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Salvadoran Navy

maritime warfare branch of El Salvador's military

The Salvadoran Navy or Navy of El Salvador (in Spanish: Fuerza Naval de El Salvador) is a branch of the Salvadoran Army, it was founded on October 12, 1951.[2]

Salvadoran Navy
Fuerza Naval de El Salvador
Founded1912 (original)
12 October 1951
Country El Salvador
BranchNavy
TypeNaval warfare
Size150,000 personnel[1]
Motto(s)"Patria, Lealtad y Valor" ("Homeland, Loyalty and Valor (Courage)")
EngagementsFootball War
Salvadoran Civil War

It has participated in two Important Conflicts, the Football War and the Salvadoran Civil War, currently the Navy is dedicated to the protection of the Coasts and Fisheries.[3]

Current Fleet change

Number/name Image Builder Class Type Displacement Year Status in NAVY Details
Patrol Ships
PM06
PM07
PM08 		  United States Camcraft-type Patrol boat 100t 1975 In service (2019)[4] Builder Camcraft, Crown Point, USA.
PM10   United States Swiftships 65ft class Patrol boat 36t 1984 In service (2019)[5] Builder Swiftships, Morgan City, USA.
PM11     United States Swiftships 77ft class Patrol boat 48t 1985 In service (2019)[6] Builder Swiftships, Morgan City, USA.
PM12     United States USCG Point class cutter Patrol boat 69t 1967 In service (2019)[7] Commissioned 2001. Builder Martinac SB, Tacoma, USA.
PM13
PM15
Coastal Patrol Boats
    United States 37-foot Boston Whaler Patrol boat In service (2020)[8] Donates 8 units government of US.

Builder Boston Whaler boats, USA.

PC01-09     United States Protector class Patrol boat 11t 1988: LP01-05 1989: LP06-09 In service (2019)[9] 1998: one unit discarding.

In service (2019): 8 units. Builder SeaArk Marine, Monticello, USA.

Landing crafts
BD02     United States USN LCM(8) craft Landing craft 121t 1987 In service (2019)[10] Builder SeaArk, Monticello, USA.
BD04
BD05
BD06 		    United States USN LCM(8) craft Landing craft 121t 1950s In service (2019)[11] Commissioned 1996,1996,2010
Auxiliary Ships
BL01 General Manuel José Arce[1]   United States Cactus/Balsam-class Support vessel 1038t 1942 unknown Ex-USCGC Madrona. Built as a seagoing buoy tender for the U.S. Coast Guard in 1942. Decommissioned and sold to El Salvador in 2002.[12]

References change

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "El Salvador". Military Technology World Defence Almanac. Bonn : Wehr & Wissen: 60. 2005. ISSN 0722-3226.
  2. ↑ "Hazegray.org".
  3. ↑ "Fuerza Naval de El Salvador Celebra "LXVI" Aniversario" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 11 April 2021. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  4. ↑ "El Salvador".
  5. ↑ "El Salvador".
  6. ↑ "El Salvador".
  7. ↑ "El Salvador".
  8. ↑ "United States donates Boston Whaler boat to el Salvador's Navy". 19 June 2020.
  9. ↑ "El Salvador".
  10. ↑ "El Salvador".
  11. ↑ "El Salvador".
  12. ↑ "El Salvador".

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