- Design and description
- Construction and career
- Notes
- Footnotes
- References
{{Infobox ship image| Ship image=Colorized San Martin.jpg | Ship caption=Colorized photo of San Martin on her sea trials
}}{{Infobox ship career | Hide header= | Ship country=Argentina | Argentina|naval}} | Ship name=San Martin | Ship namesake=José de San Martín | Ship ordered= | Ship awarded= | Ship builder=Cantiere navale fratelli Orlando, Livorno | Ship original cost= | Ship yard number= | Ship way number= | Ship laid down= | Ship launched=25 May 1896 | Ship sponsor= | Ship christened= | Ship completed= | Ship acquired=October 1896 | Ship commissioned= | Ship out of service= | Ship reclassified= | Ship struck=18 December 1935 | Ship motto= | Ship nickname= | Ship fate=Scrapped, 1947 | Ship badge=
}}{{Infobox ship characteristics | Hide header= | Header caption=(as built) | Giuseppe Garibaldi|cruiser|0}} armored cruiser | 8100|t|LT|abbr=on}} (deep load) | 106.7|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | 16.2|m|ftin|abbr=on}} | 25|ft|m|1|abbr=on|disp=flip}} | 13000|ihp|lk=in|abbr=on}} | Ship propulsion=2 Shafts; 2 Vertical triple-expansion steam engines | 18|kn|lk=in}} | 6000|nmi|lk=in}} at {{convert|10|kn}} | Ship complement=488 | 203|mm|0|abbr=on}} guns- 10 × single {{convert|152|mm|0|abbr=on}} guns
- 6 × single {{convert|120|mm|1|abbr=on}} guns
- 10 × single {{convert|57|mm|1|abbr=on}} Hotchkiss guns
- 8 × single {{convert|37|mm|1|abbr=on}} Maxim guns
- 4 × 1 - {{convert|457|mm|0|abbr=on}} torpedo tubes
| 80|-|150|mm|1|abbr=on}}- Barbettes: {{convert|150|mm|abbr=on|1}}
- Gun turrets: {{convert|150|mm|1|abbr=on}}
- Conning tower: {{convert|150|mm|1|abbr=on}}
| Ship notes=
}} | ARA San Martín was one of four {{sclass-|Giuseppe Garibaldi|cruiser|0}} armored cruisers purchased by the Argentine Navy from Italy. Design and descriptionSan Martín had an overall length of {{convert|344|ft|2|in|m|1}}, a beam of {{convert|50|ft|8|in|m|1}}, and a mean draft (ship) of {{convert|23|ft|4|in|m|1}}. She displaced {{convert|6773|t|LT|sp=us}} at normal load. The ship was powered by two vertical triple-expansion steam engines, each driving one shaft, using steam from eight Scotch marine boilers.[1] The engines were designed for a maximum output of {{convert|13500|ihp|lk=in}} and a speed of {{convert|20|kn|lk=in}}. She had a cruising range of {{convert|6000|nmi|lk=in}} at {{convert|10|kn}}.[2] Her complement consisted of 28 officers and 460 enlisted men.[3]Her main armament consisted of four 45-caliber Armstrong Whitworth {{convert|8|in|mm|adj=on|0}} guns, in twin-gun turrets fore and aft of the superstructure. The ten 40-caliber quick-firing (QF) {{convert|6|in|mm|adj=on|0}} guns that comprised her secondary armament were arranged in casemates amidships on the main deck. San Martín also had six QF {{convert|4.7|in|mm|adj=on|0}} and six QF 6-pounder Hotchkiss guns to defend herself against torpedo boats. She was also equipped with four above-water {{convert|457|mm|in|abbr=on}} torpedo tubes, two on each side.[1] The ship's waterline armor belt had a maximum thickness of {{convert|5.9|in|mm}} amidships and tapered to {{convert|3.1|in|mm}} towards the ends of the ship. Between the main gun barbettes it covered the entire side of the ship up to the level of the upper deck. The barbettes, the conning tower, and gun turrets were also protected by 5.9-inch armor.[1] Her deck armor ranged from {{convert|1|to|2|in}} thick.[2] Construction and careerThe ship was launched on 25 May 1896 and was stricken from the Navy List on 18 December 1935. Notes1. ^1 2 Chesneau & Kolsnik, p. 403
2. ^1 Silverstone, p. 11
3. ^Arguindeguy, Tomo IV, p. 1778
Footnotes{{Reflist|30em}} References - {{cite book|last=Arguindeguy|first=Pablo|title=Apuntes sobre los buques de la Armada Argentina (1810-1970)|year=1972|publisher=Comando en Jefe de la Armada|location=Buenos Aires|language=Spanish}}
- {{cite book|last1=Burzaco|first1=Ricardo|title=Acorazados y Cruceros de la Armada Argentina, 1881-1992|date=1997|publisher=Eugenio B. Ediciones|location=Buenos Aires, Argentina|isbn=987-96764-0-8|language=Spanish}}
- {{cite web|title=Crucero Acorazado San Martín (1897)|url=http://www.histarmar.com.ar/Armada%20Argentina/Buques1900a1970/CrAcSanMartin.htm|website=Historia y Arqueologia Marítima|language=Spanish}}
- {{cite book|title=Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1860–1905|editor1-last=Chesneau|editor1-first=Roger|editor2-last=Kolesnik|editor2-first=Eugene M.|publisher=Conway Maritime Press|location=Greenwich|year=1979|isbn=0-8317-0302-4|lastauthoramp=y}}
- {{cite book|last=Freivogel| first= Zvonimir|title=The Loss of the Giuseppe Garibaldi| editor=Jordan, John| publisher=Conway| location=London| year=2012|series=Warship 2012| pages=40–51| isbn=978-1-84486-156-9}}
- {{cite journal|last1=Soliani|first1=N., Colonel|title=The Armoured Cruisers Kasuga and Nisshin of the Imperial Japanese Navy|journal=Transactions of the Royal Institution of Naval Architects|date=1905|volume=XLVII|issue=Part I|pages=43–59|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wjE5AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA43&dq=armoured+cruisers+kasuga&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0CB0Q6AEwAGoVChMIjuPy7fPlyAIVhDeICh2ksAW6#v=onepage&q=armoured%20cruisers%20kasuga&f=false|accessdate=28 October 2015}}
- {{cite book|last=Silverstone|first=Paul H.|title=Directory of the World's Capital Ships|year=1984|publisher=Hippocrene Books|location=New York|isbn=0-88254-979-0}}
{{Giuseppe Garibaldi class cruisers}}{{DEFAULTSORT:San Martin}} 3 : Garibaldi-class cruisers of the Argentine Navy|Ships built in Livorno|1896 ships |