ARA Sarandí (D-13)

	ARA Sarandí underway
History
Argentina
Name	Sarandí
Builder	Blohm + Voss
Laid down	9 March 1982
Launched	31 August 1982
Commissioned	23 April 1984
Identification	Pennant number D-13
Status	in active service
General characteristics
Class and type	Almirante Brown-class destroyer
Displacement	3,360 tons
Length	126 m (413 ft 5 in)
Beam	14 m (45 ft 11 in)
Draught	5.8 m (19 ft 0 in)
Propulsion	COGAG (4 turbines) ; 36,000 shp (27,000 kW);
Speed	30.5 knots (56.5 km/h; 35.1 mph)
Range	4,500 mi (7,200 km)
Complement	224
Armament	8 × Aérospatiale MM40 Exocet anti-ship missiles; 1 × Selenia/Elsag Albatross octuple launcher with 24 Aspide SAMs; 1 × Oto Melara 127 mm (5 in) dual purpose gun ; 8 × Bofors 40 mm L/70 AA guns (4 × twin) ; 6 × 324 mm (13 in) torpedo tubes (2 × 3);
Aircraft carried	1 × Aérospatiale AS 555 Fennec helicopter
Aviation facilities	Single hangar

ARA Sarandí is the fourth and last ship of the MEKO 360H2 series of destroyers built for the Argentine Navy. The ship is also the fourth ship in the Argentine Navy to bear that name. Sarandí is the name of a victory of the Argentine army during the Cisplatine War.

The ship, along with the rest of the Argentine navy is poorly maintained and has inadequate staff training due to a lack of funding and import restrictions. In 2003, the ship fired on a friendly Brazilian warship during a joint training exercise. In 2012, the Almirante Brown class were short of spare parts and suffering engine problems, plus all their ordnance was past its expiry date.

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