ARA King (P-21) explained

ARA King is a World War II-era Argentine Navy warship, originally classified as minelayer and later as patrol ship. The vessel is named after Juan King, an Argentine naval officer that served in the Cisplatine War. It is the third Argentine naval ship with this name.

Design

King was as part of a program to build four minelayers during the Second World War. Two (Murature and King) were completed as patrol boats and the others (Piedrabuena and Azopardo) as antisubmarine frigates.

History

King was launched in 1943 and commissioned in 1946.

In 1955, the ship took part of rising against Juan Domingo Perón's government known as Revolución Libertadora, when she acted as a floating battery defending the rebel naval base at Río Santiago.

After the decommissioning of her sister in 2014, King is the oldest still in service in the Argentine navy.^{[1] [2]} She was overhauled from 2015 to 2018 and was still in service as of 2022.

In July 2023, the ship was involved in a collision with a floating bar on the Paraná River and a Naval Prefecture vessel. The damage was reported as minor.^[3]

See also

• List of ships of the Argentine Navy

References

Bibliography

• Book: Amendolara Bourdette . Ignacio . Guia de los buques de la Armada Argentina 2005-2006 . 2005 . es, en . 987-43-9400-5 . Buenos Aires, Argentina . 2014-09-13 . 2014-09-13 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140913170252/http://www.ipneditores.com.ar/product_info.php?products_id=142 . dead .

Further reading

• Book: Arguindeguy, Pablo. Apuntes sobre los buques de la Armada Argentina (1810-1970). 1972. Comando en Jefe de la Armada. Buenos Aires, Argentina. es.
• Book: Burzio, Humberto. Armada Nacional. Secretaria de Estado de Marina . es . 1960 . Humberto Francisco Burzio.
• Book: Piccirilli . Ricardo. Gianello . Leoncio . Biografías navales. Secretaría de Estado de Marina . Buenos Aires . es . 1963. .

External links

• Patrol ship ARA “King” - Histarmar website (Historia y Arqueología Marítima – Patrullero ARA King) (accessed 2015-12-24)
• Argentine Navy website - Patrulleros Clase "MURATURE" (in Spanish - accessed 2013-10-31)

Notes and References

1. Web site: A.R.A. "Murature" - P 20 . histarmar.com . es . 16 September 2022.
2. News: Un catamarqueño es el nuevo comandante del ARA 'King' - El Esquiu. 2018-11-17. es.
3. Web site: Un buque de la Armada chocó contra un bar flotante en el río Paraná cuando intentaba acercarse al puerto de Corrientes . www.clarin.com . es . 9 July 2023 . 11 July 2023.