The Brown-class destroyer is a class of destroyers of the Argentine Navy. Five ships of the Fletcher class were lent by the United States Navy and were in commission from 1961 until 1982.
 ARA Almirante Brown
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| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name | Brown class |
| Builders | |
| Operators |  Argentine Navy |
| Preceded by | Buenos Aires class |
| Succeeded by | Seguí class |
| Subclasses | Almirante Domecq Garcia class |
| Built | 1942-1943 |
| In commission | 1961-1982 |
| Planned | 5 |
| Completed | 5 |
| Retired | 5 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Displacement | 2,050 long tons (2,083 t) |
| Length | 376 ft 6 in (114.76 m) |
| Beam | 39 ft 8 in (12.09 m) |
| Draft | 13 ft 9 in (4.19 m) |
| Propulsion | |
| Speed | 35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph) |
| Range | 6,500 nmi (12,000 km; 7,500 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) |
| Complement | 300 |
| Sensors and processing systems | |
| Armament |
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Development
editARA Brown was commissioned as USS Heermann on 6 July 1943, ARA Espora was commissioned as USS Dortch on 7 August 1943, ARA Rosales was commissioned as USS Stembel on 16 July 1943, ARA Almirante Domecq Garcia was commissioned as USS Braine on 11 May 1943 and ARA Almirante Storni was commissioned as USS Cowell on 23 August 1943.[1][2]
After World War II, they were in a mothball state, but In August 1961, they were handed over to Argentina based on the Argentina-US Ship Loan Agreement. All ships were decommissioned by the time of the Falklands War, to save resources for the war. ARA Almirante Storni fired warning shots and then live shots in the bow of the British oceanic research vessel Shackleton on 2 April 1976.[3]
Ships in the class
edit| Almirante Brown class | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hull no. | Name | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Acquired | Decommissioned | Fate |
| D-20 | Brown | Bethlehem Steel | 8 May 1942 | 5 December 1942 | 14 August 1961 | 1979 | Scrapped, 1982 |
| D-21 | Espora | Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company | 2 March 1943 | 20 June 1943 | 16 August 1961 | 1979 | Scrapped, 1979 |
| D-22 | Rosales | Bethlehem Steel | 21 December 1942 | 8 May 1943 | 7 August 1961 | 1981 | Scrapped, 1981 |
| Almirante Domecq Garcia class | |||||||
| D-23 | Almirante Domecq Garcia | Bath Iron Works | 12 October 1942 | 7 March 1943 | 17 August 1971 | 1982 | Sunk as target, 1983 |
| D-24 | Almirante Storni | Bethlehem Steel | 7 September 1942 | 18 March 1943 | 17 August 1971 | 1981 | Scrapped, 1982 |
References
edit- ^ Gardiner, Chumbley & Budzbon 1995, p. 7.
- ^ DANFS.
- ^ Mr. Edward Rowlands, Under-Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (5 February 1976). "Falkland Islands (RSS Shackleton)". Parliamentary Debates (Hansard). House of Commons. col. 1414–1417.
Bibliography
edit- Foster, Jeremiah D. (30 September 2019). "Heermann (DD-532)". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Navy Department, Naval History and Heritage Command. Retrieved 7 November 2020.
- Gardiner, Robert; Chumbley, Stephen; Budzbon, Przemysław (1995). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947-1995. Annapolis, Md.: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 1-55750-132-7. OCLC 34267261.