Английская Википедия:ARA Alférez Sobral
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ARA Alférez Sobral (A-9) is an 800-ton ocean-going tug[1] that was in service with the Argentine Navy from 1972 until 2019, where she was classified as an aviso.[2] She had previously served in the US Navy as the fleet tug Шаблон:USS. In Argentine service an aviso is a small naval vessel used for a number of auxiliary tasks, including tugging, laying buoys, and replenishing other ships, lighthouses and naval bases.[3]
Шаблон:Main Built by Levingston Shipbuilding Co., at Orange, Texas as a Sotoyomo-class rescue tug, she served as USS Salish (ATA-187) from 1944 to 1972.
The ship was named after Antarctic explorer Alférez José María Sobral (1880–1961). She was acquired on 10 February 1972 along with her sister-ship Шаблон:Ship from Mayport, Florida on 6 March 1972 and arriving to Puerto Belgrano on 18 April.
Falklands War
In the early hours of 3 May 1982, the vessel was hit by at least two Sea Skua anti-ship missiles fired by British Westland Lynx HAS.Mk.2/3 helicopters.
At the time the ship was approximately Шаблон:Convert[4][5] north of the Falkland Islands searching for the crew of a Canberra (B-110) bomber that had been shot down two days earlier by an AIM-9 Sidewinder AAM (air-to-air missile) fired from a British BAe Sea Harrier FRS.Mk.1 (XZ451). The Alférez Sobral was initially spotted by a Westland Sea King helicopter. When the helicopter approached to investigate and was engaged by Alférez Sobral's fore Oerlikon cannon, the helicopter retreated and requested an armed response.
In response Шаблон:HMS and Шаблон:HMS launched their Westland Lynx HAS.Mk.2/3 helicopters. CoventryШаблон:'s Lynx (XZ242) attacked first, firing two Sea Skua (air-to-surface) anti-ship missiles. One of the missiles narrowly missed the bridge, the second hit Alférez SobralШаблон:'s fibreglass motorboat, injuring the crew of a 20 mm cannon and knocking out the radio aerials.
Twenty minutes later GlasgowШаблон:'s Lynx (XZ247) launched two more missiles, at least one of which struck the bridge, causing extensive damage. The attack killed eight of the crew—including the ship's captain, Lieutenant Commander Sergio Gómez Roca—and injured eight. The Alférez Sobral lost all her electrical power, radio, radar and compass; she had no working navigational aids other than a landing compass, unsuitable for sailing.[6]
She was found and helped by a Sikorsky S-61N LV-OCL (a civilian helicopter requisitioned by the Argentine Air Force as part of Escuadron Fenix[7] and piloted by First Lieutenant Lucero) which evacuated the injured. Alférez Sobral was then assisted by the civilian trawler María Alejandra[8] and finally reached Puerto Deseado on 5 May. The attack had occurred at the approximated position Шаблон:Coord.
Post-war
From 1993 Alférez Sobral was based at Ushuaia; in February 2010 she moved to Mar del Plata switching places with ARA Gurruchaga.[9] In 2001 she assisted the expedition ship Caledonian Star which had been struck by a rogue wave during transit of the Drake Passage.[10] She remained in service until 2018.[11]
Legacy
The ship survived the conflict and remained in naval service until August 2018. There are plans to preserve Alférez Sobral as a museum ship in Santa Fe.[11] In 2022 it was reported that she might be placed on the disposal list.[12] The ship's badly damaged bridge is currently on display at the Naval Museum in Tigre, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina.
Argentina's final Espora class corvette was renamed Шаблон:Ship to honour Sobral's captain, Sergio Raul Goméz Roca, the first commander of an Argentine ship to be killed in action since the war with Brazil in the 19th century.[13] The aviso ARA Teniente Olivieri (A-2) is named after the guardamarina (midshipman) Claudio Olivieri, also killed in the action and posthumously promoted to lieutenant.[14]
Specifications
ARA (A-9) Alférez Sobral, Sotoyomo-class aviso[2][15]
Displacement 835 tonnes
Length 43.6 m
Beam 10.3 m
Draught 2.2 m
Propulsion 2 GM 12-278 A diesel-electric 2200 HP engines, 2 1500 HP generators, 1 propeller
Cruising speed 8 kn
Maximum speed 13 kn
Range 16,500 nm
Armament 1 Bofors 40/60 C cannon, 2 x 20mm Oerlikon cannons
Crew: 46
References
Шаблон:Campaignbox Falklands War
Notes
Bibliography
- The Fight for the Malvinas, Martin Middlebrook, Шаблон:ISBN
External links
- Histarmar Site pictorial
- naval-history.net: Details of the Falklands War incident
- nafts.org: Pictures of the damage done by the Sea Skua missiles
- Шаблон:In lang ARA official website: Side view (profile) of ARA Alférez Sobral
- Шаблон:In lang ARA official website: Technical Specifications of ARA Alférez Sobral
Шаблон:Sotoyomo class tug Шаблон:Argentina ship classes Шаблон:1982 shipwrecks
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ 2,0 2,1 fuerzasnavales.com: Technical Specs and picture of aviso ARA Sobral Шаблон:In lang
- ↑ Aviso ARA A"lférez Sobral" en combate, article by her second-in-command in 1982 Шаблон:In lang
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite book
- ↑ Escuadrón Fénix Web site: History Шаблон:Webarchive Шаблон:In lang
- ↑ Muñoz, Jorge (2000) Misión Cumplida. Editorial Epopeya, p. 141 Шаблон:In lang
- ↑ Un navío heroico con nuevo puerto en Mar del Plata Шаблон:Webarchive Шаблон:In lang
- ↑ Llegó a Ushuaia el crucero averiado y no podrá zarpar Шаблон:In lang
- ↑ 11,0 11,1 Шаблон:Cite news
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Rememoran el ataque al aviso “Sobral” Шаблон:Webarchive La Gaceta Marinera, 5 May 2010. Шаблон:In lang
- ↑ A-2 official site Шаблон:Webarchive Шаблон:In lang
- ↑ The US Sotoyomo-class were fleet tugs; this vessel was classified as an aviso in Argentine service
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