ARA Veinticinco de Mayo (C-2)

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Flag of Argentina.svgArgentina
NameVeinticinco de Mayo
Namesake May Revolution
Builder Cantiere navale fratelli Orlando, Livorno
Laid down29 November 1927
Launched11 August 1929
Commissioned11 July 1931
FateScrapped 1960
General characteristics
Class and type Veinticinco de Mayo-class cruiser
Displacement6,800t normal; 9,000t full load
Length560.3 ft (170.8 m)
Beam58.5 ft (17.8 m)
Draught15.3 ft (4.7 m)
Installed power85,000  hp (63,000 kW)
PropulsionParsons turbine, 2 screws
Speed32 knots (59 km/h)
Range8,000 nautical miles (15,000 km) at 14 knots (26 km/h)
Complement600
Armament
Armour
Aircraft carried2 × Grumman J2F Duck
Aviation facilities Catapult launcher

ARA Veinticinco de Mayo was a cruiser which served in the Argentine Navy. The English translation of the name is May 25, which is the date of Argentina's May Revolution in 1810.

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History and design

Veinticinco de Mayo was built in Italy and was the first ship of the Veinticinco de Mayoclass of cruisers. Three vessels were to be produced, but in the end, only 25 de Mayo and her sister ship Almirante Brown were acquired, both in 1931.

These ships were unusual in several ways. First, they carried 7.5-inch guns, only the third class of warship to do so[ citation needed ] (the British Hawkins-class cruisers of World War I being another; a more typical main armament for heavy cruisers is 8-inch guns). Also, like the Italian Zaraclass and other Italian-built warships of the era they carried their floatplanes under the foredeck and launched them from a fixed catapult over the bows.

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