ARA Almirante Brown (D-10)

	ARA Almirante Brown leads in a formation during a leapfrog exercise
History
Argentina
Name	Almirante Brown
Namesake	Adm William Brown
Builder	Blohm + Voss
Laid down	September 8, 1980
Launched	March 28, 1981
Acquired	February 2, 1983
Commissioned	March 28, 1983
Status	in active service
Notes	Pennant number: D-10
General characteristics
Class and type	Almirante Brown-class destroyer
Displacement	3,360 tons
Length	126 m (413 ft)
Beam	14 m (46 ft)
Draught	5.8 m (19 ft)
Propulsion	COGAG (4 turbines) ; 36,000 shp (27,000 kW);
Speed	30.5 kn (56.5 km/h)
Range	4,500 mi (7,200 km)
Complement	224
Armament	8 × Aérospatiale MM40 Exocet anti-ship missiles; 1 × Selenia/Elsag Albatross octuple launcher with 24 × Aspide surface-to-air missiles ; 1 × dual purpose gun ; 8 × Breda/ anti-aircraft guns (4 × twin) ; 6 × 324 mm torpedo tubes (2 × triple);
Aircraft carried	1 Aérospatiale AS 555 Fennec helicopter
Aviation facilities	Single hangar

ARA Almirante Brown (pennant number D-10) is the lead ship of the MEKO 360H2 series of four destroyers built for the Argentine Navy. The ship is the ninth ship in the history of the Argentine Navy to be named for Admiral William Brown, the founder and commander of the Argentine Navy during Argentina's war of independence against Spain.

Construction

The

Puerto Belgrano Naval Base on March 21 and being formally commissioned

Almirante Brown, together with the

Her home port is Puerto Belgrano, where the class of four ships (three vessels as of 2024) form part of the Navy's 2nd Destroyer Division.

Guia de los buques de la Armada Argentina 2005-2006. Ignacio Amendolara Bourdette,
ISBN 987-43-9400-5
, Editor n/a. (Spanish/English text)