ARA Puerto Deseado

ARA Puerto Deseado (Q-20) is an oceanographic

survey ship in service in the Argentine Navy. She has a
reinforced hull in order to operate in waters around
Antarctica.

History
Puerto Deseado was built by Astilleros Argentinos Río
de la Plata (Astarsa) shipyard in Tigre, Buenos Aires
and commissioned into the Argentine Navy in 1978.
She was the first navy ship to be named upon the city
of Puerto Deseado in the patagonian Santa Cruz
ARA Puerto Deseado in Mar del Plata
province.
History
During the 1982 Falklands War she served as hospital
ship. Argentina

Name Puerto Deseado

On 2003 she participated on the unsuccessful attempt to
find the sunken cruiser ARA General Belgrano along Namesake Puerto Deseado
with a National Geographic team on the vessel Seacor Ordered 7 December 1971
Lenga.[1][2]
Builder Astarsa
Puerto Deseado serves the CONICET, the Argentine Launched 8 December 1976
government agency that directs and co-ordinates Commissioned 11 December 1978
scientific and technical research. The ship actively
participated on the summer Antarctic campaigns.[3] Her Identification MMSI number: 701000015 (h
scientific equipment includes a gravimetric sensor, ttps://www.marinetraffic.co
magnetometers, seismic systems, high frequency sound m/ais/details/ships/mmsi:70
sonar and a geological laboratory. 1000015)
Callsign: LOPD
In 2007, Puerto Deseado and Comodoro Rivadavia,
were reequipped by Kongsberg Gruppen with Status in service as of 2018
bathymetric systems in a program sponsored by the General characteristics
UNDP (United Nations Development Programs).[4]
Since then, Puerto Deseado was involved in the Displacement 2400 tons (full)
investigation of the continental shelf of the Argentine Length 76.8 m (252 ft)
Sea that was finally submitted on 22 April 2009 to the Beam 15.8 m (52 ft)
United Nations (UN) for 1,700,000 square kilometres
(660,000 sq mi) of ocean territory to be recognised as Draft 3.5 m (11 ft)
Argentina's as governed by the Convention on the Propulsion 2 MAN AG 9L20/27 Diesel-
Continental Shelf and Convention on the Law of the electric 900 KW each
Sea.[5][6][7]
2 motores eléctricos de
In March 2010 she began studies on behalf of Repsol corriente alternada marca
YPF.[8] ABB de 380 V, 120 kW
She is homeported at Mar del Plata. para propulsión auxiliar •
sistema de hélice de paso
variable BERG • 4
References alternadores Stamford
Official site (http://www.ara.mil.ar/pag.asp?idIt modelo MHC 534 C2 de
em=295) Archived (https://web.archive.org/we 380 V, 50 Hz, accionados
b/20110621225018/http://www.ara.mil.ar/pag. por motores diésel marca
asp?idItem=295) 21 June 2011 at the MTU-Mercedez Benz de
Wayback Machine 12 cilindros en "V"
ARA Puerto Deseado (http://www.irizar.org/co
pla-q20-dim2.html) at Irizar.org • 1 alternador auxiliar
Siemens de 400V 50 HZ,
1. "Llegó a puerto el Seacor Lenga" (https://web. accionados un motor diésel
archive.org/web/20090506102504/http://www. Deutz de 6 cilindros en línea
lanacion.com.ar/nota.asp?nota_id=481169).
Archived from the original (http://www.lanacio Speed 14 knots (26 km/h)
n.com.ar/nota.asp?nota_id=481169) on 6 May Range 12,000 mi (19,000 km) at 12
2009. Retrieved 4 July 2010. knots (22 km/h), 90 days
2. No hallaron al ARA General Belgrano (https:// Complement 60 + 20 scientist
archive.today/20120904192427/http://www.la
nacion.com.ar/nota.asp?nota_id=481032) Sensors and navigation radar Decca 1629
3. El buque oceanográfico "Puerto Deseado" processing
zarpó hacia la Antártida (http://www.eldiariode systems
lfindelmundo.com/noticias/leer/1505) Armament none
4. KONGSBERG installs echo sounders on
Argentine Navy survey ships (http://www.km.kongsberg.com/ks/web/nokbg0238.nsf/AllWeb/
FF628A62EE1DB1C7C1257299005263AF?OpenDocument)
5. "Argentina claims vast ocean area" (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/8011539.stm).
BBC News. 22 April 2009. Retrieved 22 April 2009.
6. El buque Oceanográfico ARA" Puerto Deseado", inicia la CAV 08-09 (http://www.irizar.org/c
av08-09-inicio-4.html)
7. El Senado bonaerense resalta el aporte del buque oceanográfico "Puerto Deseado" (http://w
ww.gacetamarinera.com.ar/nota.asp?idNota=1010&idSec=7) Archived (https://web.archive.o
rg/web/20110723025530/http://www.gacetamarinera.com.ar/nota.asp?idNota=1010&idSec=
7) 23 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
8. elabora estudios en el marco de un convenio entre YPF y el CONICET en procura de
realizar una utilización de los recursos del lecho marino (http://www.nuestromar.org/noticias/
ciencia_tecnologia_y_educacion/31_03_2010/29743) Archived (https://web.archive.org/we
b/20110929185041/http://www.nuestromar.org/noticias/ciencia_tecnologia_y_educacion/31
_03_2010/29743) 29 September 2011 at the Wayback Machine

External links
Argentina portal

Puerto Deseado pictorial (https://web.archive.org/web/20090609171749/http://www.histarma

r.com.ar/Antartida/Buques-ARAPtoDeseado.htm) at Histarmar
HMS Clyde Encountering ARA Puerto Deseado (http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/2
0100624111945/http://www.royalnavy.mod.uk/operations-and-support/surface-fleet/patrol-ve
ssels/fishery-protection-squadron/offshore-patrol-vessel-helicopter/hms-clyde/photo-gallery/
encountering-ara-puerto-deseado)
 Video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qw1VJ22R5dA)

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