ARA Pueyrredón

	Colorized photo of Pueyrredón at anchor before 1922
History
Argentina
Name	Pueyrredón
Namesake	Juan Martín de Pueyrredón
Builder	Gio. Ansaldo & C., Genoa
Launched	25 September 1897
Completed	August 1898
Acquired	1897
Stricken	2 August 1954
Fate	Sold for scrap, 1957
General characteristics
Class and type	Giuseppe Garibaldi-class armored cruiser
Displacement	8,000 t (7,900 long tons) (deep load)
Length	106.7 m (350 ft 1 in)
Beam	18.2 m (59 ft 9 in)
Draft	7.6 m (25 ft)
Installed power	13,000 ihp (9,700 kW); 16 Belleville boilers;
Propulsion	2 Shafts; 2 Vertical triple-expansion steam engines
Speed	19 knots (35 km/h; 22 mph)
Range	6,000 nautical miles (11,000 km; 6,900 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement	325
Armament	2 × single 254 mm (10 in) guns; 10 × single 152 mm (6 in) guns; 6 × single 120 mm (4.7 in) guns; 10 × single 57 mm (2.2 in) Hotchkiss guns ; 10 × single 37 mm (1.5 in) Hotchkiss guns ; 4 × 1 - 457 mm (18 in) torpedo tubes;
Armor	Belt: 80–150 mm (3.1–5.9 in); Barbettes: 150 mm (5.9 in) ; Gun turrets: 150 mm (5.9 in); Conning tower: 150 mm (5.9 in);

ARA Pueyrredón was one of four Giuseppe Garibaldi-class armored cruisers purchased by the Argentine Navy from Italy in the 1890s.

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