ARA Santa Cruz

Last updated September 24, 2021

Several ships of the Argentine Navy have been named ARA Santa Cruz (or Santa Cruz before the 1860s):

Santa Cruz (1814), a schooner
Santa Cruz (1876), a schooner purchased in 1876 and lost in 1880
Rio Santa Cruz (1896), a steam transport purchased in 1896 and decommissioned in 1905
ARA Santa Cruz (1921), a tanker launched in 1921, transferred to YPF, and scrapped in 1948
ARA Santa Cruz (D-12), a Buenos Aires-class destroyer launched in 1938 and scrapped in 1973
ARA Santa Cruz (S-41), a TR-1700-class submarine launched in 1982, currently in service with the Argentine Navy

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ARA Santa Cruz was an auxiliary ship of the Argentine Navy, built in the Fairfield Shipbuilding & Engineering Shipyard, Govan, Scotland, in 1921. She was transferred to the YPF tanker fleet after arrival in Argentina, and remained in YPF service until decommissioned and scrapped in 1948. The vessel was named after the Argentine province of Santa Cruz, and is the ninth Argentine naval ship with this name.

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