ARA Suboficial Castillo
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ARA Suboficial Castillo (A-6) was an Abnaki-class tug/patrol boat of the Argentine Navy. She previously served in the United States Navy as USS Takelma (ATF-113) from 1944 to 1992. The ship was acquired by Argentina in 1993 and was in service until the 2020s. In 2022, the ship was put up for sale. Suboficial Castillo was used as support ship for both the Argentine Submarine Force and during the summer campaigns in Antarctica in the Patrulla Antártica Naval Combinada (English: Joint Antarctic Naval Patrol) with the Chilean Navy to guarantee safety to all touristic and scientific ships that are in transit within the Antarctic Peninsula.
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ARA Suboficial Castillo in Antarctic waters | |
History | |
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United States | |
Name | Takelma |
Namesake | The Takelma people |
Builder | United Engineering Co. |
Laid down | 7 April 1943 |
Launched | 18 September 1943 |
Commissioned | 3 August 1944 |
Stricken | 28 January 1992 |
Motto | "We Can Hack It !" |
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Fate | Transferred to Argentine Navy, 1993 |
Argentina | |
Name | Suboficial Castillo |
Namesake | Marine Julio Saturnino Castillo [es] |
Acquired | 30 September 1993 |
Commissioned | 7 June 1994 |
Status | Decommissioned |
General characteristics | |
Displacement | 1,675 long tons (1,702 t) (full) |
Length | 205 ft (62 m) |
Beam | 38.5 ft (11.7 m) |
Draft | 15.33 ft (4.67 m) |
Propulsion | Diesel-electric, single screw, 3,600 shp (2,700 kW) |
Speed | 16.5 knots (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph) |
Complement | 85 |
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