List of active Argentine Navy ships explained

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 the mid-2020s, there were about 40 commissioned ships in the navy, including 3 destroyers, 1 amphibious support ship and 2 submarines (though both boats were non-operational as of 2022). As of the latter 2010s, the total displacement of the fleet (including auxiliaries) was approximately 128,461 tonnes. The draft 2023 budget submitted to Congress envisages 60 days of navigation for technical and tactical naval training. These are 19 fewer days than in 2022. In contrast, in 2012 the naval force was allocated 358 sailing days.^[1]

Warships

Submarines

See also: Argentine Submarine Force. Note: As of 2023, the entire submarine fleet is inactive.

Class	Picture	No.	Boat	Commissioned	Displacement	Note
Submarines
		S-41	(in reserve)	1984	2,264 tonnes	Reported "inactive", refit cancelled as of 2020^[2] ^[3]
		S-31	(in reserve)	1973	1,248 tonnes	Reported 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.

Corvettes

Class	Picture	No.	Ship	Commissioned	Displacement	Note
Corvettes
/		P-41 P-42 P-43 P-44 P-45 P-46		1985 1986 1987 1990 2001 2004	1,790 tonnes	Parker being converted to the offshore patrol role as of 2021–23^[7] ^[8]
		P-31 P-32 P-33	(in reserve) (in reserve)	1976 1978 1980	1,170 tonnes

Patrol vessels

Class	Picture	No.	Ship	Commissioned	Displacement	Note
Offshore patrol vessels
		P-51 P-52 P-53 P-54	Bouchard Piedrabuena Almirante Storni Bartolomé Cordero	2019 2021 2021 2022	1,650 tonnes	Last vessel, P-54, commissioned July 2022.^[9] ^[10] ^[11] ^[12] ^[13]
		P-21		1946	1,032 tonnes	Used primarily as training vessel.^[14] ^[15] ^[16] Sister ship Murature decommissioned September 2014^[17]
Fast attack craft
		P-85 P-86		1974 1974	268 tonnes
Patrol boats
		P-55		1939	33 tonnes	Decommissioned in 1985, refurbished and re-commissioned in 1993.^[18] ^[19] ^[20]
		P-61 P-62 P-63 P-64		1978 1978 1978 1978	39 tonnes
		P-65 P-66		2000	26.5 tonnes

Amphibious support ship

Auxiliary vessels

Class	Picture	No.	Ship	Commissioned	Displacement	Note
Icebreaker
Almirante Irízar		Q-5		1978	14,899 tonnes	Returned to active service in April 2017 following several years of repairs.
Survey vessels
Puerto Deseado		Q-20		1978	2,400 tonnes
Austral		Q-21		2015	4,900 tonnes	ex-Sonne, operated by the Navy for the CONICET; returned to service 2021 following maintenance.^[21]
Comodoro Rivadavia		Q-11		1974	827 tonnes
Tanker
		B-1		2000	17,800 tonnes	ex-Durance of the French Navy.^[22]
Cargo ship
		B-3		1978	10,894 tonnes
Tug
		A-3		1975	1,731 tonnes
Coastal buoy tenders
		Q-61 Q-62 Q-63		2000 2000 2000	525 tonnes
Training ships
Libertad		Q-2		1963	3,765 tonnes	In service
Luisito		Q-51		1983		Used by the National Fishing School
			Ciudad de Ensenada Ciudad de Berisso	2024 2024^[23] ^[24]	282 tonnes	Officer cadet training^[25] ^[26] ^[27] ^[28]
Yacht
Fortuna				2004	15 tonnes
Aviso
Teniente Olivieri		A-2		1987	1,640 tonnes
		A-21 A-22 A-23 A-24	Puerto Argentino Estrecho San Carlos Bahía Agradable Islas Malvinas	2015	2.700 tonnes
Museum ship
Presidente Sarmiento				1897	2,750 tonnes	She is now maintained in her original 1898 appearance as a museum ship in Puerto Madero near downtown Buenos Aires.
Uruguay				1874	550 tonnes	Removed 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. It is moored at Puerto Madero in the city of Buenos Aires, in the dock area No. 3, a short distance from Presidente Sarmiento.^[29]

See also

• List of auxiliary ships of the Argentine Navy
• List of ships of the Argentine Navy
• Lists of currently active military equipment by country

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 .

Further reading

• Book: Saunders . Stephen . IHS Jane's Fighting Ships 2015-2016 . 2015 . Janes Information Group . Janes Fighting Ships. 116th Revised. 978-0-7106-3143-5.
• Book: Garcia Pedroche . Sergio . Nuñez Padin . Jorge Felix . ARA B1 "Patagonia" . 2004 . Jorge Felix . Nuñez Padin . Fuerzas Aeronavales . Fuerzas Navales . Nº1 . es . Bahia Blanca, Argentina .

External links

• Web site: Buques de la Armada Argentina 1900–2013 . (List of) Ships of the Argentine Navy 1900–2013. es. Historia y Arqueologia Marítima (Histarmar) . Fundación Histarmar – Carlos Mey.

Notes and References

1. Web site: La Nacion. lanacion. 17 December 2022 .
2. Web site: Estiman que la llegada del próximo submarino operativo para Argentina demoraría de cinco a seis años . Neustromar.org . Spanish . 8 September 2020 . 9 July 2021 .
3. Web site: A. Rossi (Argentina): "Argentina tiene que tener una Fuerza Aérea con aviones supersónicos (2) . infodefensa.com . Spanish . 23 December 2020 . 9 July 2021 .
4. Web site: El Gobierno negocia con Noruega la compra de un submarino . De Vedia . Mariano . La Nacion . Spanish . 26 January 2020 . 9 July 2021 .
5. Web site: Trouble: Argentina's Navy and Air Force Are In Danger . Axe . David . The National Interest . 9 December 2019 . 25 February 2023 .
6. Web site: El destructor Clase MEKO 360 ARA “Heroína” de la Armada Argentina al desguace tras una historia rocambolesca . Piñeiro . Luis . defensa.com . 26 March 2024 . 27 March 2024 .
7. Web site: Tandanor avanza en la puesta a punto de la corbeta ARA Rosales . Zona Militar . 13 July 2022 . 27 February 2023 .
8. Web site: INVAP y CITEDEF junto a la Armada Argentina participarán del proyecto de modernización de la corbeta ARA Parker . Zona Militar . 22 September 2022 . 27 February 2023 .
9. Web site: Contraalmirante Cordero Commissioned at Mar del Plata – SeaWaves Magazine .
10. Web site: Argentine Navy receives the fourth OPV Bartolomé Cordero. 13 April 2022 .
11. Web site: A Concarneau, la marine argentine réceptionne le patrouilleur Piedrabuena . Mer et Marine . Groizeleau . Vincent . French . 14 April 2021 . 9 July 2021 . subscription.
12. Web site: Argentine Navy commissions ARA Bouchard OPV | Jane's 360 . 2019-12-11 . 2019-12-11 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191211004741/https://www.janes.com/article/93109/argentine-navy-commissions-ara-bouchard-opv . dead .
13. 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. 10.3406/pharm.1985.2398. 0035-2349.
14. Overhauled from 2015 to 2018.
15. Web site: Video: La vida a bordo del ARA "King", el buque de río más emblemático de la Armada Argentina .
16. Web site: El jefe de la Armada visitó el patrullero ARA "King" . es . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20151224104132/http://www.gacetamarinera.com.ar/nota.asp?idNota=10708 . 2015-12-24 . Gaceta Marinera . 25 November 2015 . 9 July 2021.
17. Web site: ARA Murature (Armada Hoy – Histarmar) . Fundacion Histarmar . es . 9 July 2021 .
18. 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.
19. Web site: Lancha Patrullera Clase "Zurubí" (Armada Argentina – Poder Naval – Flota de Mar – Unidades) . Argentine Navy . es . 2016-02-20 .
20. Web site: P-36 SURUBÍ/ZURUBI (Buques Históricos – Histarmar) . Fundacion Histarmar . es . 2016-02-20 .
21. Web site: El buque oceanográfico ARA “Austral” de la Armada Argentina vuelve al servicio . Luis . Piñeiro . Defensa.com . 12 October 2021 . 12 February 2024.
22. Patagonia is the primary under-way replenishment ship of the Argentine Navy
23. Web site: Astillero Río Santiago entrega dos nuevas embarcaciones a la Armada Argentina y una compuerta para el Dique 2 de Puerto Belgrano . Pescare . 11 April 2024.
24. Web site: La Armada Argentina se prepara para recibir las Lanchas de Instrucción para Cadetes; Zona Militar . 23 February 2023.
25. Web site: Los primeros pasos de la lancha de instrucción de cadetes de la Armada Argentina . 22 August 2023 . Gonzalo . Mary . Infodefensa.com.
26. Web site: 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 October 2021 .
27. Web site: Argentine Navy to launch second LICA next week .
28. Web site: Astillero Rio Santiago avanza con la construcción de las lanchas LICA para la Armada Argentina.
29. https://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Buenos+Aires&sll=37.892587,-122.080977&sspn=0.014055,0.014226&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Buenos+Aires,+Argentina&ll=-34.604137,-58.36644&spn=0.003665,0.003557&t=h&z=18 Google map centered on ARA Uruguay.