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{{Short description|Maritime warfare branch of Mexico's military}}
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{{Infobox military unit
|unit_name = Mexican Navy
|native_name = {{native name|es|Armada de México}}
|image = [[File:LOGO Marina Armada de Mexico NEGRO.svg|border|255px]]
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|start_date = {{start date and age|October 4, 1821}}
|country=[[Mexico]]
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|type =Navy
|role =[[Naval warfare]]
|size = 92,043 personnel (2025)
|command_structure =[[Secretariat of the Navy (Mexico)|Secretariat of the Navy]]
|current_commander = Admiral [[Raymundo Pedro Morales Ángeles]]
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*[[Mexican Revolution]]
*[[Mexican–American War]]
*[[World War II]]
*[[Mexican Drug War]]
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|anniversaries = June 1, National Navy Day<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sct.gob.mx/fileadmin/CGPMM/biblioteca/diamarina/primerojunio.htm|title=Día de la Marina|publisher=sct.gob.mx|access-date=December 24, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150531055015/http://www.sct.gob.mx/fileadmin/CGPMM/biblioteca/diamarina/primerojunio.htm|archive-date=May 31, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>
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The '''Mexican Navy''' ({{langx|es|Armada de México}}) 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>[http://www.semar.gob.mx/informes/politicas_armada/parte_uno/prefacio.htm "Mission and objectives"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070707005919/http://www.semar.gob.mx/informes/politicas_armada/parte_uno/prefacio.htm |date=July 7, 2007 }} {{in lang|es}}</ref> As of 2020, the Navy consisted of about 68,200 personnel plus reserves,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.semar.gob.mx/informes/politicas_armada/parte_dos/capitulo_3.htm|title=Secretaria de Marina – Armada de México|access-date=December 24, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924100316/http://www.semar.gob.mx/informes/politicas_armada/parte_dos/capitulo_3.htm|archive-date=September 24, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> over 189 ships, and about 130 aircraft.<ref name="autogenerated1">[http://www.semar.gob.mx/informes/rendicion_de_cuentas_06/3ra-Etapa.pdf] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080911153012/http://www.semar.gob.mx/informes/rendicion_de_cuentas_06/3ra-Etapa.pdf|date=September 11, 2008}} Rendición de cuentas SEMAR 2006 página 40</ref><ref>[http://www.semar.gob.mx/aeronaval/aeronautica.html "Material Aereo"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070205054131/http://www.semar.gob.mx/aeronaval/aeronautica.html |date=February 5, 2007 }}(outdated page) {{in lang|es}}</ref> The Navy attempts to maintain a constant modernization program to upgrade its response capability.

Given Mexico's large area of water ({{convert|3149920|km2|abbr=on}}) and extensive coastline ({{convert|11122|km|abbr=on}}), 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 well]]s 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==
{{Expand Spanish|Historia de la Armada de México|section=y|date=December 2021}}
[[File:AzuetaNHMDF.JPG|thumb|170px|Depiction of Mexican Navy Lieutenant [[José Azueta]] firing a French [[Hotchkiss machine gun]] in the defense of [[Veracruz]] during the [[United States involvement in the Mexican Revolution|Second U.S. intervention]] of the [[Mexican Revolution]], painting at the Naval Historical Museum in [[Mexico City]]]]
[[File:Naval jack of Mexico (1994–2000).png|thumb|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>{{Cite web |url=http://www.semar.gob.mx/historia/barcos.htm |title=History of the Mexican Navy ships |access-date=April 1, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100110135445/http://www.semar.gob.mx/historia/barcos.htm#asia |archive-date=January 10, 2010 |url-status=dead }}</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 (Mexico)|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 in Mexico|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===
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* Schooner ''Anáhuac''
* Schooner ''Iguala''
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* 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 [[ARM Guadaloupe|''Guadalupe'']]
* Steamer paddle frigate [[ARM Montezuma|''Montezuma'']]
* Steamer gunboat ''Libertad''
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* Steamer gunboat ''Independencia''
* Steamer ''Guerra Demócrata''
* Steam yacht [[Rover (yacht)|''Orizaba'']]
* Gunboat ''Democráta''
* Gunboat ''México''
* Corvette {{Ship|Mexican corvette|Zaragoza||2}}
* School ship ''Yucatán''
* Pontoon ''Chetumal''
* Gunboat ''Tampico''
* Gunboat ''Veracruz''
* Gunboat ''Nicolás Bravo''
* Transport vessel ''Progreso''
* Transport ''Vicente Guerrero''
* Gunboat ''[[USS Machias (PG-5)|Agua Prieta]]''
* Coastal defence Battleship ''[[Mexican cruiser Anáhuac|Anáhuac]]''
* Auxiliary ship ''Zaragoza II''
* School ship ''Velero Cuauhtémoc''
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<gallery class="center">
File:Fragatas libertad e indpendencia Armada de Mexico.jpg|Mexican Navy [[gunboat]] ''Libertad'' in the 1870s
File:Barquecuauhtemoc.jpg|Mexican Navy training ship ''Cuauhtemoc'' in 2005
</gallery>

==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>{{Cite web |url=http://www.gob.mx/semar/estructuras/almirante-vidal-francisco-soberon-sanz |title=Secretaría de Marina &#124; Gobierno &#124; gob.mx |access-date=June 23, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160606125535/http://www.gob.mx/semar/estructuras/almirante-vidal-francisco-soberon-sanz |archive-date=June 6, 2016 |url-status=live }}</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:
* [[Mexican Naval Aviation|Naval Aviation]]
* [[Maritime Search and Rescue (Mexico)|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]].

[[File:Escudo Infantería de Marina de México.svg|thumb|right|180px|[[Mexican Naval Infantry]] Marines insignia]]
[[File:Lseidt'kamoflax Mexihkyoth.jpg|thumb|right|150px|Mexican marines displaying three different [[camouflage]] patterns used by the Mexican marine corps.]]

===Naval Infantry===
{{main|Mexican Naval Infantry}}

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 [[Fuerzas Especiales|Special Forces]] groups.<ref>[http://www.semar.gob.mx/transparencia/informes_labores/3_informe_labores.pdf Informe 2009 Secretaria de Marina – Armada de México<!-- Bot generated title -->]{{Dead link|date=July 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</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===
{{main|Mexican Naval Aviation}}

===Search and rescue units===
{{main|Maritime Search and Rescue (Mexico)}}
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 {{sclass2|Defender|boat|1}}s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.textronmarineandland.com/news/2008/07_17_08.htm|title=Textron Systems Brand Change|access-date=December 24, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090613063848/http://www.textronmarineandland.com/news/2008/07_17_08.htm|archive-date=June 13, 2009|url-status=live}}</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>{{cite web|url=http://www.janes.com/article/36291/mexican-navy-increasing-coast-guard-capabilities|title=Mexican Navy increasing coast guard capabilities|work=Jane's|access-date=December 24, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141224205902/http://www.janes.com/article/36291/mexican-navy-increasing-coast-guard-capabilities|archive-date=December 24, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://noticieros.televisa.com/mexico/1403/crea-marina-unidades-navales-proteccion-portuaria/|title=Crea Marina Unidades Navales de Protección Portuaria|author=Noticieros Televisa|publisher=televisa.com|access-date=December 24, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141224214153/http://noticieros.televisa.com/mexico/1403/crea-marina-unidades-navales-proteccion-portuaria/|archive-date=December 24, 2014|url-status=live|date=March 31, 2014}}</ref> The main task of UNAPROPs is to ensure maritime surveillance and inspection.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.excelsior.com.mx/nacional/2014/03/31/951467|title=Unidades de Marina vigilarán 19 puertos del país a partir del martes|work=Excélsior|access-date=December 24, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141224205713/http://www.excelsior.com.mx/nacional/2014/03/31/951467|archive-date=December 24, 2014|url-status=live|date=March 31, 2014}}</ref>

==Training and education==

[[File:Marina-Panther-Unitasgold2009.jpg|thumb|150px|A Mexican marine [[fast-roping|fast-ropes]] onto the flight deck of the German support ship [[German ship Frankfurt am Main|''Frankfurt Am Main'']] during a simulated multi-national [[maritime interdiction]] operation]]
[[File:Roundel of Mexico – Naval Aviation.svg|thumb|right|160px|[[Roundel]] of Mexico [[Naval Aviation]] insignia]]
[[File:MBB BO-105 Mexican Navy.JPEG|thumb|right|200px|A [[Mexican Naval Aviation]] [[MBB Bo 105|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, {{convert|32|km|abbr=on}} 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>[http://portalaviacion.vuela.com.mx/articulos/enaval.html SIAL Sistema Informativo Aeronáutico Latinoamericano<!-- Bot generated title -->] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120706125904/http://portalaviacion.vuela.com.mx/articulos/enaval.html |date=July 6, 2012 }}</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==
{{main|Military ranks of Mexico}}

===Commissioned officer ranks===
The rank insignia of [[commissioned officer]]s.
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{{Ranks and Insignia of Non NATO Armed Forces/OF/Blank}}
{{Ranks and Insignia of Non NATO Navies/OF/Mexico}}
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===Other ranks===
The rank insignia of [[non-commissioned officer]]s and [[Enlisted rank|enlisted personnel]].
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{{Ranks and Insignia of Non NATO Armies/OR/Blank}}
{{Ranks and Insignia of Non NATO Navies/OR/Mexico}}
|}

==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 vessel]]s (OPVs) with a length of {{convert|86|m|ft}}, 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&nbsp;million.

Another project is to build 12 [[Combat Boat 90|CB 90 HMN]] high speed ({{convert|50|kn|lk=in}}) 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====
{{main|Secretary of The Navy Shipyards}}
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 {{convert|12|to|15|km}} 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>[http://www.expreso.com.mx/PortalNovo/sitio/nota.php?cod_idioma=3&cod_conteudo=9320&cod=274&tipoINICIO=&codconteudoINICIO=9320 Mexican Naval missile] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130702201536/http://www.expreso.com.mx/PortalNovo/sitio/nota.php?cod_idioma=3&cod_conteudo=9320&cod=274&tipoINICIO=&codconteudoINICIO=9320 |date=July 2, 2013 }} {{in lang|es}}</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>{{cite news | title=En marzo iniciarán operaciones radares de la Armada | date=December 27, 2008 | publisher=NOTIMEX | url=http://www2.esmas.com/noticierostelevisa/mexico/031732/en-marzo-iniciaran-operaciones-redares-armada | access-date=December 27, 2008 | language=es | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081229055615/http://www2.esmas.com/noticierostelevisa/mexico/031732/en-marzo-iniciaran-operaciones-redares-armada | archive-date=December 29, 2008 | url-status=live | df=mdy-all }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | title=ThalesRaytheonSystems receives contract to support Mexican homeland security, protect Gulf oil infrastructure | date=May 11, 2006 | publisher=Thales Raytheon Systems | url=http://www.thalesraytheon.com/press-and-media/news-and-press-releases/news-single/period/1136070000/31535999/list/back/54/article/thalesraytheonsystems-receives-contract-to-support-mexican-homeland-security-protect-gulf-oil-infra.html | access-date=December 27, 2008 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081013070053/http://www.thalesraytheon.com/press-and-media/news-and-press-releases/news-single/period/1136070000/31535999/list/back/54/article/thalesraytheonsystems-receives-contract-to-support-mexican-homeland-security-protect-gulf-oil-infra.html | archive-date=October 13, 2008 }}</ref>

[[File:Flag of the Mexican Maritime Search and Rescue.png|thumb|right|200px|Mexican Navy [[wikt:maritime|Maritime]] [[search and rescue]] unit flag]]
[[File:US Navy 050111-N-5362F-141 A Mexican Search ^ Rescue team departs on a Royal Australian Air Force C-130H Hercules aircraft at Banda Aceh Airport en route to Thailand to help survivors of the Tsunami disaster.jpg|thumb|right|180px|A Mexican Navy [[wikt:maritime|Maritime]] [[search and rescue]] team departs on a [[Royal Australian Air Force]] [[Lockheed C-130 Hercules|C-130H Hercules]] transport plane in [[Indonesia]] en route to [[Thailand]] to help survivors of the [[tsunami]] disaster in 2005]]
[[File:RealLiveSailorNHMDF.JPG|thumb|130px|right|Mexican Navy sailor in 2009]]
[[File:ARM Armelnath 1.jpg|thumb|190px|right|[[Combat Boat 90|CB 90 HMN]] – Polaris-class patrol interceptor]]

==Present fleet==
{{main|List of Mexican Navy ships}}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="text-align:left; width:15%;"|Class
! style="text-align:left;"|Image
! style="text-align:left;"|Type
! style="text-align:left; width:20%;"|Ships
! style="text-align:left;"|Origin
|-
! colspan="6" style="background: lavender;"| Frigates (5)

|-
|[[Sigma-class design|Reformador class]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.gob.mx/semar/prensa/en-la-presente-administracion-se-impulsa-el-desarrollo-de-la-flota-naval-con-el-diseno-construccion-y-reparacion-de-buques-de-la-armada-de-mexico-en-los-astilleros-de-marina?idiom=es |title=En la presente Administración se impulsa el desarrollo de la Flota Naval con el Diseño, Construcción y Reparación de Buques de la SEMAR |access-date=October 7, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181008022925/https://www.gob.mx/semar/prensa/en-la-presente-administracion-se-impulsa-el-desarrollo-de-la-flota-naval-con-el-diseno-construccion-y-reparacion-de-buques-de-la-armada-de-mexico-en-los-astilleros-de-marina?idiom=es |archive-date=October 8, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> || [[File:ARM Benito Juarez (1).jpg|200px]]
|| Multipurpose Frigate ||F101 [[ARM Benito Juárez (POLA-101)|''Benito Juárez'']]<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.janes.com/article/83546/launch-date-scheduled-for-mexico-s-long-range-patrol-vessel |title=Launch date scheduled for Mexico's long-range patrol vessel |access-date=October 7, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181008022704/https://www.janes.com/article/83546/launch-date-scheduled-for-mexico-s-long-range-patrol-vessel |archive-date=October 8, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref>||{{flag|Netherlands}}/{{flag|Mexico}} – Ships being built in The Netherlands and Mexico. At least 8 ships planned for fleet modernisation plan.
|-
|-
! colspan="6" style="background: lavender;"| Missile boats (2)
|-
|[[Sa'ar 4.5-class missile boat|''Huracán'' class]] || [[File:Israel mexico navy ceremony.jpg|200px]] || [[Missile boat]] || A301 {{ship|ARM|Huracán||2}}<br />A302 {{ship|ARM|Tormenta||2}} || {{flag|Israel}} – ex-Israeli Navy {{sclass2|Sa'ar 4.5|missile boat|1}}
|-
! colspan="6" style="background: lavender;"| Patrol vessel and other Warships (35)
|-
|{{sclass|Oaxaca|patrol vessel|4}} || [[File:A.R.M. Oaxaca (P161).JPG|200px]] || [[Patrol vessel|Offshore patrol vessel]]s || P161 {{ship|ARM|Oaxaca||2}}<br />P162 {{ship|ARM|Baja California||2}}<br />P163 ''Independencia''<br />P164 ''Revolución''<br />P165 ''Chiapas''<ref name="ReferenceA">{{Cite web |url=http://www.semar.gob.mx/transparencia/informes_labores/Tercer_Informe_de_Labores_SEMAR.pdf |title=3er Informe De Labores|access-date=October 3, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151004171540/http://www.semar.gob.mx/transparencia/informes_labores/Tercer_Informe_de_Labores_SEMAR.pdf |archive-date=October 4, 2015 |url-status=live }}</ref><br />P166 ''Hidalgo''<ref name="ReferenceA"/><br />P167 ''Jalisco''<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.gob.mx/semar/prensa/la-secretaria-de-marina-pone-a-flote-la-patrulla-oceanica-arm-hidalgo-para-la-armada-de-mexico |title=La Secretaría de Marina pone a flote la Patrulla Oceánica ARM "HIDALGO" para la Armada de México |access-date=September 5, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160920042512/http://www.gob.mx/semar/prensa/la-secretaria-de-marina-pone-a-flote-la-patrulla-oceanica-arm-hidalgo-para-la-armada-de-mexico |archive-date=September 20, 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref><br />P168 ''Tabasco''|| {{flag|Mexico}}
|-
|{{sclass|Durango|patrol vessel|4}} || [[File:ARM Durango.jpg|200px]] || Offshore Patrol Vessel || P151 {{ship|ARM|Durango||2}}<br />P152 {{ship|ARM|Sonora||2}}<br />P153 {{ship|ARM|Guanajuato||2}}<br />P154 {{ship|ARM|Veracruz||2}} || {{flag|Mexico}}
|-
| {{sclass|Sierra|corvette|4}} || [[File:Marina Michoacán.jpg|200px]] || [[Corvette]] || P141 ''Sierra''<br />P143 ''Prieto''<br />P144 {{ship|ARM|Romero||2}} || {{flag|Mexico}}
|-
| {{sclass|Holzinger|patrol vessel|4}} || [[File:EPN. Día de la Marina.jpg|200px]] || Offshore patrol vessels || P131 ''Holzinger''<br />P132 ''Godínez''<br />P133 ''De la Vega''<br />P134 ''Berriozabal'' || {{flag|Mexico}}
|-
| {{sclass|Uribe|patrol vessel|4}} ||  || Offshore patrol vessels ||<br />P122 ''Azueta''<br />P123 ''Baranda''<br />P124 ''Bretón''<br />P125 ''Blanco''<br />P126 ''Monasterio'' || {{flag|Spain}}
|-
| {{sclass|Valle|patrol vessel|4}} ||[[File:Quezon (PS 70).jpg|frameless|200x200px]]|| Converted [[Minesweeper]] / Offshore patrol vessels || P102 ''Juan de la Barrera''<br />P103 ''Mariano Escobedo''<br />P104 ''Manuel Doblado''<br />P106 ''Santos Degollado''<br />P108 ''Juan N. Álvarez''<br />P109 ''Manuel Gutiérrez Zamora''<br />P110 ''Valentín Gómez Farías''<br />P112 ''Francisco Zarco''<br />P113 ''Ignacio L. Vallarta''<br />P114 ''Jesús González Ortega'' <br />P117 ''Mariano Matamoros'' || {{flag|United States}} – ex-{{sclass|Auk|minesweeper|1}}
|-
! colspan="6" style="background: lavender;"| Coastal [[patrol ships]] (44)
|-
| {{sclass|Tenochtitlan|patrol vessel|4}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1207 |title=Fourth Damen Stan Patrol 4207 patrol vessel for Mexican Navy |date=August 23, 2013 |access-date=August 23, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130915220213/http://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1207 |archive-date=September 15, 2013 |url-status=live  }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php/news/defence-news/year-2013-news/december-2013-navy-naval-forces-maritime-industry-technology-security-global-news/1418-mexican-navy-contracts-damen-for-fifth-tenochtitlan-class-patrol-vessel-stan-patrol-4207.html |title=Mexican Navy contracts Damen for fifth Tenochtitlan-class Patrol Vessel (Stan Patrol 4207) |date=December 12, 2013 |access-date=December 18, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131218235553/http://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php/news/defence-news/year-2013-news/december-2013-navy-naval-forces-maritime-industry-technology-security-global-news/1418-mexican-navy-contracts-damen-for-fifth-tenochtitlan-class-patrol-vessel-stan-patrol-4207.html |archive-date=December 18, 2013 |url-status=live  }}</ref>  || [[File:Patrulla Costera ARM Teotihuacan.jpg|200px]] || Coastal patrol || PC331 {{ship|ARM|Tenochtitlan|PC-331|2}}<br />PC332 {{ship|ARM|Teotihuacan|PC-332|2}}<br />PC333 ARM ''Palenque''<br />PC334 ARM ''Mitla''<br />PC335 ARM ''Uxmal''<br />PC336 ARM ''Tajin''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php/news/defence-news/year-2014-news/april-2014-navy-naval-forces-maritime-industry-technology-security-global-news/1705-mexican-navy-orders-sixth-tenochtitlan-class-patrol-vessel-stan-patrol-4207-from-damen.html |title=Mexican Navy orders sixth Tenochtitlan-class Patrol Vessel (Stan Patrol 4207) from DAMEN |date=April 1, 2014 |access-date=April 4, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407074536/http://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php/news/defence-news/year-2014-news/april-2014-navy-naval-forces-maritime-industry-technology-security-global-news/1705-mexican-navy-orders-sixth-tenochtitlan-class-patrol-vessel-stan-patrol-4207-from-damen.html |archive-date=April 7, 2014 |url-status=live  }}</ref><br />PC337 ARM ''Tulum''<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.damen.com/en/news/2014/09/mexican-navy-and-damen-sign-contract-for-two-vessels |title=MEXICAN NAVY AND DAMEN SIGN CONTRACT FOR TWO VESSELS |access-date=April 3, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129062942/http://www.damen.com/en/news/2014/09/mexican-navy-and-damen-sign-contract-for-two-vessels |archive-date=November 29, 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref> <br />PC338 ARM ''Monte Albán''<ref name="gob.mx"/> <br />PC339 ARM ''Bonampak''<ref name="4° Informe">{{cite web|title=4° Informe de Gobierno|url=https://framework-gb.cdn.gob.mx/cuartoinforme/4IG_Escrito_27_08_16_COMPLETO.pdf|publisher=Presidencia de la República|date=September 1, 2016|access-date=September 2, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160916060933/https://framework-gb.cdn.gob.mx/cuartoinforme/4IG_Escrito_27_08_16_COMPLETO.pdf|archive-date=September 16, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref><br />PC340 ''Chichen Iztzá'' || {{flag|Netherlands}}/{{flag|Mexico}} Based on [[Damen Stan patrol vessel|Damen Stan Patrol 4207]]
|-
|{{sclass2|Azteca|patrol vessel|4}} || [[File:Patrulla Costera Clase Azteca ARM Tamaulipas.jpg|200px]]  || Coastal patrol || PC202 ''Cordova''<br />PC206 ''Rayón''<br />PC207 ''Rejón''<br />PC208 ''De la Fuente''<br />PC209 ''Guzmán''<br />PC210 ''Ramírez''<br />PC211 ''Mariscal''<br />PC212 ''Jara''<br />PC214 ''Colima''<br />PC215 ''Lizardi''<br />PC216 ''Mugica''<br />PC218 ''Velazco''<br />PC220 ''Macías''<br />PC223 ''Tamaulipas''<br />PC224 ''Yucatán''<br />PC225 ''Tabasco''<br />PC226 ''Cochimie''<br />PC228 ''Puebla''<br />PC230 ''Vicario''<br />PC231 ''Ortíz'' || United Kingdom<br />{{flag|Mexico}}
|-
|{{sclass|Demócrata|patrol vessel|4}} ||  || Coastal patrol || PC241 ''Demócrata''<br />PC242 ''Francisco I. Madero'' || {{flag|Mexico}}
|-
|{{sclass2|Cabo|patrol vessel|4}} ||  || Coastal patrol || PC271 ''Corriente''<br />PC272 ''Corso''<br />PC273 ''Catoche'' || {{flag|Mexico}}
|-
| {{sclass2|Punta|patrol vessel|4}} ||  || Coastal patrol || PC-281 ''Morro''<br />PC-282 ''Mastún'' || {{flag|Mexico}}
|-
! colspan="6" style="background: lavender;"| Interceptors
|-
|[[CB90-class fast assault craft|Polaris class]] || [[File:ARM Armelnath 3.jpg|200px]] || Small Patrol vessel || 44 In service || {{flag|Sweden}}
|-
|[[CB90-class fast assault craft|Polaris II class]] || [[File:ARM Armelnath 3.jpg|200px]] || Small Patrol vessel || 6 In service + 17 under construction || {{flag|Mexico}}
|-
|Acuario A/B class ||  || Patrol vessel || In service || {{flag|Mexico}}
|-
| Isla class ||  || [[Patrol boat]] || In service || {{flag|Mexico}}
|-
! colspan="6" style="background: lavender;"| Amphibious ships (3)
|-
||[[Newport-class tank landing ship|''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|200px]] || [[Tank landing ship]] ||A411 [[USS Newport (LST-1179)|''Papaloapan'']] <br />A412 [[USS Frederick (LST-1184)|''Usumacinta'']] || {{flag|United States}} – ex-USN {{sclass|Newport|tank landing ship|1}}
|-
|[[Landing Ship, Tank|''Panuco'' class]] ||[[File:LST-942 underway in late 1944.jpg|frameless|200x200px]]|| Tank landing ship || A402 [[USS Clearwater County (LST-602)|''Manzanillo'']] || {{flag|United States}} – ex-US Navy [[USS Clearwater County]], transferred in 1972
|-
! colspan="6" style="background: lavender;"| Logistic support vessel (2)
|-
|{{sclass|Montes Azules|landing ship|4}} || [[File:ARM Montes Azules leaving Port of Guaymas, 04.12.2019.jpg|200px]] || Landing ship || BAL01 ''Montes Azules''<br />BAL02 ''Libertador'' (construction completed, inaugurated on September 10, 2012)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.semar.gob.mx/sitio_2/component/content/article/2242-comunicado-177-2012.html |title=La Secretaría de Marina- Armada de México realiza la botadura de la patrulla costera Arm "Monte Albán" (PC-338) |access-date=September 12, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120914004821/http://www.semar.gob.mx/sitio_2/component/content/article/2242-comunicado-177-2012.html |archive-date=September 14, 2012 }}</ref> || {{flag|Mexico}}
|-
| TBD class || || Supply ship || BAL11 ''Isla Madre'' Launched July 11, 2016.<ref name="gob.mx">{{Cite web |url=http://www.gob.mx/semar/prensa/la-secretaria-de-marina-armada-de-mexico-realiza-la-botadura-de-la-patrulla-costera-arm-monte-alban-pc-338 |title=LA SECRETARÍA DE MARINA-ARMADA DE MÉXICO REALIZA BOTADURA DEL BUQUE DE APOYO LOGÍSTICO ARM "LIBERTADOR" (BAL-02), EN SALINA CRUZ, OAXACA |access-date=July 14, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160713161444/http://www.gob.mx/semar/prensa/la-secretaria-de-marina-armada-de-mexico-realiza-la-botadura-de-la-patrulla-costera-arm-monte-alban-pc-338 |archive-date=July 13, 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref> || {{flag|Netherlands}}/{{flag|Mexico}} Based on [[Damen Stan 5009 Fast Crew Supplier]]
|-
! colspan="6" style="background: lavender;"| Mine counter-measure (6)
|-
| {{sclass|Banderas|minesweeper|4}} ||  || [[Minesweeper]] || ''Banderas''<br />''Magdalena''<br />''Kino''<br />''Yavaros''<br />''Chamela''<br />''Tepoca'' || {{flag|United States}}
|-
! colspan="6" style="background: lavender;"| Auxiliary vessels
|-
|''Huasteco'' class ||  || Multipurpose logistics vessel || AMP01 ''Huasteco''<br />AMP02 ''Zapoteco'' || {{flag|Mexico}}
|-
|''Maya'' class ||  || Multipurpose || ATR01 ''Maya''<br />ATR02 ''Tarasco'' || {{flag|Mexico}}
|-
|''B.E.Cuauhtémoc'' class ||[[File:Barquecuauhtemoc.jpg|200px]] || Three-masted [[barque]] [[sail training]] ship || BE01 {{ship|ARM|Cuauhtémoc|BE01|2}} || {{flag|Spain}}
|-
|}

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

==Modern equipment==
{| class="wikitable"
|+style="color: black;"| '''Mexican Naval Infantry Inventory'''
!style="color: #000000; background-color: grey;"| Vehicle/System
!style="color: #000000; background-color: grey;"| Type
!style="color: #000000; background-color: grey;"| Versions
|-
! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="5" | '''Armoured Vehicles'''
|-
|[[BTR-60]]/[[BTR-70]] || [[Amphibious vehicle|Amphibious]] [[Armored Personnel Carrier]] || APC-70
|-
|[[Carat Security Group]] || [[Armored car (military)|Armoured car]] || Wolverine (Escorpion)
|-
|[[Sherpa Light|Renault Sherpa Light]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.janes.com/article/63962/mexican-military-parades-variety-of-new-equipment|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160921192840/https://www.janes.com/article/63962/mexican-military-parades-variety-of-new-equipment|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 21, 2016|title=Mexican military parades variety of new equipment – IHS Jane's 360|date=September 21, 2016}}</ref>
|Light Armored Vehicle
|MACK Sherpa Scout
|-
||[[Land Rover]]|| Military light utility vehicle || [[Land Rover Defender|Defender 4x4]]
|-
! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="6" | '''Infantry Transport Vehicles'''
|-
|[[Humvee|AM General HMMWV]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.infodefensa.com/?noticia=am-general-exhibe-el-humvee-hmmwv-m1151b1-en-sitdef-2013|title=AM General Exhibe el Humvee HMMWV M1151B1 en DITDEF 2013|access-date=January 18, 2020|publisher=Infodefensa.com|date=May 19, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.infodefensa.com/latam/2018/09/06/noticia-mexico-incorporo-vehiculos.html|title=México incorporó más de 6.000 vehículos en seis años|access-date=January 18, 2020|publisher=Infodefensa.com|date=June 9, 2018}}</ref>|| [[Military light utility vehicle]] || M1026, M1038, M1151
|-
|[[Ford F-Series|Ford-150]]<ref name="semar.gob.mx">{{cite web|url=http://www.semar.gob.mx/galeria/terrestres/minicomando/ficha.htm|title=Secretaria de Marina – Armada de México|access-date=December 24, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924100302/http://www.semar.gob.mx/galeria/terrestres/minicomando/ficha.htm|archive-date=September 24, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> || [[Pickup truck]] || 4x4 F-150 series pick up
|-
|[[Ford Super Duty|Ford-250]]<ref name="semar.gob.mx"/> || Pickup truck || 4x4 F-250 series pick up
|-
|[[Dodge Ram]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.semar.gob.mx/galeria/terrestres/pick%20up/ficha.htm|title=Secretaria de Marina – Armada de México|access-date=December 24, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924100304/http://www.semar.gob.mx/galeria/terrestres/pick%20up/ficha.htm|archive-date=September 24, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> || Pickup truck|| 4x4 Pick up
|-
||[[Mercedes-Benz G-Class|Mercedes-Benz G-Wagen]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.informador.com.mx/mexico/2009/103816/6/recibe-semar-vehiculos-para-incrementar-capacidad-operativa.htm|title=Recibe Semar vehículos para incrementar capacidad operativa|work=EL INFORMADOR|access-date=December 24, 2014|archive-url=https://archive.today/20161229145138/http://www.informador.com.mx/mexico/2009/103816/6/recibe-semar-vehiculos-para-incrementar-capacidad-operativa.htm|archive-date=December 29, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.semar.gob.mx/boletin/2009/bol_136_09.html |title=LA SECRETARÍA DE MARINA CONTINÚA INCREMENTANDO SU CAPACIDAD OPERATIVA CON UNIDADES TODO TERRENO |access-date=July 26, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716115452/http://www.semar.gob.mx/boletin/2009/bol_136_09.html |archive-date=July 16, 2011 }}</ref> || Military light utility vehicle  || 4x4 G-class
|-
! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="6" | '''Trucks'''
|-
|[[Mercedes-Benz Zetros]] || [[Military truck]] || 6x6 truck
|-
|[[Ural-4320]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.defense-aerospace.com/articles-view/release/3/32196/more-russian-trucks-for-mexican-navy-(jan.-22).html |title=Another Batch of Russian Trucks to be Shipped to Latin America |access-date=January 2, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170103095228/http://www.defense-aerospace.com/articles-view/release/3/32196/more-russian-trucks-for-mexican-navy-(jan.-22).html |archive-date=January 3, 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> || Military truck || Off-road 6x6 truck
|-
|[[Unimog]] U-4000<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.semar.gob.mx/galeria/terrestres/unimog/ficha.htm|title=Secretaria de Marina – Armada de México|access-date=December 24, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924100305/http://www.semar.gob.mx/galeria/terrestres/unimog/ficha.htm|archive-date=September 24, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.semar.gob.mx/galeria/terrestres/unimog/image_3.jpg |title=Unimog Image |access-date=September 29, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100213211556/http://www.semar.gob.mx/galeria/terrestres/unimog/image_3.jpg |archive-date=February 13, 2010 |url-status=live }}</ref> || Military truck || 4x4 truck
|-
|[[Gama Goat]]{{citation needed|date=December 2012}} || Amphibious 6-wheeled vehicle || 6x6 truck
|-
|[[Freightliner Trucks|Freightliner M2]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.semar.gob.mx/galeria/terrestres/comando/ficha.htm|title=Secretaria de Marina – Armada de México|access-date=December 24, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924100301/http://www.semar.gob.mx/galeria/terrestres/comando/ficha.htm|archive-date=September 24, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> || [[Truck]] || 4x2 truck
|-
|}

==Individual weapons and equipment==
{| class="wikitable"
|+style="color: black;"| '''Mexican Naval Inventory'''
!style="color: #000000; background-color: grey;"| Name
!style="color: #000000; background-color: grey;"| Versions
!style="color: #000000; background-color: grey;"| 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 PSG1|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>{{cite web |url=http://www.justguns.com/automatic-support-weapons/cetme-ameli.html |title=CETME Ameli |access-date=November 22, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090728175413/http://www.justguns.com/automatic-support-weapons/cetme-ameli.html |archive-date=July 28, 2009 }}</ref> || 5.56×45mm NATO || Light machine gun
|-
|[[GAU-19]] || 12.7×99mm NATO || [[Rotary cannon|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==
{{unreferenced section|date=December 2012}}
{| class="wikitable"
|+style="color: black;"| '''Mexican Naval Inventory'''
!style="color: #000000; background-color: grey;"| Name
!style="color: #000000; background-color: grey;"| Versions
!style="color: #000000; background-color: grey;"| Type
|-
! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="5" | '''Self-propelled artillery'''
|-
|[[Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/70]] || 40mm || [[Anti-aircraft]] [[autocannon]]
|-
|[[Oerlikon 20 mm cannon|Oerlikon]] || 20mm || [[Anti-aircraft]] [[autocannon]]
|-
! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="5" | '''Shipboard anti-aircraft artillery'''
|-
|[[Phalanx CIWS]] || 20mm || [[Close in Weapon System]]
|-
! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="5" | '''Multiple rocket launchers'''
|-
||[[Firos (artillery)|FIROS]] ||  122mm || [[multiple rocket launcher]]
|-
! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="5" | '''Towed artillery'''
|-
|[[OTO Melara Mod 56]] || 105mm || Towed [[howitzer]]
|-
|K6 || 120mm || Heavy [[Mortar (weapon)|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
|-
! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="5" | '''Anti-shipping missiles'''
|-
|[[Gabriel (missile)|Gabriel]] || Mk. II || [[Anti-ship missile]]
|-
|[[Harpoon (missile)|RGM-84L Harpoon]] || Block II || Anti-ship missile
|-
! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="5" | '''Anti-aircraft missiles'''
|-
|[[SA-18 Grouse|SA-18]] || 72.2mm || [[Surface-to-air missile]]
|-
|[[RIM-116]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://navaltoday.com/2018/10/23/raytheon-delivers-ram-launcher-for-mexican-navy-pola-opv/ |title=Raytheon delivers RAM launcher for Mexican Navy POLA OPV |access-date=October 23, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181023191143/https://navaltoday.com/2018/10/23/raytheon-delivers-ram-launcher-for-mexican-navy-pola-opv/ |archive-date=October 23, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> || RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM) || Surface-to-air missile
|-
|[[RIM-162]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://navaltoday.com/2018/08/10/mexico-buying-essm-missiles-for-new-sigma-corvette/ |title=Mexico buying Evolved Seasparrow missiles for new Sigma corvette |access-date=November 21, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180815201021/https://navaltoday.com/2018/08/10/mexico-buying-essm-missiles-for-new-sigma-corvette/ |archive-date=August 15, 2018 |url-status=live }}</ref> || RIM-162 Evolved SeaSparrow Missile (ESSM) || Surface-to-air missile
|-
! style="align: center; background: lavender;" colspan="5" | '''Light anti-tank weapons'''
|-
||[[RPG-75]] || [[Anti-tank]] weapon || 68mm
|-
|[[B-300|B300]] || [[Rocket-propelled grenade]]|| 82mm
|-
|}

==Aircraft inventory==
{{main|Mexican Naval Aviation#Current inventory}}

==Future==
{{Update section|date=June 2018}}
For the year 2008 budget, the Mexican Congress approved a US$15&nbsp;million fund to build only 17 out of the 60 combat boats requested. These ships, designated [[Combat Boat 90|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 {{sclass|Oliver Hazard Perry|frigate}}s {{USS|Curts|FFG-38|6}} and {{USS|McClusky|FFG-41|6}} to the Mexican Navy,<ref name="H.R. 6649">{{cite web | url = http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/112/hr6649/text | title = H.R. 6649 (112th): Naval Vessels Transfer Act of 2012 | access-date = April 13, 2013 | date = January 1, 2013 | work = USA 112th CONGRESS, 2nd. session, H. R. 6649 | publisher = govtrack.us | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20130323112629/http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/112/hr6649/text | archive-date = March 23, 2013 | url-status = live | df = mdy-all }}</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>{{cite web|url=http://investor.textron.com/newsroom/news-releases/press-release-details/2014/Mexican-Navy-places-initial-order-for-Beechcraft-T-6C-trainers/default.aspx|title=Textron – Mexican Navy places initial order for Beechcraft T-6C+ trainers|access-date=December 24, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141224211535/http://investor.textron.com/newsroom/news-releases/press-release-details/2014/Mexican-Navy-places-initial-order-for-Beechcraft-T-6C-trainers/default.aspx|archive-date=December 24, 2014|url-status=live}}</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&nbsp;million.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dsca.mil/major-arms-sales/mexico-uh-60m-black-hawk-helicopters-0|title=Mexico – UH-60M Black Hawk Helicopters – The Official Home of the Defense Security Cooperation Agency|access-date=December 24, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141224210338/http://www.dsca.mil/major-arms-sales/mexico-uh-60m-black-hawk-helicopters-0|archive-date=December 24, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> Also on June 24, [[BAE Systems]] announced it was awarded a contract by the Mexican Government to supply the navy with 4 [[Bofors 57 mm L/70 naval artillery gun|Mk 3 57mm naval guns]], for the ships of the Reformador class.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.baesystems.com/article/BAES_168061/bae-systems-wins-57mm-naval-gun-contract-in-mexico?_afrLoop=1671610797611000&_afrWindowMode=0&_afrWindowId=null&baeSessionId=Gq43TrhGT2JSmvhKgGJjYzFLyCQ1bjVjKJMYqYfJcLgprftB8MVy!-1454332091#%40%3F_afrWindowId%3Dnull%26baeSessionId%3DGq43TrhGT2JSmvhKgGJjYzFLyCQ1bjVjKJMYqYfJcLgprftB8MVy%2521-1454332091%26_afrLoop%3D1671610797611000%26_afrWindowMode%3D0%26_adf.ctrl-state%3Dmtql2z78a_4|title=Newsroom – BAE Systems|access-date=December 24, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141224214523/http://www.baesystems.com/article/BAES_168061/bae-systems-wins-57mm-naval-gun-contract-in-mexico?_afrLoop=1671610797611000&_afrWindowMode=0&_afrWindowId=null&baeSessionId=Gq43TrhGT2JSmvhKgGJjYzFLyCQ1bjVjKJMYqYfJcLgprftB8MVy!-1454332091#%40%3F_afrWindowId%3Dnull%26baeSessionId%3DGq43TrhGT2JSmvhKgGJjYzFLyCQ1bjVjKJMYqYfJcLgprftB8MVy%2521-1454332091%26_afrLoop%3D1671610797611000%26_afrWindowMode%3D0%26_adf.ctrl-state%3Dmtql2z78a_4|archive-date=December 24, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Military of Mexico]]
* [[Mexican Naval Aviation]]
* [[Symphonic Orchestra and Chorus of the Secretariat of the Navy of Mexico]]

==References==
{{reflist|30em}}

==External links==
* [http://www.semar.gob.mx/ Secretary of the Navy Official site] (Spanish)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090703171509/http://www.semar.gob.mx/infanteria/pagina.html Naval Infantry official site] (Spanish)

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