ARA Cormorán (Q-15) is a hydrographic survey boat of the Argentine Navy, built in the Río Santiago Shipyard and based in Buenos Aires. The vessel is named after the cormorant, a seabird that inhabits Argentina’s littoral, and is the fourth Argentine naval ship with this name.[1]
 ARA Cormorán at anchor, Buenos Aires, 2009 | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 Argentina | |
| Name | Cormorán |
| Namesake | Cormorant, an aquatic bird from Argentina’s littoral. |
| Builder | AFNE Rio Santiago, Argentina |
| Commissioned | 1964 |
| Identification |
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| Status | In service |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Hydrographic survey vessel |
| Displacement | 102 tons |
| Length | 25.3 m (83.0 ft) |
| Beam | 5 m (16.4 ft) |
| Draft | 1.8 m (5.9 ft) |
| Propulsion | 2-shaft, 2 × Diesel engines, 440 hp (330 kW) |
| Speed | 11 knots (13 mph; 20 km/h) |
| Complement | 21 |
| Notes | Career and characteristics data from “Histarmar”.[1] |
Design
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Cormorán is a coastal and fluvial research ship designed by the engineering team at Río Santiago Shipyard, where it was built. Its hull has a metallic structure covered with cedar wooden planks, and its superstructure is made of aluminium.[1]
It is powered by two diesel engines driving two propellers, and has a Decca TM 1226 navigation radar.[1]
History
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Cormorán was built in the Río Santiago Shipyard. Commissioned by the Argentine Navy in February 1964, she was assigned to the Naval Hydrographic Service ((in Spanish) Servicio de Hidrografía Naval).[1]
Since then she has undertaken several campaigns, which included depth sounding, current measuring, water sampling and bottom sampling.[1]
In 2010 she supported the hydrographic surveys performed in the Río de la Plata by the Uruguayan ship ROU Sirius.[2]
In 2012 she surveyed the inner Río de la Plata, and in 2013 sounded the rivers Paraná Ibicuy and Paraná Pavón;[3] during 2014 she surveyed the Magdalena Channel of the Río de la Plata.[4]
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