ARA Hércules (B-52)

	ARA Hércules after her conversion
History
Argentina
Name	Hércules
Namesake	After a frigate commanded by Admiral Guillermo Brown in 1814
Ordered	18 May 1970
Builder	Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering
Laid down	16 June 1971
Launched	24 October 1972
Acquired	10 May 1976
Commissioned	12 July 1976
Decommissioned	March 2024
Reclassified	1999
Homeport	Puerto Belgrano Naval Base
Identification	B-52
Status	Decommissioned
General characteristics
Class and type	Type 42 destroyer
Displacement	4,100 tons (4,170 t)
Length	125 m (410 ft)
Beam	14.6 m (48 ft)
Draught	5.2 m (17 ft)
Propulsion	COGAG - 2 × RM-1A gas turbines 8,200 shp (6,100 kW); 2 × TM-3B gas turbines 54,400 shp (40,600 kW); 2 shafts;
Speed	28 knots (52 km/h)
Complement	270 as Destroyer; 166 (+238 troops) as Multipurpose Transport;
Armament	As Destroyer; 1 × 4.5-inch (114 mm) DP gun; 1 × 2 Sea Dart anti-aircraft missiles; 4 × MM38 Exocet anti-ship missiles; 2 × 20mm anti-aircraft (AA) guns; 6 × 12.75-inch (324 mm) torpedo tubes; As Multipurpose Transport; 1 × 4.5-inch DP gun; 2 × 20 mm AA guns;; 6 × 12.75-inch torpedo tubes;
Aircraft carried	As Destroyer; 1 SA-319B Alouette III; As Multipurpose Transport; 2 × Sikorsky SH-3 Sea King;

ARA Hércules was a former Type 42 destroyer of the Argentine Navy (Spanish: Armada de la República Argentina), which was transformed into a multi-purpose transport ship with the pennant number B-52 (previously D-1) and assigned to the amphibious force in 1999. She was formally decommissioned in 2024 after having been non-operational for several years.

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