List of active Argentine Navy ships

The list of active ships of the Argentine Navy includes ships currently in commission with the Navy, or operated by the Navy on behalf of other organizations.

As of 2017, there were 41 commissioned ships in the navy, including 4 destroyers, 2 amphibious support ships and 2 submarines (though both boats were non-operational as of 2020). The total displacement of the fleet (including auxiliaries) was approximately 128,461 tonnes.

Argentine naval ensign.

Warships

Submarines
See also: Argentine Submarine Force

Note: The submarine fleet is suffering from lack of maintenance and training. The submarines accumulated a total of only 19 hours submerged in 2012 against a minimum requirement of 190 days.[1] As of 2020, the entire fleet is inactive.

Class Picture No. Boat Commissioned Displacement Note
Submarines
Santa CruzS-41Santa Cruz (in reserve)19842,264 tonnesReported "inactive", refit cancelled as of 2020[2][3]
SaltaS-31Salta (in reserve)19731,248 tonnesReported inactive as of 2020[4]

Destroyers

Note: Argentina uses the classification destructores (destroyers) for the Almirante Brown class, despite them being analogous to medium frigates by most international classifications.

Class Picture No. Ship Commissioned Displacement Note
Destroyers
Almirante BrownD-10
D-11
D-12
D-13		Almirante Brown
La Argentina
Heroína (in reserve)
Sarandí		1983
1983
1983
1984		3,600 tonnesHeroína inactive since 2008, reported in 2019 as likely to be scrapped.[5]

Corvettes
Class Picture No. Ship Commissioned Displacement Note
Corvettes
EsporaP-41
P-42
P-43
P-44
P-45
P-46		Espora
Rosales
Spiro
Parker
Robinson
Gómez Roca		1985
1986
1987
1990
2001
2004		1,790 tonnes
DrummondP-31
P-32
P-33		Drummond (in reserve)
Guerrico (in reserve)
Granville		1976
1978
1980		1,170 tonnes

Patrol vessels
Class Picture No. Ship Commissioned Displacement Note
Offshore patrol vessels
GowindP-51
P-52
P-53
P-54		 Bouchard
Piedrabuena
Almirante Storni
Bartolomé Cordero		 2019
2021
2021
2022
0		 1,650 tonnes Last vessel, P-54, delivered April 2022.[6][7][8][9]
MuratureP-21King19461,032 tonnesUsed primarily as training vessel, being overhauled.[n 1][10]

Sister ship Murature decommissioned September 2014[11]

Fast attack craft
IntrépidaP-85
P-86		Intrépida
Indómita		1974
1974		268 tonnes
Patrol boats
ZurubíP-55Zurubí193933 tonnesDecommissioned in 1985, refurbished and re-commissioned in 1993.[n 2][12][13]
BaraderoP-61
P-62
P-63
P-64		Baradero
Barranqueras
Clorinda
Concepción del Uruguay		1978
1978
1978
1978		39 tonnes
Punta MogotesP-66Punta Mogotes
Río Santiago		200026.5 tonnes

Amphibious support ships
Class Picture No. Ship Commissioned Displacement Note
Amphibious support ships
Modified Type 42B-52Hércules (in reserve)19764,100 tonnesA modified type 42 destroyer used as a multi-purpose transport ship; non-operational as of 2020.[14]
Modified Costa SurB-4Bahía San Blas197810,894 tonnesUsed as an amphibious cargo ship.

Auxiliary vessels
Class Picture No. Ship Commissioned Displacement Note
Icebreaker
Almirante IrízarQ-5ARA Almirante Irízar Q-5197814,899 tonnesReturned to active service in April 2017 following several years of repairs.
Survey vessels
Puerto DeseadoQ-20Puerto Deseado19782,400 tonnes
AustralQ-21Austral20154,900 tonnesex-Sonne, operated by the Navy for the CONICET; returned to service 2021 following maintenance.[15]
Comodoro RivadaviaQ-11Comodoro Rivadavia1974827 tonnes
Tanker
DuranceB-1Patagonia200017,800 tonnesex-Durance of the French Navy.[n 3] non-operational as of 2020.[14]
Cargo ships
Costa SurB-3
Canal Beagle
Cabo de Hornos		197810,894 tonnes
Tugs
AbnakiA-3Francisco de Gurruchaga
Suboficial Castillo		19751,731 tonnes
SotoyomoA-9Alferez Sobral1972800 tonnes
Coastal buoy tenders
RedQ-61
Q-62
Q-63		Ciudad de Zárate
Ciudad de Rosario
Punta Alta		2000
2000
2000		525 tonnes
Training ships
LibertadQ-2Libertad19633,765 tonnesIn service
LuisitoQ-51Luisito1983Used by the National Fishing School
LICACiudad de Ensenada2021282 tonnes1 boats currently build by Río Santiago Shipyard.[16] On 18.10.2021 the first vessel the Ciudad de Ensenada was launched.[17]
Yacht
FortunaFortuna III200415 tonnes
Aviso
Teniente OlivieriA-2Teniente Olivieri19871,640 tonnes
NeftegazA-21
A-22
A-23
A-24		Puerto Argentino
Estrecho San Carlos
Bahía Agradable
Islas Malvinas		20152.700 tonnes
Museum Ship
Presidente SarmientoARA Presidente Sarmiento18972750 tonnesShe is now maintained in her original 1898 appearance as a museum ship in Puerto Madero near downtown Buenos Aires.
UruguayARA Uruguay1874550 tonnesRemoved from naval service in 1962, the Uruguay was in 1967 declared a National Historic Landmark. currently integrated since 1967 as a museum ship with the frigate ARA Presidente Sarmiento in the Museum of Sea and Navigation.[note 1] It is moored at Puerto Madero in the city of Buenos Aires, in the dock area No. 3, a short distance from the Sarmiento.[19]

See also

Notes
  1. As of November 2015, ARA King is being overhauled.
  2. Transferred in 1944 to the Navy as a patrol boat with pennant number P-36. As of February 2016 is in active service with pennant number P-55 based at Ushuaia.
  3. Patagonia is the primary under-way replenishment ship of the Argentine Navy;
  1. [Historic monument] "Monumento histórico ...el Poder Ejecutivo declaró por decreto del 06 de Junio de 1967 a la corbeta Uruguay monumento histórico, responsabilizando a la Comisión Nacional de Museos, Monumentos y Lugares Históricos, junto con la Armada de la conservación de la nave y de proyectar su futuro destino y funcionamiento."[18]

References

Notes
  1. "Argentine navy short on spares and resources for training and maintenance". Mercopress. 22 November 2012. Archived from the original on 2013-01-05.
  2. "Estiman que la llegada del próximo submarino operativo para Argentina demoraría de cinco a seis años". Neustromar.org (in Spanish). 8 September 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. "A. Rossi (Argentina): "Argentina tiene que tener una Fuerza Aérea con aviones supersónicos (2)". infodefensa.com (in Spanish). 23 December 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  4. De Vedia, Mariano (26 January 2020). "El Gobierno negocia con Noruega la compra de un submarino". La Nacion (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 July 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. Axe, David (31 December 2019). "Time Is Running Out To Save Argentina's Navy And Air Force From Obsolesence". The National Interest. Retrieved 9 July 2021 – via Yahoo! News.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  6. "Argentine Navy receives the fourth OPV Bartolomé Cordero".
  7. Groizeleau, Vincent (14 April 2021). "A Concarneau, la marine argentine réceptionne le patrouilleur Piedrabuena". Mer et Marine (in French). Retrieved 9 July 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. https://www.janes.com/article/93109/argentine-navy-commissions-ara-bouchard-opv
  9. del Carmen Francès, Maria; Bartolomé Piedrabuena, Mercedes (1985). "Comment on devenait inspecteur des pharmacies en Espagne au XVIIIe siècle". Revue d'histoire de la pharmacie. 73 (264): 31–33. doi:10.3406/pharm.1985.2398. ISSN 0035-2349.
  10. "El jefe de la Armada visitó el patrullero ARA "King"". Gaceta Marinera (in Spanish). 25 November 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-12-24. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
  11. "ARA Murature (Armada Hoy – Histarmar)" (in Spanish). Fundacion Histarmar. Retrieved 9 July 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  12. "Lancha Patrullera Clase "Zurubí" (Armada Argentina – Poder Naval – Flota de Mar – Unidades)" (in Spanish). Argentine Navy. Retrieved 2016-02-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  13. "P-36 SURUBÍ/ZURUBI (Buques Históricos – Histarmar)" (in Spanish). Fundacion Histarmar. Retrieved 2016-02-20.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  14. "El retroceso operacional de la Armada Argentina en la últimas décadas". 3 August 2021.
  15. https://www.defensa.com/argentina/buque-oceanografica-ara-austral-armada-argentina-vuelve-servicio
  16. "Astillero Rio Santiago avanza con la construcción de las lanchas LICA para la Armada Argentina".
  17. "El Astillero Río Santiago volvió a construir y botar un barco tras 9 años de inactividad | Una lancha de instrucción de Cadetes de la Armada".
  18. "ARA Official website page Barque Museo ARA Corbetta Uruguay" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2012-10-31. Retrieved 2009-12-26.
  19. Google map centered on ARA Uruguay. (Scroll south to see the ARA Presidente Sarmiento).

Bibliography

Further reading
  • Saunders, Stephen (2015). IHS Jane's Fighting Ships 2015-2016. Janes Fighting Ships (116th Revised ed.). Janes Information Group. ISBN 978-0-7106-3143-5.
  • Garcia Pedroche, Sergio; Nuñez Padin, Jorge Felix (2004). Nuñez Padin, Jorge Felix (ed.). ARA B1 "Patagonia". Fuerzas Navales (in Spanish). Vol. Nº1. Bahia Blanca, Argentina: Fuerzas Aeronavales.
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