See also: Almirante Brown-class destroyer.
ARA Brown was commissioned as on 6 July 1943, ARA Espora was commissioned as on 7 August 1943, ARA Rosales was commissioned as on 16 July 1943, ARA Almirante Domecq Garcia was commissioned as on 11 May 1943 and ARA Almirante Storni was commissioned as on 23 August 1943.
After World War II, they were in a mothball state, but In August 1961, they were handed over to Argentina based on the Argentina-US Ship Loan Agreement. All ships were decommissioned by the time of the Falklands War, to save resources for the war. ARA Almirante Storni fired warning shots and then live shots in the bow of the British oceanic research vessel Shackleton on 2 April 1976.[1]
Almirante Brown class | ||||||||
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Name | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Acquired | Decommissioned | Fate | ||
D-20 | Brown | Bethlehem Steel | 8 May 1942 | 5 December 1942 | 14 August 1961 | 1979 | Scrapped, 1982 | |
D-21 | Espora | Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company | 2 March 1943 | 20 June 1943 | 16 August 1961 | 1979 | Scrapped, 1979 | |
D-22 | Rosales | Bethlehem Steel | 21 December 1942 | 8 May 1943 | 7 August 1961 | 1981 | Scrapped, 1981 | |
Almirante Domecq Garcia class | ||||||||
D-23 | Almirante Domecq Garcia | Bath Iron Works | 12 October 1942 | 7 March 1943 | 17 August 1971 | 1982 | Sunk as target, 1983 | |
D-24 | Almirante Storni | Bethlehem Steel | 7 September 1942 | 18 March 1943 | 17 August 1971 | 1981 | Scrapped, 1982 |