Lack of maintenance and a possible sinking of the Guanajuato led to the closing of the museum and the beginning of a maintenance project of the gunboat. The museum included 16 different exhibits, presenting how the ship looked and worked during the 1920s and 1930s. In 2007, the Guanajuato was opened to the public as the Museo Naval Interactivo Cañonero Guanajuato C-07 (Naval Interactive Museum Cañonero Guanajuato C-07), the first floating museum of Veracruz and Latin America. The Guanajuato's last navigation with the Navy was in 1997, being retired from service in 2001. Along the two years, the ship travelled to Mexico, Brasil, Argentina, Chile and Peru. ĭuring 19, the gunboat was used as sail training for the Heroica Escuela Naval Militar. Although it was initially planned as a warship, during the Second World War the Guanajuato served as a convoy escort in Central America. The Guanajuato was laid down in May 1934 and delivered into service in 1936. The ship was commissioned by the Mexican government between 19 from the Spanish shipyard Sociedad Española de Construcción Naval del Ferrol (also known as Astillero El Ferrol), along with the transport ship Durango, gunboats Querétaro and Potosí and ten coastguards. It has been located at the shore of the Jamapa River, in the municipality of Boca del Río, Veracruz, as a museum ship. The ARM Guanajuato (C-07), also known as Cañonero Guanajuato, was a gunboat that served for the Mexican Navy until 2001. The museum is currently named Museo Naval Interactivo Cañonero Guanajuato C-07 Museum in Boca del Río, closed due to maintenance Sociedad Española de Construcción Naval del Ferrol Cañonero Guanajuato in Boca del Río, 2021
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