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![]() ARA Almirante Brown leads in a formation during a leapfrog exercise
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Name | Almirante Brown |
Namesake | Adm William Brown |
Builder | Blohm + Voss |
Laid down | September 8, 1980 |
Launched | March 28, 1981 |
Acquired | February 2, 1983 |
Commissioned | March 28, 1983 |
Status | in active service |
Notes | Pennant number: D-10 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Almirante Brown-class destroyer |
Displacement | 3,360 tons |
Length | 126 m (413 ft) |
Beam | 14 m (46 ft) |
Draught | 5.8 m (19 ft) |
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Speed | 30.5 kn (56.5 km/h) |
Range | 4,500 mi (7,200 km) |
Complement | 224 |
Armament |
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Aircraft carried | 1 Aérospatiale AS 555 Fennec helicopter |
Aviation facilities | Single hangar |
ARA Almirante Brown (pennant number D-10) is the lead ship of the MEKO 360H2 series of four destroyers built for the Argentine Navy. The ship is the ninth ship in the history of the Argentine Navy to be named for Admiral William Brown, the founder and commander of the Argentine Navy during Argentina's war of independence against Spain.