ARA Buenos Aires (D-6)

ARA Buenos Aires was the lead ship of her class of destroyer built for the Argentine Navy, in service from 1938 until 1971.

For other ships with the same name, see ARA Buenos Aires.

ARA Buenos Aires
History
Argentina
Name	Buenos Aires
Namesake	Buenos Aires province
Builder	Vickers-Armstrong, Barrow
Launched	21 September 1937
Completed	4 April 1938
Stricken	1971
Fate	Scrapped, 1971
General characteristics
Class & type	Buenos Aires-class destroyer
Displacement	1,375 t (1,353 long tons) standard 2,042 t (2,010 long tons) full load
Length	98.45 m (323 ft 0 in)
Beam	10.38 m (34 ft 1 in)
Draught	3.2 m (10 ft 6 in)
Propulsion	2 shaft geared steam turbines, three boilers, 34,000 hp (25 MW)
Speed	35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph)
Range	4,100 nmi (7,600 km) at 14 kn (26 km/h; 16 mph)
Complement	130
Armament	4 × 4.7 in (120 mm) QF Mark IX guns (4 × 1) 8 × 0.50 in (12.7 mm) machine guns 8 × 533 mm (21 in) torpedo tubes (2 × 4)

Design

The ship's design was based on the British Royal Navy's G class destroyer.^[1]

The Argentine Navy initially classified it as a "torpedo boat" ((in Spanish) torpedero), and in the 1950s as a "destroyer".^[2]

History

Buenos Aires was laid down by Vickers Armstrong at Barrow and launched on 21 September 1937. After completion on 4 April 1938, she was turned over to the Argentine Navy, and remained in service until she was stricken in 1971.

It was the fifteenth ship of the Argentine Navy with this name. It entered in service in 1938, in the 1st torpedo squadron.^[2]