ARM Benito Juárez (POLA-101)

ARM Benito Juárez in Burrard Inlet on June of 2025
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).