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BPatrol & mine warfare vessels
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Oaxaca-class patrol vessellarger figure on 3 of 4
T Craft-class patrol vessel
Measured figures
Length
Single source282 ft 2 in (86.00 m)[source]
Length
Single sourceConfiguration
| Specification | Oaxaca-class patrol vessel | T Craft-class patrol vessel |
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| Name | Oaxaca class[source] | T Craft class[source] |
| Builders | Tampico Naval Shipyard and Salina Cruz Naval Ship Yard[source] | — |
| Operators | Mexican Navy[source] | South African Navy (3) Israeli Navy (3)[source] |
| Preceded by | Durango class[source] | — |
| Planned | 12 |
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22 m (72.2 ft)[source]
Complement including one officer
Single source16 personnel[source]Complement including one officer
Sailors, 39 Marines or Special Forces
Single source77 Sailors, 39 Marines or Special Forces[source]
at 22 kn (41 km/h; 25 mph)
Single source530 nmi (980 km; 610 mi) at 22 kn (41 km/h; 25 mph)[source]
Installed power
Single source2,000 hp (1,500 kW)[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
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| Type | Patrol vessel[source] | — |
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| Propulsion | 2 × Caterpillar 3616 V16 diesel engines, 2 props[source] | 2 ADE 444 Tl 12V diesels; 2 Hamilton water-jets[source] |
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| Sensors & processing systems | 1 × Terma Scanter 2001 Navigation/surface search radar Selex NA-25 radar and optronic fire control system[source] | Surface search radar : Racal-Decca I-band[source] |
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| Armament | 1 × Otobreda 76 mm gun or 1 x Bofors 57 mm gun 2 × OTO Melara remote-controlled naval turret Mod. 517 with M2 12.7mm MG 1 × OTO Melara 30 mm cannon[source] | 1 × 12.7 mm (0.50 in) Browning machine gun[source] |
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| Aircraft carried | 1 × Panther helicopter[source] | — |
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| Aviation facilities | 1 helicopter hangar and Helipad[source] | — |
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| Source measurement | The Oaxaca class are 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 Naval Shipyards .[source]Oaxaca-class patrol vessel · Lead; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage The vessels are 282 feet 2 inches (86.0 m) long and have a draft of 11 feet 8 inches (3.6 m), and a beam of 34 feet 4 inches (10.5 m). They displace 1,680 short tons (1,524.1 t).[source]Oaxaca-class patrol vessel · Description; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage Primary armament is a single OTO Melara 76-millimetre (3 in) naval gun or Bofors 57 mm gun . They also mount a pair of OTO Melara remote controlled naval turret Mod. 517 with M2 12.7 mm (0.50 in) machine guns , one on each side. At the rear atop the helicopter hangar is a single OTO Melara 30 mm (1.2 in) cannon. The class has a helipad on the afterdeck with handling capabilities for a variety of helicopters, such as the Panther , Fennec , or the Bolkow B-105 Super-5 . The Oaxaca -class vessels have a top speed of over 22 knots (41 km/h; 25 mph) and a cruising speed of 14 knots (26 km/h; 16 mph). The ships carry a complement of 77, and have provisions to carry a group of 39 special forces and/or marines for a variety of missions.[source]Oaxaca-class patrol vessel · Description; only the objects and conditions stated in this passage | — |
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| Completed | — |
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| Class & type | — | Patrol boat[source] |
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| Capacity | — | 16 (1 officer)[source] |
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| Country of origin | — | South Africa[source]T Craft class · explicitly stated class construction country, not operating-country inference |
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| Manufacturer | — | T Craft International[source]T Craft class · three source ships explicitly built by T CraftInternational T Craft International[source]T Craft class South African vessels P1552/P1553/P1554 built by T Craft International; no sibling equipment or later successor company inference |
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