ARA Almirante Storni (P-53)

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ARA Almirante Storni in the port of Concarneau
History
Flag of Argentina.svgArgentina
NameAlmirante Storni
Namesake Segundo Rosa Storni
Ordered2019
Builder Kership, Lorient
Launched10 May 2021
Acquired13 October 2021 [1]
Identification Pennant number: P-53
General characteristics
Class and type Kership offshore patrol vessel
Displacement1,450  t (1,430 long tons) (full load)
Length87 m (285 ft 5 in)
Beam11 m (36 ft 1 in)
Draft3.3 m (10 ft 10 in)
Installed powerElectrical:
Propulsion2 Anglo Belgian Corporation V12 diesel engines, 5.6  MW (7,500  hp)
Speed21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph)
Range8,000  nmi (14,800 km; 9,200 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Endurance30 days
Boats & landing
craft carried		2 × 9 m (30 ft) RHIBs
Complement30 core crew, up to 29 troops
Sensors and
processing systems
  • DCNS Polaris combat management system
  • Terma Scanter 6002 I-Band surface search radar
  • Terma Scanter 4102 I-Band air and surface search radar
  • Sagem EOMS (Electro Optical Multisensor System) NG
  • Sagem SIGMA 40D Inertial measurement unit
  • LinkSrechts Helicopter visual landing aid system
Electronic warfare
& decoys
Armament
  • 1 × Leonardo 30 mm Marlin cannon [2]
  • 2 × .50 cal machine guns
Aircraft carried
  • 1 × 5-ton helicopter or 1 × 10-ton helicopter (supported)
  • RUAS-160 naval drone (one UAV to be acquired by the navy; service entry mid-2020s; further orders may follow) [3] [4]
Aviation facilitiesHelicopter pad and hangar

ARA Almirante Storni (P-53) is the third Gowind-class offshore patrol vessel constructed for the Argentinian Navy.

The French shipbuilder Naval Group launched the hull of ARA Almirante Storni on 10 May 2021 at Lanester, before moving it to Concarneau for fitting out. [5] It is the second ship of the Argentine Navy to be named after the former Minister of the Navy and Vice Admiral Segundo Rosa Storni. The first was the Fletcher-class destroyer ARA Almirante Storni (D-24). [6]

Career

In May 2024, Almirante Storni, in conjunction with her sister ships Bartolomé Cordero and Piedrabuena, the destroyers La Argentina and Sarandí, as well as the corvettes Espora and Rosales, was tasked to participate in joint exercises with the US Navy's George Washington carrier task group. The exercises were the first to take place between the two navies in several years. [7]

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References

  1. ↑ "Naval Group delivers Gowind-class Almirante Storni to Argentine". Navyrecognition.com. 14 October 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-10-14. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
  2. ↑ "La tripulación del nuevo buque de la Armada Argentina viaja a Francia para iniciar instrucción". infodefensa.com (in Spanish). 11 February 2021. Archived from the original on 2021-02-11. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
  3. ↑ "Armada Argentina encarga un dron naval RUAS-160 a INVAP". 15 December 2021.
  4. ↑ "RUAS-160: Así es el helicóptero no tripulado diseñado en la Argentina". 29 April 2020.
  5. ↑ Groizeleau, Vincent (11 May 2021). "Concarneau : mise à l'eau d'un nouveau patrouilleur pour l'Argentine" . Mer et Marine (in French). Archived from the original on 2021-05-11. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
  6. ↑ "Naval Group delivers Gowind-class Almirante Storni to Argentine". Navy Recognition. Retrieved 2021-10-30.
  7. ↑ Riva, Santiago (26 May 2024). "La Armada Argentina inicia sus actividades para el Ejercicio Gringo – Gaucho II". Pucará Defensa. Retrieved 26 May 2024.
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