ARA San Juan (S-42)

TR-1700 submarine ARA San Juan (S-42)
History
Argentina
Name: ARA San Juan
Builder: Thyssen Nordseewerke, Emden, Germany
Completed: 28 June 1983
Commissioned: 18 November 1985
Status: in active service
General characteristics
Class and type: TR-1700-class submarine
Displacement:
  • 2140 tonnes (surfaced)
  • 2336 tonnes (Submerged)
Length: 65.93 m (216.3 ft)
Beam: 8.36 m (27.4 ft)
Draught: 7.34 m (24.1 ft)
Propulsion:
  • 1 shaft 4 × MTU diesels
  • 1 × Siemens electric motor
Speed:
  • 15 knots (28 km/h) surfaced
  • 25 knots (46 km/h) submerged
Range: 12,000 nmi (22,000 km) at 8 kn (15 km/h) surfaced
Endurance: 30 days
Sensors and
processing systems:
  • radar Thompson CSF Calypso
  • Sonar Atlas Elektronik CSU 3/4, Thompson Sintra DUUX-5
Armament:

ARA San Juan (S-42) is a TR-1700-class diesel-electric submarine in active service with the Argentine Navy.

History

San Juan was built by Thyssen Nordseewerke and completed on 19 November 1985. [1] [2]

Her mid-life refit was done in Argentina between 2008 and 2013.[3]

See also

References

Notes

  1. ↑ The hull of the S-42 ARA San Juan again soldier
  2. ↑ Miller, David (2002). The Illustrated Directory of Submarines. Zenith Press. p. 480. ISBN 0-7603-1345-8.
  3. ↑ El arte de reparar submarinos, Pagina 12 (accessed 2016-05-01)

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