ARA Ciudad de Zárate (Q-61)

Career (United States)
Name: USCGC Red Cedar (WLM-688)
Builder: United States Coast Guard Yard, Curtis Bay
Cost: $3,402,176
Launched: 1 August 1970
Commissioned: 18 December 1970
Decommissioned: 16 March 1999
Fate: transferred to Argentine, 16 March 1999
Career (Argentina)
Name: Ciudad de Zárate
Owner: Argentine Navy
General characteristics
Displacement: 525 metric tonnes
Length: 49.05 m
Beam: 10 m
Draft: 2 m
Propulsion: 2 × Caterpilar D398
Speed: 12.6 knots

ARA Ciudad de Zárate (Q-61) is a multi-purpose auxiliary ship of the Argentine Navy based at Puerto Madero. It was formerly known as the USCGC Red Cedar (WLM-688).

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