ARA Catamarca

	Sister ship Jujuy in 1912
History
Argentina
Name	Catamarca
Namesake	Catamarca Province
Ordered	1910
Builder	Friedrich Krupp Germaniawerft, Kiel
Launched	1911
Commissioned	13 April 1912
Out of service	1947
Stricken	10 January 1956
Identification	Pennant number: D-1
Fate	Sold for scrap, 1959
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type	Catamarca-class destroyer
Displacement	995 long tons (1,011 t) (normal); 1,357 long tons (1,379 t) (full load);
Length	289 ft 2 in (88.1 m) (o/a)
Beam	27 ft (8.2 m)
Draught	17 ft (5.2 m)
Installed power	2 × Thornycroft-Schulz boilers; 25,765 shp (19,213 kW);
Propulsion	2 shafts; 2 × steam turbines
Speed	27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph)
Range	3,000 nmi (5,600 km; 3,500 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Complement	150
Armament	4 × single 4 in (102 mm) guns; 4 × single 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes;

ARA Catamarca was the lead ship of her class of two destroyers built for the Argentine Navy during the 1910s in Germany. They were constructed there as Argentina lacked the industrial facilities needed to build them. Completed in 1912, the ship often served as a flotilla leader. She was modernized and rearmed during the mid-1920s. Catamarca spent 1932 in reserve, but was reactivated the following year. The ship conducted Neutrality Patrols during the Second World War before being transferred to the River Squadron in 1942. She was permanently reduced to reserve in 1947, discarded in 1956 and sold for scrap three years later.

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