The ARA ''Teniente Olivieri'' (A-2) is a ship in service with the

Argentine Navy The Argentine Navy (ARA; ). This forms the basis for the navy's ship prefix "ARA". is the navy of Argentina. It is one of the three branches of the Armed Forces of the Argentine Republic, together with the Argentine Army, Army and the Argentine ...

classified as an

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.Patrulleras Argentinas:Parte 3. Aviso Clase Teniente Olivieri / Supply-Marsea (ATF), 24 July 2009
Homebased at

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, she is normally assigned to operate in

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during the summer campaigns in the ''Patrulla Antártica Naval Combinada'' (English: Joint Antarctic Naval Patrol) with the

Chilean Navy The Chilean Navy () is the naval warfare service branch of the Chilean Armed Forces. It is under the Ministry of National Defense (Chile), Ministry of National Defense. Its headquarters are at Edificio Armada de Chile, Valparaiso. History Ori ...

to guarantee safety to all tourist and scientific ships that are in transit within the

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Service

Built in 1981 as ''Marsea 10'' by Quality Shipyard in

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, USA as a support ship and tug for

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. In November 1987 was acquired by the

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. In Argentine service, she is the first ship to bear the name of

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Olivieri killed on the ARA ''Alferez Sobral'' bridge during the

Falklands War The Falklands War () was a ten-week undeclared war between Argentina and the United Kingdom in 1982 over two British Overseas Territories, British dependent territories in the South Atlantic: the Falkland Islands and Falkland Islands Dependenci ...

. The vessel was reported active as of 2022.

References

Official site

External links

at Histamar
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