US EditionArgentine Navy Falklands War sloop sank as practice target
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Argentine Navy Falklands War sloop sank as practice target
The Argentine Navy's sloop ARA Alférez Sobral, of the 1982 War action, was sunk as a firing practice target off the coast near Necochea due to insufficient funds for maintenance. Departing from Mar del Plata Naval Base, the ship, originally the USS Salish from World War II and later named after Argentine explorer José María Sobral, was towed to its final resting place at coordinates 39°54'S, 59°30'W.
The Argentine Navy sank the iconic vessel ARA Enferez Sobral who was able to fight in the Malvinas war in 1982 and frustrated the project of turning it into a museum, due to the “calamitous state” in which it was located and, the millionaire investment that needed to be made for its transfer and execution of maintenance tasks. The veteran and president of the [...]
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