ARA Cormorán at anchor, Buenos Aires, 2009
History
Argentina
Name	Cormorán
Namesake	Cormorant, an aquatic bird from Argentina’s littoral.
Builder	AFNE Rio Santiago, Argentina
Commissioned	1964
Identification	MMSI number: 701104732 Callsign: LOCD
Status	In service
General characteristics
Type	Hydrographic survey vessel
Displacement	102 tons
Length	25.3 m (83.0 ft)
Beam	5 m (16.4 ft)
Draft	1.8 m (5.9 ft)
Propulsion	2-shaft, 2 × Diesel engines, 440 hp (330 kW)
Speed	11 knots (13 mph; 20 km/h)
Complement	21
Notes	Career and characteristics data from “Histarmar”. [1]

ARA Cormorán (Q-15) is a hydrographic survey boat of the Argentine Navy, built in the Río Santiago Shipyard and based in Buenos Aires. The vessel is named after the cormorant, a seabird that inhabits Argentina’s littoral, and is the fourth Argentine naval ship with this name. ^[1]

Design

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Cormorán is a coastal and fluvial research ship designed by the engineering team at Río Santiago Shipyard, where it was built. Its hull has a metallic structure covered with cedar wooden planks, and its superstructure is made of aluminium. ^[1]

It is powered by two diesel engines driving two propellers, and has a Decca TM 1226 navigation radar. ^[1]

History

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Cormorán was built in the Río Santiago Shipyard. Commissioned by the Argentine Navy in February 1964, she was assigned to the Naval Hydrographic Service ((in Spanish) Servicio de Hidrografía Naval). ^[1]

Since then she has undertaken several campaigns, which included depth sounding, current measuring, water sampling and bottom sampling. ^[1]

In 2010 she supported the hydrographic surveys performed in the Río de la Plata by the Uruguayan ship ROU Sirius. ^[2]

In 2012 she surveyed the inner Río de la Plata, and in 2013 sounded the rivers Paraná Ibicuy and Paraná Pavón; ^[3] during 2014 she surveyed the Magdalena Channel of the Río de la Plata. ^[4]

See also

• List of auxiliary ships of the Argentine Navy

References

Notes

Bibliography

• Amendolara Bourdette, Ignacio (2005). Guia de los buques de la Armada Argentina 2005-2006 (in Spanish and English). Buenos Aires, Argentina. ISBN  987-43-9400-5. Archived from the original on 2014-09-13. Retrieved 2014-09-13.{{ cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher ( link)

Other sources

• "Buque Hidrográfico A.R.A. "Cormorán"" [Hydrographic Ship A.R.A. "Cormorán"]. Histarmar - Historia y Arqueología Marítima (in Spanish). Argentina: Fundación Histarmar. Retrieved 2016-01-09.

Further reading

• Arguindeguy, Pablo (1972). Apuntes sobre los buques de la Armada Argentina (1810-1970) (in Spanish). Buenos Aires, Argentina: Comando en Jefe de la Armada.

External links

• "Buques Hidrográficos - Lancha Hidrográfica "Cormorán"" [Hydrographic Ships - Hydrographic Boat "Cormorán"]. Armada Argentina, sitio oficial (in Spanish). Argentina: Armada Argentina (Argentine Navy). Archived from the original on 2011-06-21. Retrieved 2016-01-09.