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}}{{Infobox ship career | Ship country=Argentina | Argentina|naval}} | Ship name=La Argentina | Ship namesake= | Ship ordered= | Ship builder=Vickers-Armstrongs, Barrow in Furness | Ship laid down=11 January 1936 | Ship launched=16 March 1937 | Ship completed=31 January 1939 | Ship acquired=February 1939 | Ship commissioned=12 April 1939 | Ship decommissioned= 1972 | Ship in service= | Ship out of service= | Ship struck= | Ship reinstated= | Ship honours= | Ship fate=Scrapped 1974 | Ship motto= | Ship notes= | Ship badge=
}}{{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header= | Header caption= | Ship class= | Ship type=Light cruiser | Ship displacement=*6,500 tons (standard) | 165|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | 17.22|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | 5.03|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | 54,000|hp|abbr=on}} | 30|kn|km/h}} | 12000|nmi|km}} at {{convert|12|kn|km/h}} | Ship endurance= | Ship complement=800 (including 60 cadets) | Ship crew= | Ship sensors= | Ship EW= | Ship armament=*9 × 6 inch guns (3 × 3)- 4 × 4 inch guns (4 × 1)
- 8 × 2-pounder "pom pom" (8 × 1)
- 6 × 21 inch torpedo tubes (2 × 3)
| Ship armour=*3 inch belt- 2 inch deck
- 2 inch turrets
- 3 inch conning tower
| Ship aircraft=1 × Supermarine Walrus | Ship aircraft facilities=Catapult launcher | Ship notes=
}} | ARA La Argentina was a light cruiser, designed for training naval cadets, built for the Argentine Navy. The ship was authorised in 1934, and the contract was put out to tender in 1935, being won by the British company Vickers-Armstrongs at a cost of 6 million pesos. La Argentina was built in Barrow-in-Furness, England. She was laid down on 11 January 1936, launched 16 March 1937 and not completed until 31 January 1939, being delayed by the British re-armament programme. She was decommissioned in 1972 and scrapped. DesignThe design was based on British practice, being modified to meet the requirements of the Argentinians for a training ship with 60 cadets. This ship was an enlarged version of the {{sclass-|Arethusa|cruiser (1934)|4}}, armed with triple turrets. ServiceThe ship sailed from Britain in February 1939 and arrived at La Plata on 2 March, being commissioned on 12 April 1939. She made several training cruises before the war but was placed in the active squadron to maintain Argentine neutrality. After the war she made many training cruises before retiring in 1972. Gallery See also - List of cruisers
- List of ships of the Argentine Navy
References- M.J. Whitley, Cruisers of World War Two, 1995, Arms and Armour Press {{ISBN|1-86019-874-0}}
Further reading - Burzaco, Ricardo. Acorazados y Cruceros De La Armada Argentina. Eugenio B, Buenos Aires, 1997. {{ISBN|987-96764-0-8}} (in Spanish)
- Arguindeguy, Pablo. Apuntes sobre los buques de la Armada Argentina (1810–1970). Comando en Jefe de la Armada, Buenos aires, 1972. ISBN n/d (in Spanish)
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