ARA Rosales (P-42) is the second ship of the MEKO 140A16 Espora class of six corvettes built for the Argentine Navy . The ship is the fourth ship to bear the name of Colonel (Navy) Leonardo Rosales , who fought in the Argentine Navy during Argentina's war of independence and the Cisplatine War .
15-700: (Redirected from P-42 ) P-42 or P42 may refer to: Vessels [ edit ] ARA Rosales (P-42) , a corvette of the Argentine Navy HMS ; Unbroken (P42) , a submarine of the Royal Navy LÉ ; Ciara (P42) , a patrol vessel of the Irish Naval Service Spanish patrol vessel Rayo (P-42) Other uses [ edit ] Curtiss XP-42 , an American experimental fighter aircraft GE P42 ,
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45-584: Is an amphibious cargo ship of the Argentine Navy , capable of unloading landing craft , troops, vehicles and cargo. She is the first Argentine Navy ship to bear the name of San Blas Bay of in the south of Buenos Aires Province . Bahía San Blas (B-4) is one of three Costa Sur -class cargo ships ordered by the Argentine Navy in 1975, designed and built by the Argentine Príncipe, Menghi y Penco shipyard, at Buenos Aires , Argentina . The design
60-424: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages ARA Rosales (P-42) The Argentine Navy struggles to meet maintenance and training requirements because of financial problems and import restrictions. The availability of spare parts was a problem as of 2012 and by 2019 she was reported in reserve and to be scrapped. However, in 2021 she underwent repair work at
75-544: Is homeported at Puerto Belgrano Naval Base and is part of the 2nd Corvette Division with her five sister ships. In 2019, it was announced by the Argentine Navy that the vessel would be scrapped . However, one year later training activities were still being conducted on her. In 2021 it was reported that she was being repaired for a return to service. The maintenance work was completed at the Tandanor Shipyard and she
90-490: Is optimised for Patagonic coastal service. Bahía San Blas has a steel hull and the superstructure at the stern, with a single mast and a single funnel atop, behind the bridge ; the cargo area is located in the middle of the ship and three Liebherr cranes serve the three holds , one each. She has a bulk cargo capacity of 9,856 m (348,100 cu ft) or 6,300 tons (e.g.: coal, cereals, live cattle), and can carry up to 140 containers . Bahía San Blas
105-483: Is powered by two 6-cylinder Sulzer 6 ZL 40/48 marine diesel engines of 3,200 horsepower (2,400 kW) each, driving two variable-pitch propellers ; with a maximum speed of 16.5 knots (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph). The ship is a Costa Sur -class vessel built at Astilleros Príncipe, Menghi y Penco at Buenos Aires in 1978 entering service on November of that year in the Transport Maritime service of
120-626: The Argentine Navy . The other ships of the class are ARA Canal Beagle and ARA Cabo de Hornos . In 1991 she was deployed to the Persian Gulf during operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm carrying humanitarian aid and providing logistic support to the Argentine warships in the area. In 1992 Bahía San Blas transported back from the Gulf of Fonseca the four Baradero -class patrol boats used under United Nations mandate ONUCA . After
135-648: The Coalition of the Gulf War in the United Nations -mandated blockade of Iraq following its invasion of Kuwait. She participated in patrol and escort missions as part of Operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm , returning to Argentina in July 1991. Rosales participated in several naval exercises and conducted fishery patrol duties in the Argentine exclusive economic zone , capturing two illegal fishing ships in 1992. She
150-601: The Tandanor shipyard and returned to service in 2022. Rosales and her sister ships were part of the 1974 Naval Constructions National Plan, an initiative by the Argentine Navy to replace old World War II -vintage ships with more advanced warships. The original plan called for six MEKO 360H2 destroyers , four of them to be built in Argentina, but the plan was later modified to include four MEKO destroyers and six corvettes for anti-surface warfare and patrol operations. Rosales
165-519: The retirement of ARA Cabo San Antonio , Bahía San Blas became the main vessel for use by the Argentine Marines receiving several modifications. Since 2004, an Argentine contingent was deployed to Haiti under MINUSTAH mandate and Bahía San Blas has been used for logistic support making several voyages to the Caribbean island. As of late 2016, Bahía San Blas remains in service with
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195-681: Was constructed at the Río Santiago Shipyard of the Astilleros y Fábricas Navales del Estado (State Shipyards and Naval Factories) state corporation. Her keel was laid on 1 April 1981 and was launched on 4 March 1983. The ship was officially delivered to the Navy on 14 November 1986 and formally commissioned on 24 March 1987. First captain was Capitan de Navio Manuel Augusto Iricibar. In February 1991, as part of Task Group 88.1 Rosales along with ARA Bahía San Blas participated as part of
210-446: Was returned to service. In 2022, she participated in an exercise off the coast of Mar del Plata with the destroyer Sarandí , her sister ships Robinson and Espora and the transport ship Canal Beagle . In May 2024, Rosales , in conjunction with her sister ship Espora and the destroyers La Argentina and Sarandí , as well as the offshore patrol vessels Bartolomé Cordero , Piedrabuena and Almirante Storni ,
225-517: Was tasked to participate in joint exercises with the US Navy 's George Washington carrier task group. The exercises were the first to take place between the two navies in several years. In August 2024, Rosales , her sister ship Espora , as well as the destroyers Sarandí and La Argentina , engaged in joint exercises with the Brazilian Navy . ARA Bah%C3%ADa San Blas ARA Bahía San Blas
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