ARM Benito Juárez (POLA-101)

ARM Benito Juárez departs Pearl Harbor for RIMPAC 2022 exercise on 11 July 2022
History
Mexico
NameReformador
RenamedBenito Juárez
Namesake
Builder
Laid down17 August 2017
Launched23 November 2018
Commissioned6 February 2020
IdentificationHull number: POLA-101
StatusIn active service
General characteristics
Type
Displacement2,575 long tons (2,616 t) standard
Length107.50 m (352.7 ft)
Beam14.08 m (46.2 ft)
Draft3.90 m (12.8 ft)
Propulsion
  • 2 × diesel engines, 9,240 kW (12,390 shp)
  • 6 × diesel generators, 735 kW (986 shp)
  • 2 × electric motors
  • 2 × shafts
Speed28 knots (52 km/h)
Range5,000 NM (9,300 km) at 18 knots (33 km/h)
Endurance20 days
Complement122
Sensors &
processing systems
  • SMART-S Mk2 air/surface surveillance radar
  • Anschütz Synapsis navigation radar
  • 1 × Thales Captas-2 towed sonar
  • Thales TACTICOS combat management system
  • ERA Indra Rigel ESM
Armament
Aircraft carried1 × AS565 Panther helicopter
Aviation facilitiesFlight deck and hangar

ARM Benito Juárez (POLA-101) is the lead ship of Reformador-class frigate of the Mexican Navy. Previously was named as ARM Reformador until March 2020, the ship is officially classified as "long-range ocean patrol ship" (Spanish: Patrulla Oceánica de Largo Alcance / POLA).