page_title: List of active ships of the Colombian Navy
section_title: Training, Auxiliary and Logistics
hierarchical_section_title: List of active ships of the Colombian Navy / Training, Auxiliary and Logistics
caption_attribution_description: English: A special forces team comprised of Peruvian navy sailors approaches the Colombian ship ARC Buenaventura (BL 162) in a rigid hull inflatable boat while engaging in visit, board, search and seizure exercises during Fuerzas Alidas PANAMAX 2007 while under way in the Pacific Ocean Sept. 1, 2007. The U.S. Southern Command joint, multinational training exercise brings together military and civil forces from 19 countries to promote interoperability to counter threats to the Panama Canal. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Damien Horvath) (Released)
context_page_description: In addition to the usual tasks of a green water navy, the Colombian Navy also performs Coast Guard duties, has shared responsibility for patrolling the extensive Colombian network of rivers, and includes the Marine Infantry. Furthermore, its littoral/riverine component is relatively large when compared with the more traditional navies of other countries.
  Due to this aggregation of duties, some vessels perform routinely and indistinctly as coast guard/combat patrol, particularly those mid-size, lightly armed vessels, and can occasionally be found classified as either Surface combat or Coast Guard or even Logistics/General transport across different sources, even in official documents from the ARC itself. Also, many of the lighter patrol/harbor patrol boats may be assigned or reassigned duties across the different branches with little or no notice depending on service needs.
  As the ARC has embarked in a program of modernization since 2000, a better separation and categorization of the different vessels has ensued, with many vessels being re-numbered or reclassified, which makes for occasionally conflicting references.
caption: ARC Buenaventura during exercise "Fuerzas Aliadas PANAMAX 2007"
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