ARA La Argentina (C-3)

Service

Argentine Navy as La Argentina12 April 1939 — 19722,193 days of the war

ARA La Argentina (C-3) Particulars

Name: ARA La Argentina
Pennant / hull number: C-3
Builder: Vickers-Armstrongs, Barrow in Furness
Laid down: 11 January 1936
Launched: 16 March 1937
Commissioned: 12 April 1939
Decommissioned: 1972
Fate: Scrapped 1974 (1974)
Status: Scrapped

Specifications

Displacement, standard: 6,500 long tons (6,604 t)
Displacement, full load: 7,500 long tons (7,620 t)
Length: 165 m (541.3 ft)
Beam: 17.22 m (56.5 ft)
Draught: 5.03 m (16.5 ft)
Speed: 30 knots (55.6 km/h, 34.5 mph)
Range: 12,000 nmi (22,224 km)
Complement: 800
Main gun: 152 mm (6 in)

ARA La Argentina was a light cruiser built for the Argentine Navy. She carried the pennant number C-3. Her keel was laid at Vickers-Armstrongs, Barrow in Furness on 11 January 1936. She entered service on 12 April 1939, having been launched on 16 March 1937.

Displacement was 6,500 long tons standard and 7,500 long tons at full load. She measured 165 m (541 ft) long with a beam of 17.2 m (56 ft). Her designed speed was 30 knots, and she carried a complement of 800. Her main battery was of 152 mm (6.0 in) calibre.

She carried one aircraft.

She was in commission for 2,193 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned in 1972.

She was broken up for scrap in 1974.

Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.

Armament and machinery

Propulsion: 4 shaft Parsons geared turbines, 4 Yarrow type boilers, 54000 hp
Armament: 9 × 6 inch (152 mm) guns (3 × 3)
4 × 4 inch (100 mm) guns (4 × 1)
8 × 2-pounder "pom pom" (8 × 1)
6 × 21 inch torpedo tubes (2 × 3)
Armour: 3 inch belt
2 inch deck
2 inch turrets
3 inch conning tower
Aircraft: 1 × Supermarine Walrus

Sources

Facts harvested from ARA La Argentina (C-3) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
Photograph: Unknown author — http://www.histarmar.com.ar/ — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons