List of ships of the Argentine Navy

ARA Independencia aircraft carrier

This list includes all major warships and sailing vessels in service with the Argentine Navy since being formally established in the 1860s. It does not include vessels prior to that date, nor it includes auxiliary vessels, transports, colliers or scientific vessels, which are listed on List of auxiliary ships of the Argentine Navy.

Service entry dates indicate the ship's commissioning into the Argentine Navy and not the ship's entry in service with another navy unless specifically said.

There is a separate list of current ships of the Argentine Navy.

Aircraft Carriers

Colossus class (British-built)

Ship Name	Pennant Number	Other names	Service entry	Decommissioning
ARA Independencia	V-1	ex-HMS Warrior	1959	1969
ARA Veinticinco de Mayo	V-2	ex-HMS Venerable, ex-HNLMS Karel Doorman	1969	1999

Dreadnoughts

Rivadavia class (US-built)

Ship Name	Pennant Number	Other names	Service entry	Decommissioning
ARA Rivadavia	none	none	1915	1957
ARA Moreno	none	none	1915	1957

Battleships

Almirante Brown class (British-built)

Ship Name	Pennant Number	Other names	Service entry	Decommissioning
ARA Almirante Brown	none	none	1881	1932

Libertad class river battleships (British-built)

Ship Name	Pennant Number	Other names	Service entry	Decommissioning
ARA Libertad	none	none	1892	1946
ARA Independencia	none	none	1893	1946

Armored Cruisers

Garibaldi class (Italian-built)

Ship Name	Pennant Number	Other names	Service entry	Decommissioning
ARA Garibaldi	none	none	1896	1931
ARA San Martín	none	none	1898	1935
ARA Belgrano	none	none	1898	1947
ARA Pueyrredón	none	none	1898	1953

Bernardino Rivadavia class (Italian-built)*

Ship Name	Pennant Number	Other names	Service entry	Decommissioning
ARA Bernardino Rivadavia	no service	ordered as Mitre by Argentina, later renamed, sold before completion to Japan	1903 (Japan) as Kasuga	scrapped in 1948
ARA Mariano Moreno	no service	ordered as Roca by Argentina, later renamed, sold before completion to Japan	1903 (Japan) as Nishin	scuttled 1936, raised and sunk as target 1942

• These ships were sold to Japan prior to completion as per naval disarmament agreements with Chile.

Monitors

Los Andes class (British-built)

Ship Name	Pennant Number	Other names	Service entry	Decommissioning
ARA Los Andes	none	none	1875	1930
ARA La Plata	none	none	1875	1930

Cruisers

Patagonia class (Austria-Hungary-built)

Ship Name	Pennant Number	Other names	Service entry	Decommissioning
ARA Patagonia	none	none	1887	1917

Late-19th Century cruisers (British-built)

Ship Name	Pennant Number	Other names	Service entry	Decommissioning
ARA Veinticinco de Mayo	none	none	1891	1916
ARA Nueve de Julio	none	none	1894	1925
ARA Patria	none	none	1894	1927
ARA Buenos Aires	none	none	1896	1932

Almirante Brown class heavy cruisers (Italian-built)

Ship Name	Pennant Number	Other names	Service entry	Decommissioning
ARA Almirante Brown	C-1	none	1931	1960
ARA Veinticinco de Mayo	C-2	none	1931	1960

La Argentina class (British-built)

Ship Name	Pennant Number	Other names	Service entry	Decommissioning
ARA La Argentina	C-3	none	1939	1974

General Belgrano class (US Brooklyn class cruisers)

Ship Name	Pennant Number	Other names	Service entry	Decommissioning
ARA General Belgrano	C-4	ex-USS Phoenix - ex ARA 17 de Octubre	1951	1982 (1)
ARA Nueve de Julio	C-5	ex-USS Boise	1951	1977

(1) sunk in combat action during the Falklands War.

Destroyers

Catamarca class (German-built)

Ship Name	Pennant Number	Other names	Service entry	Decommissioning
ARA Catamarca	none	none	1912	1957
ARA Jujuy	none	none	1912	1957
ARA Córdoba	none	none	1912	1957
ARA La Plata	none	none	1912	1957

Cervantes class (Spanish-built) - ordered by the Spanish Navy and sold to Argentina prior to completion.

Ship Name	Pennant Number	Other names	Service entry	Decommissioning
ARA Cervantes	D-1	ex-Alcalá Galiano	1928	1961
ARA Garay	D-2	ex-Churruca	1928	1960

Mendoza class (British-built)

Ship Name	Pennant Number	Other names	Service entry	Decommissioning
ARA Mendoza	D-3	none	1929	1961
ARA La Rioja	D-4	none	1929	1962
ARA Tucumán	D-5	none	1929	1962

Buenos Aires class (British-built)

Ship Name	Pennant Number	Other names	Service entry	Decommissioning
ARA Buenos Aires	D-6	none	1938	1971
ARA Entre Ríos	D-7	none	1938	1971
ARA Corrientes	D-8	none	1938	1941 (1)
ARA San Juan	D-9	none	1938	1971
ARA San Luis	D-10	none	1938	1970
ARA Misiones	D-11	none	1938	1970
ARA Santa Cruz	D-12	none	1939	1972

(1) sunk after collision with the heavy cruiser ARA Almirante Brown during fleet exercises off Mar del Plata

Brown/Almirante Domecq García class (leased US Fletcher class)

Ship Name	Pennant Number	Other names	Service entry	Decommissioning
ARA Brown	D-20	ex-USS Heermann	1962	1979
ARA Espora	D-21	ex-USS Dortch	1962	1975
ARA Rosales	D-22	ex-USS Stembel	1962	1975
ARA Almirante Domecq García	D-23	ex-USS Braine	1971	1982 (1)
ARA Almirante Storni	D-24	ex-USS Cowell	1971	1979

(1) expended in live fire missile test in 1983

Seguí class (modified US Allen M. Sumner class)

Ship Name	Pennant Number	Other names	Service entry	Decommissioning
ARA Seguí	D-25	ex-USS Hank	1971	1983
ARA Bouchard	D-26	ex-USS Borie	1971	1983
ARA Piedra Buena	D-29	ex-USS Collett	1977	1984

Py class (modified US Gearing class)

Ship Name	Pennant Number	Other names	Service entry	Decommissioning
ARA Py	D-27	ex-USS Perkins	1973	1984

Hércules class (British Type 42 destroyers)

Ship Name	Pennant Number	Other names	Service entry	Decommissioning
ARA Hércules (1)	D-28, D-1	none	1978	active
ARA Santisima Trinidad	D-2	none	1981	reserve (Semi-sunk)

(1) Transformed into a Fast Assault Transport and given the pennant B-52 in 2002

Almirante Brown class (German MEKO 360H2 type)

Ship Name	Pennant Number	Other names	Service entry	Decommissioning
ARA Almirante Brown	D-10	none	1983	active
ARA La Argentina	D-11	none	1983	active
ARA Heroína	D-12	none	1983	active
ARA Sarandí	D-13	none	1984	active

Frigates and Corvettes

Murature class (Locally-designed and built)

Ship Name	Pennant Number	Other names	Service entry	Decommissioning
ARA Murature	P-20	none	1946	not known
ARA King	P-21	none	1946	not known

Hércules class (River/Tacoma class World War II frigates)

Ship Name	Pennant Number	Other names	Service entry	Decommissioning
ARA Hércules	P-31	ex-USS Asheville, ex-HMS Adur	18 February 1948	1961 (1), sold 1969
ARA Heroína	P-32	ex-USS Reading	8 February 1947	sold 5 August 1964
ARA Sarandí	P-33	ex-USS Uniontown, ex- USSChattanooga	18 February 1948	sold 29 June 1967
ARA Santísima Trinidad	P-34	ex-HMS Caicos, ex-USS Hannam	1948	1963 (2), sold 1970 or 1971

(1) transferred to Prefectura Naval Argentina (Argentine Coast Guard) and renamed PNA Juan Bautista Azopardo
(2) transformed into a survey vessel and renamed ARA Comodoro Lasserre

República class (Canadian Flower class)

Ship Name	Pennant Number	Other names	Service entry	Decommissioning
ARA República	P-10	ex-HMS Smilax''	1948	1961

Azopardo class (Locally designed and built)

Ship Name	Pennant Number	Other names	Service entry	Decommissioning
ARA Azopardo	P-35	none	1957	1972
ARA Piedra Buena	P-36	none	1957	1973

Drummond class (French D'Estienne d'Orves class))

Ship Name	Pennant Number	Other names	Service entry	Decommissioning
ARA Drummond (1)	P-31	ex-SAS Good Hope	1978	active
ARA Guerrico (1)	P-32	ex-SAS Transvaal	1978	active
ARA Granville	P-33	none	1981	active

(1) these were ships being built for the South African Navy before UN sanctions were applied to South Africa; they were acquired prior to completion, ARA Granville was ordered later.

Espora class (German MEKO 140A16 type, locally built)

Ship Name	Pennant Number	Other names	Service entry	Decommissioning
ARA Espora	P-41	none	1985	active
ARA Rosales	P-42	none	1986	active
ARA Spiro	P-43	none	1988	active
ARA Parker	P-44	none	1990	active
ARA Robinson (1)	P-45	none	2000	active
ARA Gómez Roca (1)	P-46	none	2004	active

(1) construction of the last two ships was halted due to budgetary issues, then resumed in 1997.

Submarines

By tradition, Argentine submarines bear the names of provinces whose names begin with the letter "S", thus, the pool of names is limited to only six ("Santa Fe", "Salta", "Santiago del Estero", "San Luis", "San Juan" and "Santa Cruz") resulting in repeated class names.

Santa Fe (1) class (Italian-built Tarantinos)

Ship Name	Pennant Number	Other names	Service entry	Decommissioning
ARA Santa Fe	S-1	none	1933	1956
ARA Salta	S-2	none	1933	1960
ARA Santiago del Estero	S-3	none	1933	1959

Santa Fe (2) class (US-built Balao class

Ship Name	Pennant Number	Other names	Service entry	Decommissioning
ARA Santa Fe	S-11	ex-USS Macabi	1960	1972
ARA Santiago del Estero	S-12	ex-USS Lamprey	1960	1971

Santa Fe (3) class (US-built Guppy class)

Ship Name	Pennant Number	Other names	Service entry	Decommissioning
ARA Santa Fe	S-21	ex-USS Catfish	1972	1982 (1)
ARA Santiago del Estero	S-22	ex-USS Chivo)	1971	1981

(1) sunk during the Falklands War

Salta Class (German-built Type 209)

Ship Name	Pennant Number	Other names	Service entry	Decommissioning
ARA Salta	S-31	none	1974	active
ARA San Luis	S-32	none	1974	1997 (1)

(1) Stricken from the fleet list after incomplete overhaul, possible return to service being considered by the Navy.

Santa Cruz class (German-built TR-1700 type)

Six of these ships were planned by the Navy. Only the first two, built in Germany, were actually completed. The other four -to be built in Argentina- were never completed due to budgetary concerns.

Ship Name	Pennant Number	Other names	Service entry	Decommissioning
ARA Santa Cruz	S-41	none	1984	active
ARA San Juan	S-42	none	1985	active
ARA Santa Fe	S-43	none	never completed	never completed
ARA Santiago del Estero	S-44	none	never completed	never completed
-no name-	S-45	none	never completed	never completed
-no name-	S-46	none	never completed	never completed

Gunboats

Paraná class (British-built) - also classified as "corvettes"

Ship Name	Pennant Number	Other names	Service entry	Decommissioning
ARA Paraná	none	none	1875	1921 (1)
ARA Uruguay	none	none	1875	active (2)

(1) Converted to a transport and renamed ARA Piedra Buena. Sunk during a storm.

(2) Currently a museum ship docked at Buenos Aires; nominally in commission in the Argentine Navy and declared a National Historical Monument.

Constitución class (British-built) - classified as "bombarderas"

Ship Name	Pennant Number	Other names	Service entry	Decommissioning
ARA Constitución	none	none	1875	1955
ARA República	none	none	1875	1955

Bermejo class (British-built) locally classified as "bombarderas"

Ship Name	Pennant Number	Other names	Service entry	Decommissioning
ARA Bermejo	none	none	1875	1932
ARA Pilcomayo	none	none	1875	1935

Rosario class (British-built)

Ship Name	Pennant Number	Other names	Service entry	Decommissioning
ARA Rosario	none	none	1909	1959
ARA Paraná	none	none	1909	1959

Sailing Frigates

La Argentina class (Austria-Hungary-built) formally classified as a sailing corvette

Ship Name	Pennant Number	Other names	Service entry	Decommissioning
ARA La Argentina	none	none	1884	1900

Presidente Sarmiento class (British-built)

Ship Name	Pennant Number	Other names	Service entry	Decommissioning
ARA Presidente Sarmiento	none	none	1898	active (1)

(1) retired from training duties in 1961, currently moored at Buenos Aires as a museum ship and a National Historical Monument

Libertad class (Locally-built)

Ship Name	Pennant Number	Other names	Service entry	Decommissioning
ARA Libertad	Q-2	none	1963	active (1)

(1) Active as the Argentine Navy's training vessel.

References

• ARA official website – Surface Fleet Naval ships in fleet service. (retrieved 2009-09-30)

See also

• List of auxiliary ships of the Argentine Navy