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 are 19 fewer days than in 2022. In contrast, in 2012 the naval force was allocated 358 sailing days.[1]
Note: As of 2023, the entire submarine fleet is inactive.
Class | Picture | No. | Boat | Commissioned | Displacement | Note |
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Submarines | ||||||
Santa Cruz | S-41 | Santa Cruz (in reserve) | 1984 | 2,264 tonnes | Reported "inactive", refit cancelled as of 2020[2][3] | |
Salta | S-31 | Salta (in reserve) | 1973 | 1,248 tonnes | Reported inactive as of 2020[4] |
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 |
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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.[5][6] |
Class | Picture | No. | Ship | Commissioned | Displacement | Note |
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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 being converted to the offshore patrol role as of 2021–23; second vessel also to be converted[7][8] | |
Drummond | P-31 P-32 P-33 |
Drummond (in reserve) Guerrico (in reserve) Granville |
1976 1978 1980 |
1,170 tonnes |
Class | Picture | No. | Ship | Commissioned | Displacement | Note |
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Offshore patrol vessels | ||||||
Gowind | P-51 P-52 P-53 P-54 |
Bouchard Piedrabuena Almirante Storni Bartolomé Cordero |
2019 2021 2021 2022 |
1,650 tonnes | Last vessel, P-54, commissioned July 2022.[9][10][11][12][13] | |
Murature | P-21 | King | 1946 | 1,032 tonnes | Used primarily as training vessel.[n 1][14][15]
Sister ship Murature decommissioned September 2014[16] | |
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][17][18] | |
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 |
Class | Picture | No. | Ship | Commissioned | Displacement | Note |
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Amphibious support ship | ||||||
Modified Costa Sur | B-4 | Bahía San Blas | 1978 | 10,894 tonnes | Used as an amphibious cargo ship. |
Class | Picture | No. | Ship | Commissioned | Displacement | Note |
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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.[19] | |
Comodoro Rivadavia | Q-11 | Comodoro Rivadavia | 1974 | 827 tonnes | ||
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 | ||
Tug | ||||||
Abnaki | A-3 | Francisco de Gurruchaga | 1975 | 1,731 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[20][21] |
282 tonnes | Officer cadet training[22][23][24][25] | ||
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.[27] |
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