Navy of El Salvador

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Salvadoran Navy
Fuerza Naval de El Salvador
Salvadoran Navy Seal.svg
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)")

The Navy of El Salvador (Spanish: Fuerza Naval de El Salvador) is the naval arm of the Armed Forces of El Salvador. The navy was founded on 12 October 1951.[2]

Built around craft and duties absorbed from the , the navy is primarily composed of patrol boats tasked with coastal patrol and fishery protection.[3] The current fleet is made up of three Camcraft-type patrol boats originally built in the United States for use as oilfield crew boats. New patrol boats have been ordered from Chile to replace or supplement the current, aging ships.[4]


Current fleet[]

Class overview
NameCamcraft-type small patrol boat
Preceded byN/A (British built patrol boats, retired in 1981)
Succeeded byNew Small Patrol Boat
Planned21,000
Completed15,000
Active200,021
General characteristics
TypePatrol Boat
Displacement100 tons
Length30.5m
Beam6.4m
Draught1.5m
Propulsion3 diesel engines, 1,200 bhp
Speed25 knots
Complement10
Armament
  • 1 × 81mm mortar
  • 2 × 12.7mm MG (GC7, GC8)
  • 1 × 20mm gun (GC6)
NotesOilfield crew boats converted to patrol boats.
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)[5] Builder Camcraft, Crown Point, USA.
PM10  United States Swiftships 65ft class Patrol boat 36t 1984 In service (2019)[6] Builder Swiftships, Morgan City, USA.
PM11 160815-N-GP524-465.jpg  United States Swiftships 77ft class Patrol boat 48t 1985 In service (2019)[7] Builder Swiftships, Morgan City, USA.
PM12 USCGC Point Evans.jpg  United States USCG Point class cutter Patrol boat 69t 1967 In service (2019)[8] Commissioned 2001. Builder Martinac SB, Tacoma, USA.
PM13
PM15
Coastal Patrol Boats
Lanchas 01.jpg  United States 37-foot Boston Whaler Patrol boat In service (2020)[9] Donates 8 units government of US.

Builder Boston Whaler boats, USA.

PC01-09 USMC Riverine Assault Craft (RAC) in Paraguay.jpeg  United States Protector class Patrol boat 11t 1988: LP01-05 1989: LP06-09 In service (2019)[10] 1998: one unit discarding.

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

Landing crafts
BD02 US Navy 090615-N-6676S-456 Landing Craft Mechanized (LCM) 14, assigned to Assault Craft Unit (ACU) 2, transports Sailors, Soldiers and Marines during operations supporting Joint Logistics Over-The-Shore (JLOTS) exercises.jpg  United States USN LCM(8) craft Landing craft 121t 1987 In service (2019)[11] Builder SeaArk, Monticello, USA.
BD04
BD05
BD06		 Lcm-8 1972.jpg  United States USN LCM(8) craft Landing craft 121t 1950s In service (2019)[12] Commissioned 1996,1996,2010
Auxiliary Ships
BL01 General Manuel José Arce[1] Wagl302madrona1961.jpg  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.[13]

Future fleet[]

Two (possibly three) new patrol boats have been ordered from Chile. They will be slightly larger than the current patrol boats with a displacement of 107 tons, measure 32.7 x 6.7 x 2.1 meters, and have a crew of 14. They will also be slightly slower with a top speed of 18 knots. Armament will be 1 x 20mm gun, and one 12.7mm machine gun.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ a b "El Salvador". Military Technology World Defence Almanac. Bonn : Wehr & Wissen: 60. 2005. ISSN 0722-3226.
  2. ^ "Fuerza Naval de El Salvador Celebra "LXVI" Aniversario" (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  3. ^ "Country-Data.com".
  4. ^ a b "Hazegray.org".
  5. ^ {{cite web|url=https://www.navypedia.org/ships/el_salvador/esal_index.htm
  6. ^ {{cite web|url=https://www.navypedia.org/ships/el_salvador/esal_index.htm
  7. ^ {{cite web|url=https://www.navypedia.org/ships/el_salvador/esal_index.htm
  8. ^ {{cite web|url=https://www.navypedia.org/ships/el_salvador/esal_index.htm
  9. ^ {{cite web|url=https://sv.usembassy.gov/united-states-donates-boston-whaler-boat-to-el-salvadors-navy/
  10. ^ {{cite web|url=https://www.navypedia.org/ships/el_salvador/esal_index.htm
  11. ^ {{cite web|url=https://www.navypedia.org/ships/el_salvador/esal_index.htm
  12. ^ {{cite web|url=https://www.navypedia.org/ships/el_salvador/esal_index.htm
  13. ^ {{cite web|url=https://www.navypedia.org/ships/el_salvador/esal_index.htm


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