ARA Sarandí (D-13)
ARA Sarandí underway | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Argentina | |
| Name | Sarandí |
| Builder | Blohm + Voss |
| Laid down | 9 March 1982 |
| Launched | 31 August 1982 |
| Commissioned | 23 April 1984 |
| Identification | Pennant number D-13 |
| Status | in active service |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Almirante Brown-class destroyer |
| Displacement | 3,360 tons |
| Length | 126 m (413 ft 5 in) |
| Beam | 14 m (45 ft 11 in) |
| Draught | 5.8 m (19 ft 0 in) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 30.5 knots (56.5 km/h; 35.1 mph) |
| Range | 4,500 mi (7,200 km) |
| Complement | 224 |
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| Aircraft carried | 1 × Aérospatiale AS 555 Fennec helicopter |
| Aviation facilities | Single hangar |
ARA Sarandí is the fourth and last ship of the MEKO 360H2 series of destroyers built for the Argentine Navy. The ship is also the fourth ship in the Argentine Navy to bear that name. Sarandí is the name of a victory of the Argentine army during the Cisplatine War.
The ship, along with the rest of the Argentine navy is poorly maintained and has inadequate staff training due to a lack of funding and import restrictions. In 2003, the ship fired on a friendly Brazilian warship during a joint training exercise. In 2012, the Almirante Brown class were short of spare parts and suffering engine problems, plus all their ordnance was past its expiry date.