Overview

• Mexico’s Navy said the sail training ship began its departure maneuvers on Oct. 4 to return home, with Veracruz as the first port and Cozumel planned afterward.
• Authorities reported that 171 new cadets and three officers have joined the crew in New York for the instructional cruise.
• The vessel underwent repairs at Caddell Dry Dock and GMD in New York after the May 17 collision with the Brooklyn Bridge during a departure maneuver with 277 people aboard.
• Sea trials confirmed the ship’s steering in normal and emergency modes, performance of the auxiliary propulsion forward and reverse, integrity of masts and rigging, and external communications links.
• Officials framed the voyage as an act of remembrance for two cadets who died—identified as America Yamileth Sánchez and Adal Yahir Maldonado—with the ship expected at Navy Day events on Nov. 23.