ARA Alférez Sobral
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ARA Alférez Sobral (A-9) is an 800-ton ocean-going tug[1] that was in service with the Argentine Navy from 1972 until 2019, where she was classified as an aviso.[2] She had previously served in the US Navy as the fleet tug USS Salish (ATA-187). In Argentine service an aviso is a small naval vessel used for a number of auxiliary tasks, including tugging, laying buoys, and replenishing other ships, lighthouses and naval bases.[3]
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Alférez Sobral in Ushuaia, 2008 | |
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United States | |
Namesake | Salish tribe |
Laid down | 29 August 1944 |
Launched | 29 September 1944 |
Commissioned | 7 December 1944 |
Decommissioned | 10 February 1972 |
Fate | transferred to Argentine Navy, 10 February 1972 |
Stricken | 1 February 1975 |
Argentina | |
Name | Alférez Sobral |
Namesake | José María Sobral |
Acquired | 10 February 1972 |
Decommissioned | August 2018 |
General characteristics | |
Displacement | 835 tons (848 t) (full) |
Length | 143 ft (44 m) |
Beam | 33 ft 10 in (10.31 m) |
Draft | 13 ft 2 in (4.01 m) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph) |
Complement | 45–49 |
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