This list includes all major warships that entered service with the Argentine Navy since being formally established in the 1860s.[n 1] It also includes ships that were purchased by Argentina but did not enter service under Argentine flag.
The list does not include vessels prior to the 1860s; and it also excludes auxiliary ships (tugs, transports, colliers, tankers, scientific vessels, etc.) which are listed separately.
The list is organized by type of ship, by class within each type, and by entry date within each class. Service entry dates indicate the ship's commissioning into the Argentine Navy, and not the ship's entry in service with another navy unless specifically said.
This list includes all major auxiliary ships (transports, colliers, tankers, scientific vessels, tugs, among others) in service with the Argentine Navy since being formally established in the 1860s.[n 2] It does not include vessels prior to that date, nor does it include warships which are listed separately.
The list is organized by type of ship, by class within each type, and by service entry date within each class. Service entry dates indicate the ship's commissioning into the Argentine Navy, and not the ship's entry in service with another navy unless specifically said.
The current norms establish naming conventions for Argentine Navy ships according to their type, some of them specific to warships are summarized below.[1]
Destroyers, Frigates, Corvettes
Naval heroes, or names of significantly historic ships.
Submarines
Province names, with priority those starting with S.
Mine warfare ships
Province names, not used by Submarines.
Amphibious warfare ships
Coastal geographic features.
Fast attack ships
Adjectives symbolizing qualities of combat ships.
The current norms establish naming conventions for Argentine Navy ships according to their type; some of these used for auxiliaries are summarized below.[2]
Avisos, salvage ships, maritime tugs
Mariners or civilians of relevance to the Navy.
Icebreakers and polar ships
Antarctic coastal geographic features, or names historically related with the Argentine activity in Antarctica.
By tradition, Argentine submarines bear the names of provinces whose names begin with the letter "S", thus, the pool of names is limited to only six ("Santa Fe", "Salta", "Santiago del Estero", "San Luis", "San Juan" and "Santa Cruz") resulting in repeated class and ship names.
Six of these ships were planned by the Navy. Only the first two, built in Germany, were actually completed. The other four, to be built in Argentina, were never completed due to budgetary concerns.
^Converted to a survey vessel and renamed ARA Comodoro Lasserre.
^Originally being built for the South African Navy before UN sanctions were applied to South Africa; was acquired prior to completion.
^Originally being built for the South African Navy before UN sanctions were applied to South Africa; was acquired prior to completion.
^Construction was halted due to budgetary issues, then resumed in 1997.
^Construction was halted due to budgetary issues, then resumed in 1997.
^Transferred in 1944 to the Navy as a patrol boat with pennant number P-36. Decommissioned in 1985, refurbished and re-commissioned in 1993. As of February 2016 is in service based at Ushuaia.
^A 40mm gun mount was replaced by MM38 Exocet launcher in 1998.
^Used as a training vessel until 1930s, and retired from all training duties in 1961, is currently moored at Buenos Aires as a museum ship.
^Currently unserviceable, awaiting repairs due a 2007 incident.
^These ships can't be included in a specific "class", so are listed together in this table.
^These older ships can't be included in a specific "class", so are listed together in this table.
^Santa Cruz was transferred from the Navy to the YPF fleet, where it served until stuck in 1948, and scrapped.
^These ships were of the T1-M-A1 type from WW2 era.
^These ships were of the T1-M-BT1 type from WW2 era.
^These ships can't be included in a specific "class", so are listed together in this table.
^Ushuaia was in 1953 redesignated as "hydrographic" with pennant Q-10. Decommissioning date in list differs from that on ship's article.
^Bulk carrier transferred from Astra to the Navy, inactive since then.
^Bulk carrier transferred from Astra to the Navy, inactive since then.
^These older ships can't be included in a specific "class", so are listed together in this table.
^Dredger leased temporarily to the Argentine Navy and converted to transport ship.
^Formerly the gunboat Constitución, converted into transport. Article in "Histarmar" does not list activity after 1923 or decommissioning date, due to lack of documentary sources.
^Formerly the gunboat Paraná, converted into transport.
^Formerly the gunboat República, converted into transport.
^Sunk as target by the Royal Navy after the Falklands War.
^She sunk in January 1989 near Palmer Station, Antarctica.
^Formerly a Type 42 destroyer (D-1), was converted in 2000-2004 to this role.
^Bahia San Blas was converted to amphibious cargo ship after the retirement of the ARA Cabo San Antonio, becoming the main vessel for use by the Argentine Marines.
^These older ships can't be included in a specific "class", so are listed together in this table.
^EXITOSO EJERCICIO DE TIRO DE LA ARMADA. Proa al Centro N° 167. Argentina: Centro de Graduados del Liceo Naval Militar "Almirante Guillermo Brown". 12 March 2016 [2017-01-26]（西班牙語）.
Burzaco, Ricardo and Ortiz, Patricio. Acorazados y Cruceros de la Armada Argentina, 1881–1992. Buenos Aires: Eugenio B. Ediciones, 1997. ISBN987-96764-0-8. OCLC39297360.
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