ARM Sonora

	ARM Sonora docked at Guaymas in 2016
History
Mexico
Name	ARM Sonora
Builder	Mexican Navy Ship yards
Laid down	14 December 1999
Launched	4 September 2000
Commissioned	4 September 2000
Identification	Pennant number: PO-152
Status	In active service
General characteristics
Class and type	Durango-class patrol vessel
Displacement	1,300 long tons (1,300 t) standard; 1,470 long tons (1,490 t) full load;
Length	81.4 m (267 ft 1 in)
Beam	10.5 m (34 ft 5 in)
Draft	3.9 m (12 ft 10 in)
Propulsion	2 x Caterpillar 3616 diesel engines; 6,197 hp (4,621 kW); 2 shafts;
Speed	20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph)
Complement	74
Sensors and ; processing systems	Saab EOS 450 optronic director; Surface and air search radar;
Armament	Bofors 57 mm/70 caliber gun Mk 3
Aircraft carried	1 medium helicopter
Aviation facilities	One helicopter hangar

ARM Sonora (PO-152) is a Durango-class patrol vessel in service with the Mexican Navy with a 57 mm (2.2 in) main gun turret and a helicopter landing pad, primarily used for illicit drug interdiction. Like other ships of this class, it was designed and built in Mexican dockyards. The vessel was launched and commissioned on 4 September 2000 and is in active service.

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