ARA Teniente Olivieri

	Tte Olivieri departing Jubany base on Antarctica
History
Argentina
Name	Teniente Olivieri
Namesake	Lieutenant Olivieri
Launched	1981
Identification	IMO number: 8107983
Status	in active service
General characteristics
Displacement	1640 tons (full)
Length	56.3 m (185 ft)
Beam	12.2 m (40 ft)
Draft	4.3 m (14 ft)
Propulsion	2 × Diesel-electric engines, ; single screw;
Speed	14 knots (26 km/h)
Range	2,800 mi (4,500 km) at 10 knots (19 km/h)
Complement	39
Armament	2 × 12.7mm machine-guns

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

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[edit]

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[edit]

Official site Archived 2011-06-21 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)

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

External links[edit]

Pictorial at Histamar (in Spanish)
Video (in Spanish)

[1] El aviso “Teniente Olivieri” cumplió con la etapa final de la patrulla antártica Archived July 23, 2011, at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)

[patrulleras-2] Patrulleras Argentinas:Parte 3. Aviso Clase Teniente Olivieri / Supply-Marsea (ATF), 24 July 2009 (in Spanish)

[3] Arriba el Aviso “Teniente Olivieri” para prestar apoyo a las actividades antárticas Archived September 29, 2011, at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)

[4] "La Armada Argentina se ejercitó en aguas del Canal Beagle". 9 August 2022.

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v t e Current and future ships of the Argentine Navy
Major surface combatants	Almirante Brown-class destroyer (4) Espora-class corvette (6) Drummond-class corvette (3)
Patrol/Fast attack ships	Murature class (1) Gowind class (4) Baradero class (4) Intrépida class (2) POM class (+4 planned)
Amphibious Force	Hércules Bahía San Blas
Submarine Force	Type 209 (1) TR-1700 class (1)
Avisos	Teniente Olivieri Francisco de Gurruchaga Suboficial Castillo Alférez Sobral
Multi-purpose auxiliary ships	Ciudad de Zárate Ciudad de Rosario Punta Alta
Support ships	Patagonia Canal Beagle Cabo de Hornos
Training ships	Libertad Luisito
Oceanographic/Survey ships	Almirante Irízar Puerto Deseado Comodoro Rivadavia Cormorán Petrel
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