ARA Teniente Olivieri
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The ARA Teniente Olivieri (A-2) is a ship in service with the Argentine Navy classified as an aviso.[2]
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Name | Teniente Olivieri |
Namesake | Lieutenant Olivieri |
Launched | 1981 |
Identification | IMO number: 8107983 |
Status | in active service |
General characteristics | |
Displacement | 1640 tons (full) |
Length | 56.3 m (185 ft) |
Beam | 12.2 m (40 ft) |
Draft | 4.3 m (14 ft) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 14 knots (26 km/h) |
Range | 2,800 mi (4,500 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h) |
Complement | 39 [1] |
Armament | 2 × 12.7mm machine-guns |
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Homebased at Ushuaia, she is normally assigned to operate in Antarctica during the summer campaigns in the Patrulla Antártica Naval Combinada (English: Joint Antarctic Naval Patrol) with the Chilean Navy to guarantee safety to all tourist and scientific ships that are in transit within the Antarctic Peninsula.[3]