Five ships of the
Argentine Navy
The Argentine Navy (ARA; es, Armada de la República Argentina). This forms the basis for the navy's ship prefix "ARA". is the navy of Argentina. It is one of the three branches of the Armed Forces of the Argentine Republic, together with the ...
have been named ARA ''Santiago del Estero'' after the
Santiago del Estero Province
Santiago del Estero (), also known simply as Santiago, is a province in the north of Argentina. Neighboring provinces, clockwise from the north, are Salta, Chaco, Santa Fe, Córdoba, Catamarca and Tucumán.
History
The indigenous inhabitant ...
of
Argentina
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:
* a launched in 1911 but sold to Greece before acceptance.
* , built in
Italy
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and commissioned in 1933, served until 1960
* , formerly , commissioned in 1960 and served until 1971
* , formerly , commissioned in 1971 and served until 1981
* , is a that was never completed due to the Argentine economic crisis of the 1980s
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Argentine Navy ship names