The Mexican Navy was probably the oldest in Latin America, created in 1800. Now 226 years old, the Armada de México still have to monitor 3,149,920 km2 (1,216,190 sq mi)) of coastline (11,122 km (6,911 mi)) between the Caribbean and Pacific, with 189 ships and 87500 personal today. It is a blue-green water navy with a full array of service, including special forces, Marines and naval aviation, missile frigates (5 ships, 7 in construction), 2 FACs, and 35 OPV and 44 CPVs, 50 counternarcotics interceptors, 5 logistic/amphibious ships, 6 mine hunters, 3 auxiliary/trainers. Its cadet flagship and ambassador round the world’s tall ships reunions is B.E.Cuauhtémoc. Some ships are now 80 years old like the Valle class OPVs (ww2 AUK class), others quite recent as the Dutch-Mex 2005 Reformador class frigates, replacing the four Garcia class still in service. Full list below.
ARM Benito Juarez, on the latest shiny ship in the Mexican Navy