ARA Suboficial Castillo
ARA Suboficial Castillo in Antarctic waters
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History | |
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United States | |
Name | Takelma |
Namesake | The Takelma people |
Builder | United Engineering Co. |
Laid down | 7 April 1943 |
Launched | 18 September 1943 |
Commissioned | 3 August 1944 |
Stricken | 28 January 1992 |
Motto | "We Can Hack It !" |
Honours and awards |
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Fate | Transferred to Argentine Navy, 1993 |
Argentina | |
Name | Suboficial Castillo |
Namesake | Marine Julio Saturnino Castillo |
Acquired | 30 September 1993 |
Commissioned | 7 June 1994 |
Status | Decommissioned |
General characteristics | |
Displacement | 1,675 long tons (1,702 t) (full) |
Length | 205 ft (62 m) |
Beam | 38.5 ft (11.7 m) |
Draft | 15.33 ft (4.67 m) |
Propulsion | Diesel-electric, single screw, 3,600 shp (2,700 kW) |
Speed | 16.5 knots (30.6 km/h; 19.0 mph) |
Complement | 85 |
Armament |
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ARA Suboficial Castillo (A-6) was an
Service history
Takelma was
From 1946 to 1952 Takelma operated out of numerous locations including
Korean and Vietnam wars
Takelma operated out of
During American combat operations in the
End of US service
The ship was decommissioned and struck from the Naval Register on 28 January 1992. The vessel was transferred to Argentina on 30 September 1993, under the Security Assistance Program and renamed ARA Suboficial Castillo (A-6).[1]
Argentine service
The ship was acquired in 1993 by the Argentine Navy and classified as
On 25 May 1995 Suboficial Castillo captured the trawler LW9579 for illegal fishing in the Argentine Sea.[4]
In January 1998, she transported a French team to the Isla de los Estados which installed a replica of Jules Verne's The Lighthouse at the End of the World.[5] On 19 August 1998 after finishing a naval exercise with the Chilean Navy and the vessel docked at the port of Ushuaia. While in port, ARA Comodoro Somellera sank following a collision with her during a storm.[6]
In 2007 she participated on the rescue of ARA Almirante Irizar after the icebreaker caught fire.[7]
As of 2010 she was homebased at Mar del Plata naval base. In 2016, Suboficial Castillo was among the vessels ordered to search for survivors after the coastal vessel San Antonio sank off Mar del Plata.[8][9] In 2020, the ship was taken out of service. In 2022, it was indicated that the decommissioned Suboficial Castillo would be auctioned off.[10]
References
- ^ a b c d e Takelma, Dictionary of American Fighting Ships, 27 July 2022
- ^ "USS Takelma (ATF-113) - US Navy". Korean War Project. p. 1. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
- ^ "Remolcador de Mar/Aviso A.R.A. Suboficial Castillo A-6". histarmar.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 July 2022.
- ^ "El fin del mundo tendrá su faro". La Nacion (in Spanish). 30 January 1998. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
- ^ Pisani, Silvia (20 August 1998). "Se hundió un buque argentino". La Nacion (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 July 2022.
- ^ "Remolcan el Irízar hasta Puerto Belgrano". La Nacion (in Spanish). 18 April 2007. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
- ^ "Naufragó el buque costero "San Antonino": 3 tripulantes fallecidos, dos desaparecidos". Pescare (in Spanish). 1 September 2016. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
- ^ "Continúa la búsqueda de los tripulantes desaparecidos del "San Antonino"". Pescare (in Spanish). 1 September 2016. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
- ^ "La Armada Argentina subastará buques dados de baja". MercoPress (in Spanish). 22 July 2022. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
- This article includes information collected from the Naval Vessel Register, which, as a U.S. government publication, is in the public domain. The entry can be found here.
External links
- Official site Archived 2013-10-17 at the Wayback Machine
- Castillo at Histarmar
- Suboficial Castillo pictorial at Histarmar
- Military.com Crew information about vessel's tenure as USS Takelma.