List of active Argentine Navy ships

The list of active ships of the Argentine Navy includes ships currently^{[ when? ]} 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.^{[ citation needed ]} 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 2024, the Navy managed a total of 139 days of navigation. ^[1] In contrast, in 2012 the naval force was allocated 358 sailing days. ^[2] However, the 2025 defence budget envisaged the navy as completing 480 days of "navigation" in that year. ^[3]

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. ^[4] 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 2025, the entire submarine fleet is inactive.

Class	Picture	No.	Boat	Commissioned	Displacement	Note
Submarines
/ Santa Cruz		S-41	Santa Cruz (in reserve)	1984	2,264 tonnes	Reported "inactive", refit cancelled as of 2020 [5] [6]
Salta		S-31	Salta (in reserve)	1973	1,248 tonnes	Reported inactive as of 2020 [7]

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
Almirante Brown		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. [8] [9]

Corvettes

Class	Picture	No.	Ship	Commissioned	Displacement	Note
Corvettes
/ Espora		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 [10] [11] [12]

Patrol vessels

Class	Picture	No.	Ship	Commissioned	Displacement	Note
Offshore patrol vessels
Gowind		P-51 P-52 P-53 P-54	Bouchard Piedrabuena Almirante Storni Bartolomé Cordero	2019 2021 2021 2022 0	1,650 tonnes	[13] [14] [15] [16] [17]
Murature		P-21	King	1946	1,032 tonnes	Used primarily as training vessel. [n 1] [18] [19] Sister ship Murature decommissioned September 2014 [20]
Fast attack craft
Intrépida		P-85 P-86	Intrépida Indómita	1974 1974	268 tonnes
Patrol boats
Zurubí		P-55	Zurubí	1939	33 tonnes	Decommissioned in 1985, refurbished and re-commissioned in 1993. [n 2] [21] [22]
/ Baradero		P-61 P-62 P-63 P-64	Baradero Barranqueras Clorinda Concepción del Uruguay	1978 1978 1978 1978	39 tonnes
Punta Mogotes		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
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
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
Puerto Deseado		Q-20	Puerto Deseado	1978	2,400 tonnes
Austral		Q-21	Austral	2015	4,900 tonnes	ex-Sonne, operated by the Navy for the CONICET; returned to service 2021 following maintenance. [23]
Comodoro Rivadavia		Q-11	Comodoro Rivadavia	1974	827 tonnes	To be auctioned off [24]
Tanker
Durance		B-1	Patagonia	2000	17,800 tonnes	ex-Durance of the French Navy. [n 3]
Cargo ship
Costa Sur		B-3	Canal Beagle	1978	10,894 tonnes
Coastal buoy tenders
Red		Q-61 Q-62 Q-63	Ciudad de Zárate Ciudad de Rosario Punta Alta	2000 2000 2000	525 tonnes
Training ships
Libertad		Q-2	Libertad	1963	3,765 tonnes	In service
Luisito		Q-51	Luisito	1983		Used by the National Fishing School
LICA			Ciudad de Ensenada Ciudad de Berisso	2024 2024 [25] [26]	282 tonnes	Officer cadet training [27] [28] [29] [30]
Yacht
Fortuna			Fortuna III	2004	15 tonnes
Aviso
Teniente Olivieri		A-2	Teniente Olivieri	1987	1,640 tonnes
Neftegaz		A-21 A-22 A-23 A-24	Puerto Argentino Estrecho San Carlos Bahía Agradable Islas Malvinas	2015	2.700 tonnes
Museum ship
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.
Uruguay				1874	550 tonnes	Removed from naval service in 1962, the Uruguay was in 1967 declared a National Historic Landmark. currently[ when? ] integrated since 1967 as a museum ship with the frigate ARA Presidente Sarmiento in the Museum of Sea and Navigation. [note 1] It is moored at Puerto Madero in the city of Buenos Aires, in the dock area No. 3, a short distance from Presidente Sarmiento. [32]

See also

• Argentina portal

• List of auxiliary ships of the Argentine Navy
• List of ships of the Argentine Navy
• Lists of currently active military equipment by country

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. [Historic monument] "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." ^[31]

References

Notes

1. Bettolli, Carols Borda (1 April 2025). "La Armada Argentina logró acumular 139 días de navegación durante el período 2024, duplicando con creces lo alcanzado en el 2023". Zona Militar.
2. "La Nacion". lanacion. 17 December 2022.
3. Rivas, Santiago (16 September 2024). "Proyecto de presupuesto de defensa de Argentina 2025: menos gasto, pero más ambiciones". Pucará Defensa.
4. Solá, Mariano Germán Videla (2024-09-04). "La Armada Argentina subasta cuatro buques en desuso, incluidos el aviso 'Alférez Sobral' y la corbeta 'Guerrico', veteranos de Malvinas". Zona Militar (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-09-05.
5. "Estiman que la llegada del próximo submarino operativo para Argentina demoraría de cinco a seis años". Neustromar.org (in Spanish). 8 September 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
6. "A. Rossi (Argentina): "Argentina tiene que tener una Fuerza Aérea con aviones supersónicos (2)". infodefensa.com (in Spanish). 23 December 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
7. De Vedia, Mariano (26 January 2020). "El Gobierno negocia con Noruega la compra de un submarino". La Nacion (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 July 2021.
8. Axe, David (9 December 2019). "Trouble: Argentina's Navy and Air Force Are In Danger". The National Interest. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
9. Piñeiro, Luis (26 March 2024). "El destructor Clase MEKO 360 ARA "Heroína" de la Armada Argentina al desguace tras una historia rocambolesca". defensa.com. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
10. Roldán, Juan José (3 December 2024). "El proyecto de conversión a patrullero de la corbeta ARA Parker de la Armada Argentina se encontraría totalmente paralizado". Zona Militar (in Spanish). Retrieved 9 December 2024.
11. "Tandanor avanza en la puesta a punto de la corbeta ARA Rosales". Zona Militar. 13 July 2022. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
12. "INVAP y CITEDEF junto a la Armada Argentina participarán del proyecto de modernización de la corbeta ARA Parker". Zona Militar. 22 September 2022. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
13. "Contraalmirante Cordero Commissioned at Mar del Plata – SeaWaves Magazine".
14. "Argentine Navy receives the fourth OPV Bartolomé Cordero". 13 April 2022.
15. Groizeleau, Vincent (14 April 2021). "A Concarneau, la marine argentine réceptionne le patrouilleur Piedrabuena" . Mer et Marine (in French). Retrieved 9 July 2021.
16. "Argentine Navy commissions ARA Bouchard OPV | Jane's 360". Archived from the original on 2019-12-11. Retrieved 2019-12-11.
17. del Carmen Francès, Maria; Bartolomé Piedrabuena, Mercedes (1985). "Comment on devenait inspecteur des pharmacies en Espagne au XVIIIe siècle" . Revue d'histoire de la pharmacie. 73 (264): 31–33. doi:10.3406/pharm.1985.2398. ISSN   0035-2349.
18. "Video: La vida a bordo del ARA "King", el buque de río más emblemático de la Armada Argentina".
19. "El jefe de la Armada visitó el patrullero ARA "King"". Gaceta Marinera (in Spanish). 25 November 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-12-24. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
20. "ARA Murature (Armada Hoy – Histarmar)" (in Spanish). Fundacion Histarmar. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
21. "Lancha Patrullera Clase "Zurubí" (Armada Argentina – Poder Naval – Flota de Mar – Unidades)" (in Spanish). Argentine Navy. Retrieved 2016-02-20.
22. "P-36 SURUBÍ/ZURUBI (Buques Históricos – Histarmar)" (in Spanish). Fundacion Histarmar. Retrieved 2016-02-20.
23. Piñeiro, Luis (12 October 2021). "El buque oceanográfico ARA "Austral" de la Armada Argentina vuelve al servicio". Defensa.com. Retrieved 12 February 2024.
24. Solá, Mariano Germán Videla (2024-09-04). "La Armada Argentina subasta cuatro buques en desuso, incluidos el aviso 'Alférez Sobral' y la corbeta 'Guerrico', veteranos de Malvinas". Zona Militar (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-09-05.
25. "Astillero Río Santiago entrega dos nuevas embarcaciones a la Armada Argentina y una compuerta para el Dique 2 de Puerto Belgrano". Pescare. 11 April 2024.
26. "La Armada Argentina se prepara para recibir las Lanchas de Instrucción para Cadetes; Zona Militar". 23 February 2023.
27. Gonzalo, Mary (22 August 2023). "Los primeros pasos de la lancha de instrucción de cadetes de la Armada Argentina". Infodefensa.com.
28. "El Astillero Río Santiago volvió a construir y botar un barco tras 9 años de inactividad | Una lancha de instrucción de Cadetes de la Armada". 18 October 2021.
29. "Argentine Navy to launch second LICA next week".
30. "Astillero Rio Santiago avanza con la construcción de las lanchas LICA para la Armada Argentina".
31. "ARA Official website page Barque Museo ARA Corbetta Uruguay" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2012-10-31. Retrieved 2009-12-26.
32. Google map centered on ARA Uruguay. (Scroll south to see ARA Presidente Sarmiento).

Bibliography

• Amendolara Bourdette, Ignacio (2005). Guia de los buques de la Armada Argentina 2005–2006 (in Spanish and English). Buenos Aires, Argentina. ISBN   987-43-9400-5.

Further reading

• Saunders, Stephen (2015). IHS Jane's Fighting Ships 2015-2016. Janes Fighting Ships (116th Revised ed.). Janes Information Group. ISBN   978-0-7106-3143-5.
• Garcia Pedroche, Sergio; Nuñez Padin, Jorge Felix (2004). Nuñez Padin, Jorge Felix (ed.). ARA B1 "Patagonia". Fuerzas Navales (in Spanish). Vol. Nº1. Bahia Blanca, Argentina: Fuerzas Aeronavales.

External links

• "Buques de la Armada Argentina 1900–2013" [(List of) Ships of the Argentine Navy 1900–2013]. Historia y Arqueologia Marítima (Histarmar) (in Spanish). Fundación Histarmar – Carlos Mey.