At least two ships of the
Argentine Navy
The Argentine Navy (ARA; ). 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 Argentine Army, Army and the Argentine ...
have been named Paraná:
* , a
steam corvette which served as a
gunboat
A gunboat is a naval watercraft designed for the express purpose of carrying one or more guns to bombard coastal targets, as opposed to those military craft designed for naval warfare, or for ferrying troops or supplies.
History Pre-steam ...
commissioned in 1874. She was renamed ''Piedrabuena'' in 1900 and re-rated as a transport. She was wrecked in 1926.
* , a launched in 1908 and decommissioned in 1951.
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Argentine Navy ship names