ARA Almirante Irízar

History
Argentina
Name	Almirante Irízar
Namesake	Julián Irízar
Owner	Argentine Navy
Ordered	17 December 1975
Builder	Wärtsilä Helsinki Shipyard, Finland
Yard number	420
Laid down	4 July 1977
Launched	3 February 1978
Completed	15 December 1978
In service	1979–2007; 2017–present
Identification	Call sign: LOAI; IMO number: 7533628; MMSI number: 701808000;
Status	Undergoing sea trials after refit
General characteristics (as built)
Type	Icebreaker
Displacement	14,899 tons
Length	121.3 m (398 ft)
Beam	25.2 m (83 ft)
Draft	9.5 m (31 ft)
Installed power	4 × Wärtsilä-Pielstick 8PC2-5L (4 × 3,828 kW)
Propulsion	Diesel-electric; two shafts; Two DC propulsion motors (2 × 5,950 kW); Two fixed-pitch propellers;
Speed	16.5 knots (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph) (max); 3 knots (5.6 km/h; 3.5 mph) in 1 m (3.3 ft) ice;
Endurance	60 days
Complement	245
Sensors and ; processing systems	Plessey AWS-2 radar
Aircraft carried	2 × H-3 Sea King, or; 2 × Super Puma;
Aviation facilities	Helipad and hangar
General characteristics (changes in refit)
Installed power	4 × MAN 9L32/40 (4 × 4,500 kW)
Propulsion	Diesel-electric, two shafts; Two propulsion motors (2 × 6,500 kW); Two fixed-pitch propellers;
Complement	313

ARA Almirante Irízar is a large icebreaker of the Argentine Navy. She was ordered from a shipyard in Finland in 1975.

A fire broke out in her auxiliary generator compartment in 2007, putting her out of commission until April 2017.

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