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THE REPUBLIC OF ARGENTINA: Q1/1948 REPORT

A. Industrial Output

7 Factories:
Fixed IP: 0
Flexible IP: 0
Ship Tonnage: 7,000 tons

B. Transfers and Acquisitions

1,000 tons from Paraguay
2,004 tons to Japan, third payment for S Class submarines Spiro, San Rafael, Santa Rosa and Sante Fe

C. Unit Relocations

ARA P17 and P18 complete and commission with 3rd Patrol Squadron at Puerto Santa Cruz on 26 February
ARA G17 and G18 decommissioned for disposal on 14 January

D. Navy Programme

Resources Allocated: 7,000 tons
Previous Surplus: 2,413.5 tons
Unused Scrap: 0 tons
Construction Requirements (See Appendix A): 8,051 tons
Total surplus: 358.5 tons
Scrap Available: 0 tons

E. Infrastructure Programme

Resources Allocated: 0 IP
Previous Surplus: 0 IP
Resources Used: 0 IP
Carry-over: 0 IP

F. Summary Order Of Battle at End of Quarter

Note: X (Y) +Z = completed/in service (under repair/refit/rebuild) + under construction.

Battleships: 1 + 0
Battlecruisers: 3 (1) + 0
Aircraft Carriers: 3 + 0
Heavy Cruisers: 1 + 0
Light Cruisers: 13 (1) + 0
Cruiser/ Minelayer: 1 + 0
Destroyer Leaders 1 + 0
Destroyers: 45 + 3
Submarines: 8 + 0
Torpedo Boats: 7 + 0
Escort Ships: 8 + 0
Minesweepers: 6 + 0
Motor Minesweepers: 28 + 0
Yacht/ Sloop: 1 + 0
Patrol Gunboats: 18 + 0
Large River Gunboats: 7 + 0
Small River Gunboats: 10 + 0
MTBs: 43 + 0
Landing Craft: 12 + 0
Training Ships: 4 + 0
Dispatch Vessels: 0 + 0
Patrol Icebreaker: 1 + 0
Oilers: 6 + 0
Water Tankers: 1 + 0
Transports: 5 + 1
Supply Ships: 0 + 1
Repair Ships: 1 + 0
Destroyer Tenders: 2 + 0
Submarine Tenders: 1 + 0
River Craft Tender: 1 + 0
Survey Ships: 4 + 0
Tugboats: 17 + 0
Crane Ships: 1 + 0

Prefectura Naval Argentina
Patrol Ships: 4 + 0
Fast Patrol Vessels: 1 + 0
River Patrol Vessels: 3 + 0

G. Miscellaneous Works

General Belgrano 25% refit in harbour costing 2,596 tons taking 5 months, 1,298 tons this quarter for 1,298 tons


DETAILED SHIPBUILDING REPORT

AFNE Bahia Blanca:

S-3a:
Proveedor Project 720 Replenishment Ship
Laid Down: 1 January 1948
Launched: 15 July 1948
1,576 tons this quarter for 1,576 tons
Completion due 18 June 1949

S-1a:
Jujuy Project 455 Destroyer
Laid Down: 1 July 1947
Launched: 15 January 1948
569 tons this quarter for 1,707 tons
Completion due 1 June 1948

S-1b:
Hercules Project 455 Destroyer
Laid Down: 1 July 1947
Launched: 15 January 1948
569 tons this quarter for 1,707 tons
Completion due 1 June 1948

S-1c:

S-1d:

S-0a:

S-0b:

D-3a:
RTS-474 (ex- Presidente Aguinaldo) 50% rebuild, total cost 12,590.5 tons taking 17.5 months, 2,098 tons this quarter for 10,490 tons

Astillero Nav. Puerto Belgrano:

S-2a:
Heroina Project 455 Destroyer
Laid Down: 1 July 1947
Launched: 15 January 1948
569 tons this quarter for 1,707 tons
Completion due 1 June 1948

S-1a:

D-1a

D-1b:

Tandanor Comodoro Rividavia:

S-1a:

S-0a:

D-2a:
Vicente Fidel Lopez Project 717 Troop Transport
Laid Down: 1 July 1947
Launched: 15 November 1947
948 tons this quarter for 2,844 tons
Completion due 1 August 1948

D-1a:

D-1b:

AFNE Paraguay at Encarnation:

S-0a:

D-0a:
Los Andes 25% refit at 15% cost, cost 74 tons taking 1.5 months

Light Craft:
Two Project 618A Class Patrol Boats, 175 tons each, totalling 350 tons

Argentine Navy Order of Battle 1948

Brigada Naval I (HQ Bahia Blanca, CO Almirante Moreno)
Bahia Blanca
1st Battle Squadron; CO Vice Almirante Gomez, (Veinticinco de Mayo, Constelación, Patagonia)
2nd Battle Squadron; CO Vice Almirante Durango (Capitan Gascon, and based at Comodoro Rivadavia, Puyerredon)
Carrier Squadron; CO Vice Almirante Torrez-Bucholz (Independencia, Guardabosques and Avispón and destroyer Sarandi)
1st Cruiser Squadron; CO Vice Almirante Fandangos (La Argentina, General Belgrano, Capitan Juan Domingo Peron, Almirante Storni and Almirante Domecq Garcia)
3rd Destroyer Squadron; CO Contra Almirante Higgins (eight Project 452 Class; Jaguar, Pantera, Lepoardo, Tigre, Puma, Leon, Tiburón and Santa)
4th Destroyer Squadron; CO Contra Almirante Marabella (eight Soldati Class; Ingeniero, Grenadier, Lancer, Bombardero, Tripulante, Pirata, Legionario and Gunner)
Submarine Squadron; CO Vice Almirante Mendez (P Class; Spiro, San Rafael, Santa Rosa and Sante Fe, and Typ 1 Class; Capitan Valles and Capitan Jones), and S Class; Salta and Santiago del Estero
Minesweeper Squadron; CO Capitan de Navio Garbes (four Project 621 Class; Calchaqui, Capayan, Chiquillan, Chulupi, Mocovi and Moloyan)
1st Motor Minesweeper Flotilla; CO Capitan de Navio Sobral (six Typ M1 Class MS1-6)
7th MTB Squadron; CO Captain de Navio King (five MAS da 38m Class M36-40)
1st Landing Craft Flotilla; CO Capitan de Navio Farre (six MZ1 Class LCV LC1-6)
2nd Landing Craft Flotilla; CO Capitan de Navio Fasson (six MZ1 Class LCV LC7-12)

Viedma
1st Destroyer Squadron; CO Contra Almirante Bahia (three Mendoza Class; Mendoza, Hercules and Drummond, and two 1939 Class; Santa Cruz and Sparta, and one 1940 Class; Rivadavia, and three Pr.458 Class; Murature and Rioja and Jujuy)
Minelayer Squadron; CO Capitan de Navio Esperanto (Vice Almirante Higgins, and five Chaco Class; Chaco, Chubut, Neuquen, Rio Negro and Tierra del Fuego)
1st Patrol Squadron; CO Capitan de Navio D’Silva (six Project 618A P1-P6)
2nd Motor Minesweeper Flotilla; CO Captain de Navio Somellera (six Typ M1 MS7-12)
1st MTB Squadron; CO Capitan de Navio Fernando (one MAS(L) ML1 and five MAS Type MTB M1-M5)
2nd MTB Squadron; CO Capitan de Navio Torrez (one MAS(L) ML2 and five MAS Type MTB M6-M10)

Brigada Naval II (HQ Comodoro Rivadavia, CO Almirante Murphy)
Rawson
5th Destroyer Squadron; CO Contra Almirante Stellos D’Annucio (five Project 414 Class; Pinedo, Buchardo, Jorge, Thorne and Entre Rios, and two Project 454 Class; Corrientes and Misiones)
2nd Escort Squadron; CO Contra Almirante Torres (four Project 406/406A Class; Granville, Guerrico, Ferre and Gomez Roca, and three Indomita Class; Indomita, Intrepida and Defencia, and one Project 451 Class; Baradero)
5th Motor Minesweeper Flotilla; CO Capitan de Navio Mariotti (four Typ M1 MS25-28)
3rd MTB Squadron; CO Capitan de Navio Jules (one MAS(L) ML3 and five MAS Type MTB M11-M15)

Comodoro Rivadavia
2nd Cruiser Squadron; CO Contra Almirante (Nueve de Julio, Comodore Py, Hipolito Bouchard, Espora)
3rd Cruiser Squadron; CO Vice Almirante Roho (Santisima Trinidad, Moreno, Rivadavia, Fortaleza and Delante
2nd Destroyer Squadron; CO Contra Almirante Honchez (five 1933 and 1936 Class; Contra Almirante Barbera, Simon Bolivar, Capitan Tejada, Lynch and Parker, and three 1939 Class; Cervantes, Juan de Garray, Catamarca and San Juan)
2nd Patrol Squadron; CO Capitan de Navio Guerra-Rajo (six Project 618A Class P7-P12)
3rd Motor Minesweeper Flotilla; CO Capitan de Navio Andres (six Typ M1 MS13-18)
5th MTB Squadron; CO Capitan de Navio Santander (six MAS da 38m class M24-29)

Brigada Naval III (HQ Puerto Deseado, CO Vice Almirante Smith-Sabatini)
Puerto Deseado
1st Escort Squadron; CO Contra Almirante Dahmon-Sanchez (eight Chaco Class (escorts); Chico, Desepuadero, Pilcomayo and Verde, Heras, Gallegos, Magellan and Fuego, and patrol icebreaker Piedra Buena)
4th MTB Squadron; CO Capitan de Navio Bouchard (six MAS da 38m Class M18-23)
4th Motor Minesweeper Flotilla; CO Capitan de Navio Bernardi (six Typ M1 MS19-25)

Puerto Santa Cruz
3rd Patrol Squadron; CO Capitan de Navio Campabassa (six Pr.618A Class P13-18)
6th MTB Squadron; CO Captain de Navio Vasquez (six MAS da 38m Class M30-35)

Brigada Naval IV (HQ Asuncion, Paraguay, CO Almirante Bozzano Baglietto)
Formosa
2nd River Squadron; CO Capitan de Navio Hoho (five river gunboats R6-R10)

Asuncion
Gunboat Squadron; CO Captain de Navio Chavez (one Los Andes Class; El Plata, two Humaita Class; Humaita and Paraguay and four Parana Class; Parana, Rosario, Patria and Pilcomayo)
1st River Squadron; CO Capitan de Navio Guido (five river gunboats R11-R15)

Brigada Naval V (HQ Bahia Blanca, CO Almirante Velazco)
Training Squadron; CO Vice Almirante Teisaire
Split between harbours;
Bahia Blanca: sail ship Presidente Sarimento, yacht/ sloop Capitan de Navio Parker and training ship/ destroyer General San Martin
Viedma: Fulton (mine warfare training) and two Type 2B MTB TM16-TM17
Survey Squadron; CO Capitan de Navio Jenaero (Alferez Mackinlay and Almirante Irizar, coastal survey craft Cormoran and Petrel)

Auxiliary Squadron; CO Contra Almirante Salvero
Split between harbours;
Bahia Blanca: submarine tender Delphin, large tanker Dona Dorothea and petroleum tanker Cabo San Isidro
Viedma: destroyer tender Cabo San Francisco de Paula and tanker Ministro Ezcurra
Comodoro Rivadavia: destroyer tender Cabo San Antonio and coastal tankers Dona Elora and Dona Stella, water tanker Cabo San Vicente, repair ship Cabo San Gonzalo and transports Canal Beagle and Cabo de Hornos
Rawson: transports America and Bahia San Blas
Puerto Deseado: transport Vicente Fidel Lopez and coastal tanker Dona Irma

Bahia Blanca Flotilla Base Support Flotilla (tugs Azopardo, Ona and four Project 711 harbour tugs and the crane ship Bahia)
Viedma Base Support Flotilla (two Project 711 harbour tugs)
Comodoro Rivadavia Base Support Flotilla (tug Querandi and two Project 711 harbour tugs)
Rawson Base Support Flotilla (two Project 711 harbour tugs)
Puerto Deseado Base Support Flotilla (two Project 711 harbour tugs)
Puerto Santa Cruz Base Support Flotilla (two Project 711 harbour tugs)
Asuncion Base Support Flotilla (ARA Alferez de Navio Gomez)
Static Reserve Fleet; no commander, composed of ships laid up for disposal

Prefectura Naval Argentina
Four patrol craft T-104, T-105, T-106 and T-107
One fast patrol craft MAS(L) T-103
Three river patrol craft PC101-PC103