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The Mar del Plata Naval Base is a naval
port A port is a maritime facility comprising one or more wharves or loading areas, where ships load and discharge cargo and passengers. Although usually situated on a sea coast or estuary, ports can also be found far inland, such as ...
facility of the
Argentine Navy The Argentine Navy (ARA; es, Armada de la República Argentina). 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 t ...
, situated in
Mar del Plata Mar del Plata is a city on the coast of the Argentine Sea, Atlantic Ocean, in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It is the seat of General Pueyrredón Partido, General Pueyrredón district. Mar del Plata is the second largest city in Buenos Aires ...
in the
province of Buenos Aires Buenos Aires (), officially the Buenos Aires Province (''Provincia de Buenos Aires'' ), is the largest and most populous Argentine province. It takes its name from the city of Buenos Aires, the capital of the country, which used to be part of th ...
and home to the Argentine submarine fleet.


Based ships


Corvettes

* ARA ''Drummond'' (P-31) * ARA ''Guerrico'' (P-32) * ARA ''Granville'' (P-33) * ARA ''Bouchard'' (P-51) * ARA ''Piedrabuena'' (P-52) * ARA ''Almirante Storni'' (P-53)


Hydrographic division

* ARA ''Puerto Deseado'' (Q-20) * ARA ''Comodoro Rivadavia'' (Q-11)


Submarine fleet

* ARA ''Santa Cruz'' (S-41) * ARA ''Salta'' (S-31)


Auxiliaries and research

* ARA ''Bahía Agradable'' (A-23) * ARA ''Chulupí'' (R-10) * ARA ''Chiquiyán'' (R-18) * ARA ''Suboficial Castillo'' (A-6)


See also

*
Port Belgrano Naval Base Port Belgrano Naval Base ( es, Base Naval Puerto Belgrano - BNPB) is the largest naval base of the Argentine Navy, situated next to Punta Alta, near Bahía Blanca, about south of Buenos Aires. It is named after the brigantine ''General Belgr ...
*
Ushuaia Naval Base The Ushuaia Naval Base or Admiral Berisso Integrated Naval Base is the southernmost port of the Argentine Navy, situated in Ushuaia on the shores of the Beagle Channel. It is also the main Argentine port and logistics center for access to Anta ...
*
Falklands Naval Station The Falklands Naval Station ( es, Apostadero Naval Malvinas) was the main base of the naval component of Argentina in the Falklands Islands (or ''Malvinas Islands''), during the South Atlantic conflict of 1982. History The Falklands Naval ...


References

{{Reflist Argentine Navy bases Buildings and structures in Mar del Plata