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Seguí-class destroyer

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ARA Piedra Buena
Class overview
NameSeguí class
Builders
Operators Argentine Navy
Preceded byBrown class
Succeeded byPy class
Built1942-1943
In commission1961-1982
Planned3
Completed3
Retired4
General characteristics
TypeDestroyer
Length376 ft 6 in (114.76 m)
Beam40 ft (12 m)
Draft15 ft 8 in (4.78 m)
Propulsion
  • 60,000 shp (45,000 kW)
  • 2 shafts
Speed34 kn (63 km/h; 39 mph)
Range6,500 nmi (12,000 km; 7,500 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement
  • 331 (Seguí)
  • 291 (Bouchard and Piedra Buena)
Sensors and
processing systems
Armament
Aircraft carried1 × Aérospatiale Alouette III
Aviation facilitiesSingle hangar and helipad (Bouchard and Piedra Buena)

The Seguí-class destroyer is a class of destroyers of the Argentine Navy. Five ships of the Allen M. Sumner class were lent by the United States Navy and were in commission from 1972 until 1984.

Development

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ARA Seguí was commissioned as USS Hank on 28 August 1944, ARA Hipólito Bouchard was commissioned as USS Borie on 21 September 1944 and ARA Piedra Buena was commissioned as USS Collett on 16 May 1944.[1][2]

Seguí was the only one still in her Korean War configuration meanwhile, Bouchard and Piedra had FRAM configurations.

After World War II, they were in a mothball state, but on 1 July 1972 and 5 May 1977, they were handed over to Argentina based on the Argentina-US Ship Loan Agreement. All ships took on minor roles during the Falklands War. Bouchard and Piedra escorted the Belgrano in 1982 and were caught off guard by the submarine attack. They were dispatched to hunt for HMS Conqueror and made ASW grenade passes, but no contacts were made. Bouchard took a torpedo hit, the third Mk 8 torpedo launched on the Belgrano, but it failed to detonate.[3]

USS Mansfield was also bought by the Argentina, but was never commissioned and used as spare parts for their current ships during that time.

Ships in the class

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Seguí class
Hull no. Name Builder Laid down Launched Acquired Decommissioned Fate
D-25 Seguí Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Company 17 January 1944 21 May 1944 1 July 1972 1983 Scrapped, 1983
D-26 Hipólito Bouchard 29 February 1944 4 July 1944 1 July 1972 1984 Scrapped, 1984
D-29 Piedra Buena Bath Iron Works 11 October 1943 5 March 1944 17 May 1977 18 February 1985 Sunk as target, 1988

References

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  1. ^ Gardiner, Chumbley & Budzbon 1995, p. 7.
  2. ^ DANFS.
  3. ^ encyclopedia, david bocquelet-Naval. "The Argentinian Navy in the cold war (Armada de Argentina)". naval-encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 2022-01-28.

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