List of active Argentine Navy ships

The list of active ships of the Argentine Navy includes ships currently[when?] 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.[citation needed] 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]

Argentine naval ensign

Warships

Submarines

Note: As of 2023, the entire submarine fleet is inactive.

ClassPictureNo.BoatCommissionedDisplacementNote
Submarines
Santa Cruz S-41Santa Cruz (in reserve)19842,264 tonnesReported "inactive", refit cancelled as of 2020[2][3]
Salta S-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.

ClassPictureNo.ShipCommissionedDisplacementNote
Destroyers
Almirante Brown D-10
D-11
D-13
Almirante Brown
La Argentina
Sarandí
1983
1983
1984
3,600 tonnesHeroína (D-12) formally retired from service in 2024 after prolonged inactivity.[5][6]

Corvettes

ClassPictureNo.ShipCommissionedDisplacementNote
Corvettes
Espora P-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 tonnesParker being converted to the offshore patrol role as of 2021–23; second vessel also to be converted[7][8]
Drummond P-31
P-32
P-33
Drummond (in reserve)
Guerrico (in reserve)
Granville
1976
1978
1980
1,170 tonnes

Patrol vessels

ClassPictureNo.ShipCommissionedDisplacementNote
Offshore patrol vessels
Gowind P-51
P-52
P-53
P-54
Bouchard
Piedrabuena
Almirante Storni
Bartolomé Cordero
2019
2021
2021
2022
0
1,650 tonnesLast vessel, P-54, commissioned July 2022.[9][10][11][12][13]
Murature P-21King19461,032 tonnesUsed primarily as training vessel.[n 1][14][15]

Sister ship Murature decommissioned September 2014[16]

Fast attack craft
Intrépida P-85
P-86
Intrépida
Indómita
1974
1974
268 tonnes
Patrol boats
Zurubí P-55Zurubí193933 tonnesDecommissioned in 1985, refurbished and re-commissioned in 1993.[n 2][17][18]
Baradero P-61
P-62
P-63
P-64
Baradero
Barranqueras
Clorinda
Concepción del Uruguay
1978
1978
1978
1978
39 tonnes
Punta Mogotes P-65
P-66
Punta Mogotes
Río Santiago
200026.5 tonnes

Amphibious support ship

ClassPictureNo.ShipCommissionedDisplacementNote
Amphibious support ship
Modified Costa Sur B-4Bahía San Blas197810,894 tonnesUsed as an amphibious cargo ship.

Auxiliary vessels

ClassPictureNo.ShipCommissionedDisplacementNote
Icebreaker
Almirante Irízar Q-5ARA Almirante Irízar (Q-5)197814,899 tonnesReturned to active service in April 2017 following several years of repairs.
Survey vessels
Puerto Deseado Q-20Puerto Deseado19782,400 tonnes
Austral Q-21Austral20154,900 tonnesex-Sonne, operated by the Navy for the CONICET; returned to service 2021 following maintenance.[19]
Comodoro Rivadavia Q-11Comodoro Rivadavia1974827 tonnes
Tanker
Durance B-1Patagonia200017,800 tonnesex-Durance of the French Navy.[n 3]
Cargo ship
Costa Sur B-3
Canal Beagle197810,894 tonnes
Tug
Abnaki A-3Francisco de Gurruchaga19751,731 tonnes
Coastal buoy tenders
Red Q-61
Q-62
Q-63
Ciudad de Zárate
Ciudad de Rosario
Punta Alta
2000
2000
2000
525 tonnes
Training ships
Libertad Q-2Libertad19633,765 tonnesIn service
LuisitoQ-51Luisito1983Used by the National Fishing School
LICA Ciudad de Ensenada
Ciudad de Berisso
2024
2024[20][21]
282 tonnesOfficer cadet training[22][23][24][25]
Yacht
Fortuna Fortuna III200415 tonnes
Aviso
Teniente Olivieri A-2Teniente Olivieri19871,640 tonnes
Neftegaz A-21
A-22
A-23
A-24
Puerto Argentino
Estrecho San Carlos
Bahía Agradable
Islas Malvinas
20152.700 tonnes
Museum ship
Presidente Sarmiento 18972,750 tonnesShe is now maintained in her original 1898 appearance as a museum ship in Puerto Madero near downtown Buenos Aires.
Uruguay 1874550 tonnesRemoved from naval service in 1962, the Uruguay was in 1967 declared a National Historic Landmark. currently[when?] 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 Presidente Sarmiento.[27]

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