zarco				Purchased from the United States
PO-113	Ignacio L. Vallarta				Purchased from the United States
PO-114	Jesús González Ortega				Purchased from the United States
PO-117	Mariano Matamoros				Purchased from the United States
PO-121	Uribe	Uribe	Offshore patrol vessel		Purchased from Spain
PO-122	Azueta				Purchased from Spain
PO-123	Baranda				Purchased from Spain
PO-124	Bretón				Purchased from Spain
PO-125	Blanco				Purchased from Spain
PO-126	Monasterio				Purchased from Spain
PO-131	Holzinger	Holzinger	Offshore patrol vessel		Built in Mexico
PO-132	Godínez				Built in Mexico
PO-133	De la Vega				Built in Mexico
PO-134	Berriozabal				Built in Mexico
PO-141	Sierra	Sierra	Offshore patrol vessel / Corvette		Designed and built in Mexico
PO-143	Prierto				Designed and built in Mexico
PO-144	Romero				Designed and built in Mexico
PO-151	Durango	Durango	Offshore patrol vessel		Designed and built in Mexico
PO-152	Sonora				Designed and built in Mexico
PO-153	Guanajuato				Designed and built in Mexico
PO-154	Veracruz				Designed and built in Mexico
PO-161	Oaxaca	Oaxaca	Offshore patrol vessel		Designed and built in Mexico
PO-162	Baja California				Designed and built in Mexico
PO-163	Independencia				Designed and built in Mexico
PO-164	Revolución				Designed and built in Mexico
PO-165	Chiapas				Designed and built in Mexico
PO-166	Hidalgo				Designed and built in Mexico
PO-167	Jalisco				Designed and built in Mexico
PO-168	Tabasco				Designed and built in Mexico
PC-202	Cordova	Azteca	Coastal patrol boat		Built in Mexico
PC-206	Rayón				Built in Mexico
PC-207	Rejón
PC-208	De la Fuente				Built in Mexico
PC-209	Guzmán				Built in Mexico
PC-210	Ramírez				Built in Mexico
PC-211	Mariscal				Built in Mexico
PC-212	Jara				Built in Mexico
PC-214	Colima				Built in Mexico
PC-215	Lizardi				Built in Mexico
PC-216	Mugica				Built in Mexico
PC-218	Velazco				Built in Mexico
PC-220	Macías				Built in Mexico
PC-223	Tamaulipas				Built in Mexico
PC-224	Yucatán				Built in Mexico
PC-225	Tabasco				Built in Mexico
PC-226	Cochimie				Built in Mexico
PC-228	Puebla				Built in Mexico
PC-230	Vicario				Built in Mexico
PC-231	Ortíz				Built in Mexico
PC-241	Demócrata	Demócrata	Coastal patrol boat		Built in Mexico
PC-242	Francisco I. Madero				Built in Mexico
PC-331	Tenochtitlan	Tenochtitlan	Coastal patrol boat		Built in Mexico
PC-332	Teotihuacan				Built in Mexico
PC-333	Palenque				Built in Mexico
PC-334	Mitla				Built in Mexico
PC-335	Uxmal				Built in Mexico
PC-336	Tajín				Built in Mexico
PC-337	Tulum				Built in Mexico
PC-338	Monte Albán				Built in Mexico
PC-339	Bonampak				Built in Mexico
PC-340	Chichen Itzá				Built in Mexico
PC-271	Cabo Corrientes	Cabo	Coastal patrol boat		Purchased from the United States
PC-272	Cabo Corzo				Purchased from the United States
PC-273	Cabo Catoche				Purchased from the United States
PI-1101	Polaris	Polaris	Interceptor patrol boat
PI-1102	Sirius
PI-1103	Capella
PI-1104	Canopus
PI-1105	Vega
PI-1106	Achernar
PI-1107	Rigel
PI-1108	Arturus
PI-1109	Alpheratz
PI-1110	Procyon
PI-1111	Avyor
PI-1112	Deben
PI-1113	Fomalhuat
PI-1114	Pollux
PI-1115	Regulus
PI-1116	Acrux
PI-1117	Spica
PI-1118	Hadar
PI-1119	Shaula
PI-1120	Mirfak
PI-1121	Ankaa
PI-1122	Bellatrix
PI-1123	Elnath
PI-1124	Arnilan
PI-1125	Peacock
PI-1126	Betelgeuse
PI-1127	Adhara
PI-1128	Alioth
PI-1129	Rosalhague
PI-1130	Nunki
PI-1131	Hamal
PI-1132	Suhail
PI-1133	Dubhe
PI-1134	Denebola
PI-1135	Alkaid
PI-1136	Alphecca
PI-1137	Eltanin
PI-1138	Cochab
PI-1139	Enif
PI-1140	Shedaf
PI-1141	Markab
PI-1142	Megrez
PI-1143	Mizar
PI-1144	Phekda
PI-1145	Acamar
PI-1146	Diphda
PI-1147	Menkar
PI-1148	Sabik
PI-1201	Coronado	Isla	Interceptor patrol boat		Built in Mexico
PI-1202	Lobos				Built in Mexico
PI-1203	Guadalupe				Built in Mexico
PI-1204	Cozumel				Built in Mexico
PI-1301	Acuario	Acuario	Interceptor patrol boat		Built in Mexico
PI-1302	Aguila				Built in Mexico
PI-1303	Aries				Built in Mexico
PI-1304	Auriga				Built in Mexico
PI-1305	Cáncer				Built in Mexico
PI-1306	Capricornio				Built in Mexico
PI-1307	Centauro	Acuario B	Interceptor patrol boat		Built in Mexico
PI-1308	Géminis				Built in Mexico
PI-1401	Miaplacidus	Polaris II	Interceptor patrol boat
PI-1402	Algol
PI-1403	Castor
PI-1404	Merak
PI-1405	Caph
PI-1406	Mirach
PI-1407	Alhena
PI-1408	Saiph
PI-1409	Algorab
A-411	Papaloapan	Papaloapan	Tank landing ship		Purchased from the United States
A-412	Usumacinta				Purchased from the United States
BAL-01	Isla Tubarón	Isla Tubarón	Logistics ship		Built in Mexico
BAL-02	Isla Holbox				Built in Mexico
BAL-11	Isla Madre	Isla Madre (Damen Stan 5009 Fast Crew Supplier)	Logistics ship		Built in Netherlands
BE-01	Cuauhtémoc	-	Sail training ship		Built in Spain
BI-01	Comala	Altair	Research ship		Purchased from the United States
BI-02	Onjuku				Confiscated from Japan
BI-03	Sayulita	Altair		Manzanillo^[2]	Purchased from the United States
BI-04	Pátzcuaro			Veracruz	Purchased from the United States
BI-05	Rio Suchiate				Purchased from the United States
BI-06	Zimapán	Altair			Purchased from the United States
BI-07	Amealco				Purchased from the United States
BI-08	Mazunte				?
BI-09	Rizo	-		?
BI-10	Cabezo				?
BI-11	De Adentro				?
ATR-01	Maya	Maya	Transport ship		?
ATR-03	Tarasco				?
ARE-01	Otomí	Otomí	Tugboat		Purchased from the United States
ARE-02	Yaqui				Purchased from the United States
ARE-03	Seri				Purchased from the United States
ARE-04	Cora				Purchased from the United States
ARE-05	Iztaccihuatl	Iztaccihuatl			Purchased from the United States
ARE-06	Popocatépetl				Purchased from the United States
ARE-07	Citlaltépetl				Purchased from the United States
ARE-08	Xinantécatl				Purchased from the United States
ARE-09	Matlalcueye				Purchased from the United States
ARE-10	Tláloc				Purchased from the United States
ARE-11	Tepehua	Kukulkán^[3]
ARE-12	Huave
ATQ-01	Aguascalientes	Aguascalientes	Tanker		Purchased from the United States
ATQ-02	Tlaxcala				Purchased from the United States
AMP-01	Huasteco	-	Multipurpose		Built in Mexico
AMP-02	Zapoteco				Built in Mexico
ADR-01	Banderas	-	Dredger		?
ADR-02	Magdalena				?
ADR-03	Kino				?
ADR-04	Yavaros				?
ADR-05	Chamela				?
ADR-06	Tepoca				?
ADR-07	Todo Santos				?
ADR-08	Asunción				?
ADR-09	Almejas				?
ADR-10	Chacagua				?
ADR-11	Coyuca				?
ADR-12	Farallón				?
ADR-13	Chairel				?
ADR-14	San Adrés				?
ADR-15	San Ignacio				?
ADR-16	Términos				?
ADR-17	Teculapa				?
ADR-31	Contralmirante Luis Schaufelberger Alatorre	José Villalpando Rascón			?
ADR-32	Comodoro David Coello Ochoa				?
AM-60801	Alvarado	-	Support ship		?
AM-41801	Blanquilla				?
AM-22601	Catemaco				?
AM-51701	Chapala				?
AM-21202	De en Medio				?
AM-22602	Galleguilla				?
AM-51902	Lagartos				?
AM-60802	Pájaros				?
AM-21201	Palancar				?
AM-51901	Progreso				?
AM-32315	Sisal				?
AM-32316	Tanhuijo				?

Decommissioned ships

Hull no.	Ship name	Class		Date retired	Comment
PC-281	Punto Morro	Punto	Coastal patrol boat	Unknown
PC-282				Unknown
G-04	Ponciano Arriaga	Valle	Offshore patrol vessel	1988
G-17	Mariano Matamoros			Unknown, Before 1993
PO-101	Leandro Valle			2004
PO-105	Sebastián Lerdo de Tejada			2004
PO-107	Ignacio de la Llave			2004
PO-111	Ignacio Altamirano			2004	Supposedly seen abandoned, afloat near Guaymas, Mexico.
PO-115	Felipe Xicoténcatl			2004
PO-116	Juan Aldama			2004
B-03	California	California	Offshore patrol vessel	1972	Wrecked at Baja California, 16 January 1972
B-04	Papaloapan			1976	Scrapped after running aground, 1976
B-05	Tehuantepec			1989	Scrapped, 1989
B-06	Usumacinta			16 July 2001	Scrapped, 2002
B-07	Coahuila	Coahuila		July 2001	Renamed ARM Vincente Guerrero, 1994. Later renamed again to ARM Coahuila (E-21).^[4]
B-08	Chihuahua	California		16 July 2001
E-01	Cuauhtémoc	Cuauhtémoc	Destroyer	1982
E-02	Cuitláhuac			2001	Plans of converting the ship to a museum ship fell through and later scrapped.^[5] ^[6]
E-03	Quetzalcoatl	Quetzalcóatl	Destroyer	2002	Renamed ARM Ilhuicamina (E-10), late 1982.
E-04	Netzahualcóyotl			2014
PO-142	Juarez	Sierra	Offshore patrol vessel / Corvette	2003	Sunk as target, 2007
-	California (1947)	California	Frigate	Unknown	Scrapped, 1964
	General José María Morelos			Unknown	Scrapped, 1964
	General Vicente Guerrero			Unknown	Scrapped, 1964
	Papaloapan			Unknown	Scrapped, 1965
F-201	Nicolas Bravo	Bravo	Frigate	2017
F-202	Hermenegildo Galeana			2017
A-01	Rio Panuco	Panuco	Tank landing ship	Unknown	Sunk as artificial reef, 2010
A-02	Manzanillo			16 November 2011
A-05	General Vincente Guerrero			Unknown	Renamed ARM Rio Grijalva (A-403), 1993.^[7]
A-06	Commodore Manuel Azueta	Manuel Azueta	Training ship / Destroyer	3 July 2015	Renamed ARM Commodore Manuel Azueta Perillos (E-30), 1994. Renamed again to ARM Commodore Manuel Azueta (D-111), 2001.^[8]
C-07	Guanajuato	-	Gunboat	2001	Museum ship in Boca del Río, since 2007
-	DM-01	DM-01	Minesweeper	2000	Sunk as artificial reef, August 2001
	DM-02			1986	Scrapped, 1 August 1988
	DM-03			16 July 2001
	DM-04 (1962)			April 1973	Replaced by another ship from the same class
	DM-04 (1973)			16 July 2001
	DM-05			1999	Sunk as artificial reef, 1999
	DM-06			1986
	DM-07			Unknown
	DM-08			Unknown
	DM-09			Unknown
	DM-10			1986
	DM-11			2000	Sunk as artificial reef, 2000^[9]
	DM-12			2000	Sunk as artificial reef, 2000
	DM-13			2000	Sunk as artificial reef, 2000
	DM-14			16 July 2001
	DM-15			Unknown
	DM-16			1986
	DM-17			2000
	DM-18			16 July 2001
	DM-19			16 July 2001
	DM-20			After 2007	Sunk as artificial reef, date unknown^[10]
H-41	Almirante Câmara	-	Research ship	2004
-	Sotoyomo	Sotoyomo	Tugboat	Unknown

Historical ship

Ship name	Type	Service	Photo	Fate
Guadaloupe	Frigate	1842-1847		Sold to the Spanish Navy at Cuba in August 1847
Montezuma	Frigate	1842-1846		Sold to the Spanish Navy at Cuba in August 1846
Meteoro		1848-1850		Sold to Chile, 1850
Libertad	Gunboat	1874-?
Independencia	Gunboat	1874-?
Guerra Demócrata	Gunboat	1875-?
Zaragoza	Corvette	1892-1926		Sunk as target, 1926
Agua Prieta	Gunboat	1920-1935
Anáhuac	Cruiser	1924-1938		Scrapped, 1938
Orizaba	Yacht	1939-1960		Scrapped, 1960

Notes and References

1. Web site: Comunicado de Prensa 177/2012 . Semar.gob.mx . 2012-09-12 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120914004821/http://www.semar.gob.mx/sitio_2/component/content/article/2242-comunicado-177-2012.html . 2012-09-14 .
2. Web site: Buques de Investigación Oceanográfica. 2022-01-23. digaohm.semar.gob.mx.
3. Web site: Acuerdos Secretariales para Unidades de Superficie . Armada de Mexico . 22 February 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240222210631/https://www.gob.mx/cms/uploads/attachment/file/801169/periodicoENERO2023.pdf . 22 February 2024 . es . January 2023 . live.
4. Book: The Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World: Their Ships, Aircraft, and Systems. Naval Institute Press. 2007. 978-1-59114-955-2. Wertheim. Eric. 15th. Annapolis, Maryland. 472. Mexico. 140283156.
5. News: LACEY. MARC. BARANGER. WALT. 2008-07-15. One More Battle for a Vintage Warship. en-US. The New York Times. 2022-01-23. 0362-4331.
6. Web site: Destroyer Photo Index DD-574 USS JOHN RODGERS. 2022-01-23. www.navsource.org.
7. Web site: Fabius (ARVA-5) Class. 2022-01-23. www.shipscribe.com.
8. Book: The Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World: Their Ships, Aircraft, and Systems. Naval Institute Press. 2007. 978-1-59114-955-2. Wertheim. Eric. 15th. Annapolis, Maryland. 472–73. Mexico. 140283156.
9. Web site: 2018-08-31. The History of the C-54 Agustin Melgar. 2022-01-23. Blue Nation Baja. en-US.
10. Web site: Cancun. Endless Tours. 2010-08-11. Endless Tours Cancun: C-58 Minesweeper Wreck Site - Advanced Diving Attraction. 2022-01-23. Endless Tours Cancun.