ARA Almirante Irízar
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For the Argentine Navy Officer, see Julián Irízar.
ARA Almirante Irízar is a large icebreaker of the Argentine Navy. She was ordered from a shipyard in Finland in 1975.[1]
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Argentina | |
Name | Almirante Irízar |
Namesake | Julián Irízar |
Owner | Argentine Navy |
Ordered | 17 December 1975 |
Builder | Wärtsilä Helsinki Shipyard, Finland |
Yard number | 420 |
Laid down | 4 July 1977 |
Launched | 3 February 1978 |
Completed | 15 December 1978 |
In service | 1979–2007; 2017–present |
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Status | Undergoing sea trials after refit |
General characteristics (as built) | |
Type | Icebreaker |
Displacement | 14,899 tons[1] |
Length | 121.3 m (398 ft) |
Beam | 25.2 m (83 ft) |
Draft | 9.5 m (31 ft) |
Installed power | 4 × Wärtsilä-Pielstick 8PC2-5L (4 × 3,828 kW) |
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Endurance | 60 days |
Complement | 245[3] |
Sensors and processing systems | Plessey AWS-2 radar[4] |
Aircraft carried |
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Aviation facilities | Helipad and hangar |
General characteristics (changes in refit) | |
Installed power | 4 × MAN 9L32/40 (4 × 4,500 kW)[5] |
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Complement | 313[3] |
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A fire broke out in her auxiliary generator compartment in 2007, putting her out of commission until April 2017.