ARA_Teniente_Olivieri_(A-2)

ARA <i>Teniente Olivieri</i>

ARA Teniente Olivieri

Ship built in 1981

The ARA Teniente Olivieri (A-2) is a ship in service with the Argentine Navy classified as an aviso.[2]

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Homebased at Ushuaia, she is normally assigned to operate in Antarctica during the summer campaigns in the Patrulla Antártica Naval Combinada (English: Joint Antarctic Naval Patrol) with the Chilean Navy to guarantee safety to all tourist and scientific ships that are in transit within the Antarctic Peninsula.[3]

Service

Built in 1981 as Marsea 10 by Quality Shipyard in New Orleans, USA as a support ship and tug for oil rigs.[2]

In November 1987 was acquired by the U.S. Maritime Administration.

In Argentine service, she is the first ship to bear the name of Midshipman Olivieri killed on the ARA Alferez Sobral bridge during the Falklands War. The vessel was reported active as of 2022.[4]

References

  1. [1]
    El aviso “Teniente Olivieri” cumplió con la etapa final de la patrulla antártica Archived July 23, 2011, at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
  2. [2]
    Patrulleras Argentinas:Parte 3. Aviso Clase Teniente Olivieri / Supply-Marsea (ATF), 24 July 2009 (in Spanish)
  3. [3]
    Arriba el Aviso “Teniente Olivieri” para prestar apoyo a las actividades antárticas Archived September 29, 2011, at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
  4. [4]
    "La Armada Argentina se ejercitó en aguas del Canal Beagle". 9 August 2022.
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