Salvadoran Navy

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
Founded	1912 (original) 12 October 1951
Country	El Salvador
Branch	Navy
Type	Naval warfare
Size	150,000 personnel[1]
Motto(s)	"Patria, Lealtad y Valor" ("Homeland, Loyalty and Valor (Courage)")
Engagements	Football 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

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

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.
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8. "United States donates Boston Whaler boat to el Salvador's Navy". 19 June 2020.
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12. "El Salvador".

Other websites

• www.fas.gob.sv
• Historia de la Fuerza Naval de El Salvador
• Centro de Educación e Instrucción Naval CEIN
• Diario de Hoy Aniversario de la Fuerza Naval