ARMADA ARGENTINA'S NAVAL VESSELS REGISTER. 1950-2000
These tables try to cover ARA vessels from 1950. They are still under construction. More sections will be added soon. Comments, Suggestions, Additions? Just E-mail me.
Keep in mind that this is UNOFFICIAL information, neither provided nor endorsed by the Argentinean Navy.

NOTES:

ARA is a common prefix standing for "Argentinean Republic Navy"(Armada de la Republica Argentina).
All ships without an "ending" date are still in service. "??" stands for data unknown.
Some FFs are locally classified as "Corvettes". However, they are FFs so I listed them as such.
MS stands for Mine Sweeper, while MH stands for Mine Hunter.

1982 Campaign	Gulf War
ONUCA	Haiti Blockade

CAPITAL SHIPS	DESTROYERS	FRIGATES AND CORVETTES	SUBMARINES
LANDING SHIPS	MINE WARFARE VESSELS	FAST ATTACK CRAFT	OILERS

CAPITAL SHIPS

NAME	TYPE	CLASS	PENNANT No	YEARS	NOTES
ARA Independencia	CVL	HMS Colossus (Mod.)	V-1	1958/68	Ex HMS Warrior. slightly angled deck fitted, 1 steam catapult.
ARA 25 de Mayo	CVL	HMS Colossus (Mod.)	V-2	1969/99	Ex HMNLS Karel Doorman. Modified with angled deck, single steam catapult. In reserve since 1988
ARA Rivadavia	BB	Rivadavia (Mod.)	?	1912/56	US Built. In reserve since 1948. Improved Propulsion and FCS.
ARA Moreno	BB	Rivadavia (Mod.)	?	1912/56	US Built. In reserve since 1948. Improved propulsion and FCS.
ARA Almirante Brown	CA	Brown (Mod.)	C-1	1931/61	Italian Built
ARA 25 de Mayo	CA	Brown (Mod.)	C-2	1931/60	Italian Built. Evacuated nationals from Spain in 1936
ARA La Argentina	CA?	La Argentina	C-3	1938/74?	UK Built. Served for some time as a training ship.
ARA General Belgrano	CL	USS Brooklyn	C-4	1951/82	Ex USS Phoenix. Sunk by the UK, 1982
ARA 9 de Julio	CL	USS Brooklyn	C-5	1951/77	Ex USS Boise.

NAME	TYPE	CLASS	PENNANT No	YEARS	NOTES
ARA Cervantes	DD	Cervantes	??	1928/61	Spanish Built
ARA Garay	DD	Cervantes	??	1928/61	Spanish Built
ARA Mendoza	DD	Mendoza	??	1929/62	UK Built
ARA Rioja	DD	Mendoza	??	1929/62	UK Built
ARA Tucuman	DD	Mendoza	??	1929/62	UK Built. Evacuated nationals from Spain in 1936
ARA Buenos Aires	DD	Buenos Aires	D-6	1938/60?	UK Built
ARA San Luis	DD	Buenos Aires	D-10	1938/60?	UK Built
ARA Misiones	DD	Buenos Aires	D-8?	1938/60?	UK Built
ARA Entre Rios	DD	Buenos Aires	D-7	1938/72	UK Built
ARA San Juan	DD	Buenos Aires	D-9?	1938/72	UK Built
ARA Santa Cruz	DD	Buenos Aires	D-11?	1938/72	UK Built
ARA Brown	DD	USS Fletcher	D-20	1961/75	Ex USS Heerman
ARA Espora	DD	USS Fletcher	D-21	1961/78	Ex USS Dortch. Blockaded Cuba in 1962.
ARA Rosales	DD	USS Fletcher	D-22	1961/78	Ex USS Stembel. Blockaded Cuba in 1962
ARA Almirante Domecq Garcia	DD	USS Fletcher(Mod.)	D-23	1971/82	Ex USS Braine. Served as a target ship for Exocet missiles in 1986
ARA Almirante Storni	DD	USS Fletcher(Mod.)	D-24	1971/79	Ex USS Cowell
ARA Segui	DDG	USS Gearing(Mod.)	D-25	1971/82	Ex USS Hawk. Retrofitted with Exocet SSMs
ARA Bouchard	DDG	USS Sumner(Mod.)	D-26	1971/83?	Ex USS Borie. Retrofitted with Exocet SSMs
ARA Py	DDG	USS Gearing(Mod.)	D-27	1973/84	Ex USS Perkins. Retrofitted with Exocet SSMs. Used as a target ship in 1987
ARA Piedra Buena	DDG	USS Sumner(Mod.)	D-29	1977/84?	Ex USS Collet. Retrofitted with Exocet SSMs. Received spares from the USS Mansfield, who was suppoused to be D-31
ARA Hercules	DDG	Type 42(Mod.)	D-1	1977/	UK Built. Being retrofitted with larger helo pad and hangar in Chile
ARA Santisima Trinidad	DDG	Type 42	D-2	1980/	Locally Built. In reserve awaiting overhaul .
ARA Almirante Brown	DDG	MEKO 360H2	D-10	1983/	German Built
ARA La Argentina	DDG	MEKO 360H2	D-11	1983/	German Built
ARA Heroina	DDG	MEKO 360H2	D-12	1984/	German Built
ARA Sarandi	DDG	MEKO 360H2	D-13	1984/	German Built

NAME	TYPE	CLASS	PENNANT No	YEARS	NOTES
ARA Murature	FF	Murature	P-20	1936/	Locally built. Currently stripped down of ASW gear and serving as a training ship/riverine gunboat
ARA King	FF	Murature	P-21	1936/	Locally built. Currently stripped down of ASW gear and serving as a training ship/riverine gunboat
ARA Hercules	FF	USS Tacoima	P-31	1948/61	Ex USS?. Transferred to Coast Guard (Prefectura Naval Argentina)
ARA Santisima Trinidad	FF	USS Tacoima	P-32	1948/63	Ex USS?. Converted to survey vessel and renamed ARA Comodoro Laserre in 1963
ARA Heroina	FF	USS Tacoima	P-33	1948/61	Ex USS?
ARA Sarandi	FF	USS Tacoima	P-34	1948/67	Ex USS?
ARA Republica	Corv.	Flower	??	1948?/61	Ex HMCS Smilax. Served as an ASW training vessel
ARA Azopardo	FF	Azopardo	??	1957/72	Locally Built
ARA Azopardo	FF	Piedra Buena	??	1958/73	Locally Built
ARA Drummond	FLG	A-69	P-31	1978/	French Built. Classified as "Aviso" by the French Navy (Marine Nationale)
ARA Guerrico	FLG	A-69	P-32	1978/	French Built. Classified as "Aviso" by the French Navy (Marine Nationale)
ARA Granville	FLG	A-69	P-33	1982/	French Built. Slightly different from P31 and P32. Classified as "Aviso" by the French Navy (Marine Nationale)
ARA Espora	FFG	MEKO 140 A16	P-41	1985/	Locally Built
ARA Rosales	FFG	MEKO 140 A16	P-42	1986/	Locally Built
ARA Spiro	FFG	MEKO 140 A16	P-41	1988/	Locally Built
ARA Parker	FFG	MEKO 140 A16	P-44	1990/	Locally Built. Telescopic hangar fitted
ARA Robinson	FFG	MEKO 140 A16	P-45	-	Locally Built. Still under construction.
ARA Gomez Roca	FFG	MEKO 140 A16	P-46	-	Locally Built. Still under construction.

NAME	TYPE	CLASS	PENNANT No	YEARS	NOTES
ARA Santa Fe	SSK	Tarantino	S-1	1933/56	Italian Built
ARA Salta	SSK	Tarantino	S-2	1933/60	Italian Built
ARA Santiago del Estero	SSK	Tarantino	S-3	1933/59	Italian Built
ARA Santa Fe	SSK	USS Balao	S-11	1960/71	Ex USS Macabi
ARA Santiago del Estero	SSK	USS Balao	S-12	1960/71	Ex USS Lamprey
ARA Santa Fe	SSK	Guppy II	S-21	1971/82	Ex USS Catfish. Sunk by the UK in 1982
ARA Santa Fe	SSK	Guppy Ia	S-22	1971/81	Ex USS Chivo. Moored from 1981. Deleted in 1983
ARA Salta	SSK	IKL 209/1200	S-31	1974/	German Built, locally assembled. Overhauled/Rebuilt in 1988/95
ARA San Luis	SSK	IKL 209/1200	S-31	1974/91	German Built, locally assembled. Overhaul Started in 1991 but never completed. Stricken from the fleet list
ARA Santa Cruz	SSK	TR-1700	S-41	1984/	German Built. Being overhauled at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
ARA San Juan	SSK	TR-1700	S-42	1985/	German Built

NAME	TYPE	CLASS	PENNANT No	YEARS	NOTES
ARA Cabo San Diego	LST	LST-511?	BDT-2	1947/63	-
ARA Cabo San Francisco de Paula	LST	LST-511?	BDT-3	1947/63	-
ARA Cabo Buen Tiempo	LST	LST-511?	BDT-5	1947/60	-
ARA Cabo San Pablo	LST	LST-511?	BDT-7	1947/63	-
-	LST	LST-511?	BDT-8	1947/52	Transferred to YCF
-	LST	LST-511?	BDT-9	1947/52	Transferred to YCF
ARA Cabo San Sebastian	LST	LST-511?	BDT-11	1947/63	-
ARA Cabo San Sebastian	LST	LST-511?	BDT-11	1947/63	-
-	LST	LST-511?	BDT-12	1947/56	-
ARA Cabo San Vicente	LST	LST-511?	BDT-14	1947/69	-
-	-	??	BDI-1	1948/??	US Built. Personnel Landing Ship. Deleted between 1962/70
-	-	??	BDI-2	1948/??	US Built. Personnel Landing Ship. Deleted between 1962/70
-	-	??	BDI-3	1948/??	US Built. Personnel Landing Ship. Deleted between 1962/70
-	-	??	BDI-4	1948/??	US Built. Personnel Landing Ship. Deleted between 1962/70
-	-	??	BDI-5	1948/??	US Built. Personnel Landing Ship. Deleted between 1962/70
-	-	??	BDI-6	1948/??	US Built. Personnel Landing Ship. Deleted between 1962/70
-	-	??	BDI-7	1948/??	US Built. Personnel Landing Ship. Deleted between 1962/70
-	-	??	BDI-8	1948/??	US Built. Personnel Landing Ship. Deleted between 1962/70
-	-	??	BDI-9	1948/??	US Built. Personnel Landing Ship. Deleted between 1962/70
-	-	??	BDI-10	1948/??	US Built. Personnel Landing Ship. Deleted between 1962/70
-	-	??	BDI-11	1948/??	US Built. Personnel Landing Ship. Deleted between 1962/70
-	-	-	BDI-12	1948/??	US Built. Personnel Landing Ship. Deleted between 1962/70
-	-	??	BDI-13	1948/??	US Built. Personnel Landing Ship. Deleted between 1962/70
-	-	??	BDI-14	1948/??	US Built. Personnel Landing Ship. Deleted between 1962/70
-	-	??	BDI-15	1948/??	US Built. Personnel Landing Ship. Deleted between 1962/70
-	-	LSM?	BDM-1	1949/??	US Built
-	-	LSM?	BDM-1	1949/63	US Built. Converted to a Mining Support Vessel in 1963. Later transferred to Paraguay's Navy where she became a Riverine Helo Carrier.
ARA Candido de Lasala	LSD	USS Guston Hall?	??	1971/81	-
ARA Cabo San Antonio	LST	LST 1171	Q-42?	1978?/98	Locally Built. Moored since the early 1990's

NAME	TYPE	CLASS	PENNANT No	YEARS	NOTES
ARA Robinson	MS	M	??	1938/67	Locally Built
ARA Seaver	MS	M	??	1938/67	Locally Built
ARA Granville	MS	M	??	1938/67	Locally Built
ARA Bouchard	MS	M	M-7	1938/60	Locally Built. Transferred to Paraguay and renamed "Nanawa". Still in service
ARA Spiro	MS	M	??	1938/67	Locally Built. Transferred to the Coast Guard (Prefectura Naval Argentina)
ARA Py	MS	M	M-10	1938/68	Locally Built. Transferred to Paraguay and renamed "Teniente Farina". Still in service
ARA Parker	MS	M	??	1938/67	Locally Built
ARA Fournier	MS	M	??	1940/49	Locally Built. Wrecked.
ARA Neuquen	MS	TON	M-1	1968/95	Discarded. Ex HMS Hicleton
ARA Rio Negro	MS	TON	M-2	1968/97?	Discarded. Ex HMS Tarlton
ARA Chubut	MS	TON	M-3	1968/95	Discarded. Ex HMS Santon
ARA Tierra del Fuego	MS	TON	M-4	1969/95	Discarded. Ex HMS Bevington
ARA Chaco	MH	TON	M-5	1970/	Ex HMS Rennington
ARA Formosa	MH	TON	M-6	1968/	Ex HMS Ilmington

NAME	TYPE	CLASS	PENNANT No	YEARS	NOTES
-	FAC-T	??	P-81	??/61	US Built?
-	FAC-T	??	P-83	??/61	US Built?
-	FAC-T	??	P-86	??/65	US Built?
-	FAC-T	??	P-88	??/64	US Built?
ARA Intrepida	FAC-T/M	TNC-45	P-85	1974/	German Built. Retrofitted with Exocets
ARA Indomita	FAC-T/M	TNC-45	P-86	1974/	German Built. Originally to be named "Atrevida". Retrofitted with Exocets
ARA Baradero	FAC-G	Dabur	P-61	1978/	Israeli Built
ARA Barranqueras	FAC-G	Dabur	P-62	1978/	Israeli Built
ARA Clorinda	FAC-G	Dabur	P-63	1978/	Israeli Built
ARA Concepcion del Uruguay	FAC-G	Dabur	P-64	1978/	Israeli Built

NAME	TYPE	CLASS	PENNANT No	YEARS	NOTES
ARA Ministro Ezcurra	AO	??	??	1913/??	UK Built?
ARA Punta Alta	AOG	??	B-21	1937/96	Locally Built
ARA Punta Ninfas	AOG	??	??	1948/??	US Built
ARA Punta Loyola	AOG	??	??	1949/??	US Built
ARA Punta Delgada	AOG	??	B-16	1949/84	US Built
ARA Punta Medanos	AOG	??	B-18	1950/84	UK Built. Sunk/wrecked in 1988
ARA Ingeniero Krausse	AOG?	??	B-13	1949/??	Ex ELMA? Ex YPF? Launched in 1981
ARA Patagonia	AOR	Durance	??	1999/	French Built. Ex MN Durance. Currently being overhauled