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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 were 19 fewer days than in 2022. In contrast, in 2012 the naval force was allocated 358 sailing days. However, the 2025 defence budget envisaged the navy as completing 480 days of "navigation" in that year.

As part of the Argentinian Navy’s modernisation and streamlining plans, in September 2024, it was announced that four of its older ships would be auctioned off, including two corvettes, a tugboat and a survey ship. Subsequently, all three of the navy's Drummond-class corvettes were retired following prolonged inactivity for two of the three vessels.

Argentine naval ensign

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
West Germany / Argentina Santa Cruz S-41 Santa Cruz (in reserve) 1984 2,264 tonnes Reported "inactive", refit cancelled as of 2020
West Germany Salta S-31 Salta (in reserve) 1973 1,248 tonnes Reported inactive as of 2020

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
West Germany Almirante Brown ARA Sarandi D-10
D-11
D-13		 Almirante Brown
La Argentina
Sarandí		 1983
1983
1984		 3,600 tonnes Heroína (D-12) formally retired from service in 2024 after prolonged inactivity.

Corvettes

Class Picture No. Ship Commissioned Displacement Note
Corvettes
Argentina / West Germany Espora ARA Robinson 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 tonnes Parker planned for conversion to the offshore patrol role but status uncertain as of late 2024

Patrol vessels

Class Picture No. Ship Commissioned Displacement Note
Offshore patrol vessels
France Gowind P-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, commissioned July 2022.
Argentina Murature ARA Murature (P-20) P-21 King 1946 1,032 tonnes Used primarily as training vessel.

Sister ship Murature decommissioned September 2014

Fast attack craft
West Germany Intrépida ARA Intrépida (P-85) P-85
P-86		 Intrépida
Indómita		 1974
1974		 268 tonnes
Patrol boats
Argentina Zurubí P-55 Zurubí 1939 33 tonnes Decommissioned in 1985, refurbished and re-commissioned in 1993.
United States / Israel Baradero ARA Concepción del Uruguay (P-64), Ushuaia P-61
P-62
P-63
P-64		 Baradero
Barranqueras
Clorinda
Concepción del Uruguay		 1978
1978
1978
1978		 39 tonnes
United States Punta Mogotes ARA Río Santiago under way P-65
P-66		 Punta Mogotes
Río Santiago		 2000 26.5 tonnes

Amphibious support ship

Class Picture No. Ship Commissioned Displacement Note
Amphibious support ship
Argentina Modified Costa Sur B-4 Bahía San Blas 1978 10,894 tonnes Used as an amphibious cargo ship.

Auxiliary vessels

Class Picture No. Ship Commissioned Displacement Note
Icebreaker
Finland Almirante Irízar Q-5 ARA Almirante Irízar (Q-5) 1978 14,899 tonnes Returned to active service in April 2017 following several years of repairs.
Survey vessels
Argentina Puerto Deseado Q-20 Puerto Deseado 1978 2,400 tonnes
Germany Austral Q-21 Austral 2015 4,900 tonnes ex-Sonne, operated by the Navy for the CONICET; returned to service 2021 following maintenance.
Argentina Comodoro Rivadavia Q-11 Comodoro Rivadavia 1974 827 tonnes To be auctioned off
Tanker
France Durance B-1 Patagonia 2000 17,800 tonnes ex-Durance of the French Navy.
Cargo ship
Argentina Costa Sur B-3
 Canal Beagle 1978 10,894 tonnes
Tug
United States Abnaki A-3 Francisco de Gurruchaga 1975 1,731 tonnes
Coastal buoy tenders
United States Red Q-61
Q-62
Q-63		 Ciudad de Zárate
Ciudad de Rosario
Punta Alta		 2000
2000
2000		 525 tonnes
Training ships
Argentina Libertad Q-2 Libertad 1963 3,765 tonnes In service
Argentina Luisito Q-51 Luisito 1983 Used by the National Fishing School
Argentina LICA Ciudad de Ensenada
Ciudad de Berisso		 2024
2024		 282 tonnes Officer cadet training
Yacht
Argentina Fortuna Fortuna III 2004 15 tonnes
Aviso
United States Teniente Olivieri ARA Teniente Olivieri A-2 Teniente Olivieri 1987 1,640 tonnes
Poland Neftegaz ARA Islas Malvinas A-21
A-22
A-23
A-24		 Puerto Argentino
Estrecho San Carlos
Bahía Agradable
Islas Malvinas		 2015 2.700 tonnes
Museum ship
Argentina 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.
Argentina 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.

See also

Notes

  1. Overhauled from 2015 to 2018.
  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. "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."

References

Notes

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  31. Google map centered on ARA Uruguay. (Scroll south to see ARA Presidente Sarmiento).

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