List of active Argentine Navy ships

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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 contrast, in 2012 the naval force was allocated 358 sailing days.^[1] However, the 2025 defence budget envisaged the navy as completing 480 days of "navigation" in that year.^[2]

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.^[3] Subsequently, all three of the navy's Drummond-class corvettes were retired following prolonged inactivity for two of the three vessels.

Note: As of 2023, 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[4][5]
Salta		S-31	Salta (in reserve)	1973	1,248 tonnes	Reported inactive as of 2020[6]

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.[7][8]

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 being converted to the offshore patrol role as of 2021–23[9][10]

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	Last vessel, P-54, commissioned July 2022.[11][12][13][14][15]
Murature		P-21	King	1946	1,032 tonnes	Used primarily as training vessel.[n 1][16][17] Sister ship Murature decommissioned September 2014[18]
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][19][20]
/ 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
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
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.[21]
Comodoro Rivadavia		Q-11	Comodoro Rivadavia	1974	827 tonnes	To be auctioned off[22]
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[23][24]	282 tonnes	Officer cadet training[25][26][27][28]
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.[30]

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

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