Class profile

Puerto Deseado Oceanographic Survey Ship

Argentina - Survey Ship

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Puerto Deseado Oceanographic Survey Ship
Q20ARAPuertoDeseado

Class facts

Country

Argentina

Type

Survey Ship

Length

77 m

Displacement

2400 t

Speed

15 kn

Public ships

1

Public description

Puerto Deseado is an oceanographic survey ship supporting Argentine scientific, hydrographic and maritime-research work. Its mission systems and support capacity help build knowledge of the South Atlantic operating environment. The ship sits outside combat comparisons but supports navigation, research and maritime-domain understanding.

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Equipment summary

Propulsion

Diesel propulsion

Other

Oceanographic mission system

Scientific mission system

Support cargo system

secondary