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List of active Argentine Navy ships

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The list of active ships of the Argentine Navy includes ships currently 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). 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. In contrast, in 2012 the naval force was allocated 358 sailing days. However, the 2025 defence budget envisaged the navy as completing 480 days of "navigation" in that year.

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. 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

Note: As of 2025, the entire submarine fleet is inactive.

Class	Picture	No.	Boat	Commissioned	Displacement	Note	Submarines
FRG / ARG Santa Cruz	[[File:S41ARASantaCruzWWM.jpg	150px]]	S-41	(in reserve)	1984	2,264 tonnes	Reported "inactive", refit cancelled as of 2020
FRG Salta	[[File:S31ARASalta.jpg	150px]]	S-31	(in reserve)	1973	1,248 tonnes	Reported inactive as of 2020

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
FRG	[[File:D13 ARA Sarandi DN-SC-91-01826.jpg	200px	ARA Sarandi]]	D-10
D-11
D-13
1983
1983
1984	3,600 tonnes	Heroína (D-12) formally retired from service in 2024 after prolonged inactivity.

Corvettes

Class	Picture	No.	Ship	Commissioned
ARG / FRG	[[File:P45ARARobinson.jpg	200px	ARA Robinson]]	P-41
P-42
P-43
P-44
P-45
P-46
1985
1986
1987
1990
2001
2004	1,790 tonnes	Parker inactive as of mid-2025

Patrol vessels

Class	Picture	No.	Ship	Commissioned	Note	Offshore patrol vessels	Fast attack craft	Patrol boats
FRA Gowind	[[File:French Navy Offshore Patrol Ship P725 Adroit.jpg	200px]]			1,650 tonnes
ARG	[[File:Murature.jpg	200px	ARA Murature (P-20)]]	P-21	1946	1,032 tonnes	url=https://www.infobae.com/def/2022/09/03/video-la-vida-a-bordo-del-ara-king-el-buque-de-rio-mas-emblematico-de-la-armada-argentina/	title=Video: La vida a bordo del ARA "King", el buque de río más emblemático de la Armada Argentina }}
FRG	[[File:ARA Intrepida (P 85).jpg	200px	ARA Intrépida (P-85)]]	P-85
P-86
1974
1974	268 tonnes
ARG Zurubí	[[File:ARA Zurubí blanca.jpg	200px	]]	P-55	1939	33 tonnes	url=http://www.ara.mil.ar/pag.asp?idItem=401	title=Lancha Patrullera Clase "Zurubí" (Armada Argentina – Poder Naval – Flota de Mar – Unidades)	publisher=Argentine Navy	language=es	access-date=2016-02-20 }}
USA / ISR Baradero	[[File:PikiWiki Israel 41733 Israeli naval patrol boat in Eilat.JPG	200px	ARA Concepción del Uruguay (P-64), Ushuaia]]	P-61
P-62
P-63
P-64
1978
1978
1978
1978	39 tonnes
USA Punta Mogotes	[[File:ARA Rio Santiago (P-66).jpg	200px	ARA Río Santiago under way]]	P-65
P-66
2000	26.5 tonnes

Amphibious support ship

Class	Picture	No.	Ship	Commissioned	Displacement	Note	Amphibious support ship
ARG Modified Costa Sur	[[File:AMARRADO GONAIVES.jpg	200px]]	B-4		1978	10,894 tonnes	Used as an amphibious cargo ship.

Auxiliary vessels

Class	Picture	No.	Ship	Commissioned	Displacement	Note	Icebreaker	Survey vessels	Tanker
FIN Almirante Irízar	[[File:Q5ARAAlmiranteIrizar.jpg	200px]]	Q-5		1978	14,899 tonnes	Returned to active service in April 2017 following several years of repairs.
ARG Puerto Deseado	[[File:Q20ARAPuertoDeseado.jpg	200px]]	Q-20		1978	2,400 tonnes
GER Austral	[[File:Buque Oceanográfico Austral.jpg	200px]]	Q-21	Austral	2015	4,900 tonnes	ex-Sonne, operated by the Navy for the CONICET; returned to service 2021 following maintenance.
FRA	[[File:B1ARAPatagonia.jpg	200px]]	B-1		2000	17,800 tonnes	ex-Durance of the French Navy.Patagonia is the primary under-way replenishment ship of the Argentine Navy
ARG	[[File:Canalbeagle.jpg	200px]]	B-3
	1978	10,894 tonnes
USA	[[File:Q61 Ciudad de Zárate.jpg	200px]]	Q-61
Q-62
Q-63
2000
2000
2000	525 tonnes
ARG Libertad	[[File:Fragata ARA “Libertad” (51948392494).jpg	200px]]	Q-2		1963	3,765 tonnes	In service
ARG Luisito		Q-51		1983		Used by the National Fishing School
ARG LICA	[[File:ModeloDFCU.jpg	200px]]		Ciudad de Ensenada
Ciudad de Berisso	2024
2024	282 tonnes	Officer cadet training
ARG Fortuna	[[File:ARA Fortuna III under sail.jpg	200px]]		{{ship	ARA	Fortuna III	2}}	2004	15 tonnes
USA Teniente Olivieri	[[File:ARA Teniente Olivieri (A-2) Antartida.jpg	200px	ARA Teniente Olivieri]]	A-2		1987	1,640 tonnes
POL Neftegaz	[[File:Buque ARA Islas Malvinas en Comodoro Rivadavia.jpg	200px	ARA Islas Malvinas]]	A-21
A-22
A-23
A-24	Puerto Argentino
Estrecho San Carlos
Bahía Agradable
Islas Malvinas	2015	2.700 tonnes
ARG Presidente Sarmiento	[[File:Buque Museo Fragata Presidente Sarmiento.jpg	200px]]			1897	2,750 tonnes	She is now maintained in her original 1898 appearance as a museum ship in Puerto Madero near downtown Buenos Aires.
ARG Uruguay	[[File:Corbeta Uruguay (A.R.A.).jpg	200px]]			1874	550 tonnes	Removed from naval service in 1962, the Uruguay was in 1967 declared a National Historic Landmark. currently integrated since 1967 as a museum ship with the frigate ARA Presidente Sarmiento in the Museum of Sea and Navigation. It is moored at Puerto Madero in the city of Buenos Aires, in the dock area No. 3, a short distance from Presidente Sarmiento.

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[https://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=Buenos+Aires&sll=37.892587,-122.080977&sspn=0.014055,0.014226&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=Buenos+Aires,+Argentina&ll=-34.604137,-58.36644&spn=0.003665,0.003557&t=h&z=18 Google map centered on ''ARA Uruguay''.] (Scroll south to see ARA ''Presidente Sarmiento'').

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