ARA Cabo San Antonio (Q-42)

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|Ship country=Argentina

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|Ship name=Cabo San Antonio

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|Ship builder=AFNE, Río Santiago

|Ship launched=20 July 1968

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|Ship out of service=1997

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|Ship displacement=3828 tons (light); 7804 tons (full load)

|Ship tonnage= 8000 tons{{cite book |last1=Dalle |first1=Rafael Diniz Mascarenhas |title=A Guerra das Ilhas Falklands/Malvinas: quatro décadas de um conflito que ainda não chegou ao fim |date=17 October 2022 |publisher=Editora Dialética |location=São Paulo, SP |isbn=9786525261843 |pages=560 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ykq2EAAAQBAJ |access-date=23 October 2024}}

|Ship length={{convert|442|ft|m|abbr=on}}

|Ship beam={{convert|62|ft|m|abbr=on}}

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|Ship draft={{convert|10|ft|m|abbr=on}} forward; {{convert|16|ft|8|in|m|abbr=on}} aft (full load)

|Ship propulsion=Six diesel engines, two shafts

|Ship horsepower={{convert|13,700|BHP|abbr=on}}

|Ship speed={{convert|16.9|kn}} (max)

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|Ship notes=Characteristics are assumed similar to USS De Soto County

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ARA Cabo San Antonio (Q-42) was a tank landing ship in the Argentine Navy, built in Argentina at AFNE, Río Santiago shipyard. She was launched on 20 July 1968. Cabo San Antonio was based on the US Navy's De Soto County-class tank landing ship design.

History

The high point of her career was the Argentine invasion of the Falkland Islands (Malvinas) in 1982, as part of Operation Azul. Cabo San Antonio disembarked with 20 LVTP-7 tracked amphibious armoured personnel carriers and LARC-V transports from the 1st Amphibious Vehicles Battalion, carrying D and E Companies of the 2nd Marine Infantry Battalion at Yorke Bay. She did not participate further in the Falklands War once the Argentinian landings finished.{{fact|date=November 2024}}

Cabo San Antonio was decommissioned in 1997.{{fact|date=November 2024}}

References

{{in lang|es}} [http://www.histarmar.com.ar/Armada%20Argentina/Buques1900a1970/BuqDesembarco/CaboSanAntonioQ42.htm pictorial and history]

ARA Cabo San Antonio (Q-42)

History

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