ARM Baja California

	ARM Baja California
History
Mexico
Name	Baja California
Namesake	Baja California
Builder	Tampico Naval Shipyard and Salina Cruz Naval Ship Yard
Commissioned	1 April 2003
Status	in active service
General characteristics
Class and type	Oaxaca-class patrol vessel
Displacement	1,850 short tons (1,678 t)
Length	282 ft 2 in (86.00 m)
Beam	34 ft 4 in (10.46 m)
Draft	11 ft 8 in (3.56 m)
Propulsion	2 × Caterpillar 3916 V16 Diesels, 2 props
Speed	20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Troops	39 marines or special forces commandos
Complement	77 sailors
Sensors and ; processing systems	2 × Terma Scanter 2001 Navigation/surface search radars; Selex NA-25 radar and optronic fire control system;
Armament	1 × Otobreda 76 mm gun; 2 × OTO Melara 12.7 mm remote-controlled naval turret Mod. 517 with M2 12.7mm machine guns ; 1 × OTO Melara single 30/SAFS 30 mm cannon;
Aircraft carried	1 × Panther or Fennec helicopter
Aviation facilities	1 helicopter hangar and helipad

ARM Baja California (PO-162) is a Oaxaca-class patrol vessel, constructed by and for the Mexican Navy.

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