YAMONA (A-6) class

Country of Origin: Argentina

ship list


 1 YAMONA-class PATROL SHIP (PS) (ex-U.S. SOTOYOMO class)

 Name            Pendant   Launched         Commissioned   Status

 ALFREZ SOBRAL   A-9       Sept. 29, 1944   Dec. 7, 1944   Active
  (ex-USS SALISH, ATA-187)

description

This former U.S. Navy auxiliary oceangoing tug (ATA) was transferred to Argentina on Feb. 10, 1972.

ALFREZ SOBRAL was badly damaged when the bridge of the ship was hit squarely by two Sea Skua missiles fired by a British helicopter during the 1982 Falklands...

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