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|Ship country= Argentina
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|Ship name=''Piedra Buena''
|Ship namesake= [[Luis Piedrabuena]], Argentine mariner and naval hero of the 19th century.
|Ship ordered=1943
|Ship builder= [[Río Santiago Shipyard|AFNE Rio Santiago]], [[Argentina]]
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|Ship launched=1954
|Ship completed=1958
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|Ship decommissioned=1972
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|Ship type= Azopardo class [[patrol boat]]
|Ship displacement=1220 tons
|Ship length= {{convert|92.72|m|ft|abbr=on|1}}
|Ship beam={{convert|9.6|m|ft|abbr=on|1}}
|Ship draft={{convert|4|m|ft|abbr=on}}
|Ship propulsion=2-shaft, 2 × Parsons [[Steam turbines]], 2 x [[Water-tube boiler]]s, {{convert|5000|ihp|abbr=on}}, 340 tons oil
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|Ship range= 2300 nautical miles @ ?kn
|Ship complement=170
|Ship armament=*4 × {{convert|105|mm|in|adj=on|0}} L45 Bofors DP guns
* 4 × {{convert|40|mm|in|abbr=on}} [[Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/60|Bofors AA guns]]
* 4 × [[anti-submarine mortar]]s
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'''ARA Piedra Buena''' is a [[World War II]] era [[Argentine Navy]] warship, originally classified as patrol boat and later as antisubmarine frigate. The vessel is named after [[Luis Piedrabuena]], an Argentine mariner (later naval officer) that explored and guarded Argentine sovereignty in [[Patagonia]]. It is the third Argentine naval ship with this name.
== Design ==
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''Piedra Buena'' was as part of a program to build four mine warfare and patrol ships during the [[Second World War]], of which two (''Murature'' and ''King'') were completed as patrol boats and the others (''Piedrabuena'' and ''Azopardo'') as antisubmarine frigates.<ref name="Histarmar – Piedra Buena">{{cite web |title= FRAGATA "PIEDRA BUENA " P-36 |url= http://www.histarmar.com.ar/Armada%20Argentina/Buques1900a1970/FragataPiedraBuena-1959.htm |website=Histarmar - Historia y Arqueología Marítima |language=es |access-date=2015-12-30 }}</ref>
== History ==
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''Piedra Buena'' was ordered in 1943, however significant delays caused it to be launched in 1954 and completed four years later. Initially she was named ''Piedrabuena'' by decree 23.388/49 and classified as a patrol ship, however her name was amended to ''Piedra Buena'' and reclassified as a frigate by decree 11.373/58.<ref name="Histarmar – Piedra Buena" />
[[File:Frigate Piedra Buena periscope photo.jpg|thumb|left|''Piedra Buena'' seen through the attack periscope of [[ARA Santiago del Estero (S-12)]] during naval exercises]]
Between 1959 and 1968 she belonged to the Destroyers and Frigates Squadron of the High Seas Fleet based in [[Puerto Belgrano Naval Base]]; and she participated in various naval exercises, including [[UNITAS|UNITAS I]] (1960), UNITAS II (1961), UNITAS III (1962), UNITAS IV (1963), and ATLANTIS I (1968).<ref name="Histarmar – Piedra Buena" />
From 1969 to 1972 ''Piedra Buena'' was assigned to training duties with the cadets of the Argentine Navy Academy; in 1971 she suffered a fire in the engine room.<ref name="Histarmar – Piedra Buena" />
She was decommissioned in July 1972, and sold for scrapping to the company AYARSA in December 1972.<ref name="Histarmar – Piedra Buena" />
== See also ==
* [[List of ships of the Argentine Navy]]
* [[ARA Azopardo (P-35)]]
== References ==
=== Notes ===
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=== Bibliography ===
*{{cite book|last=Arguindeguy|first=Pablo|title=Apuntes sobre los buques de la Armada Argentina (1810–1970)|year=1972|publisher=Comando en Jefe de la Armada|location=Buenos Aires, Argentina|language=es}}
* {{cite book|title= Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947–1995 |publisher=[[Naval Institute Press]] |location= Annapolis, Maryland, USA |year=1996|isbn= 978-155-75013-25}}
== Further reading ==
* {{cite book|last=Burzio| first =Humberto|title =Armada Nacional| publisher= Secretaria de Estado de Marina |language=es |year =1960 |author-link=Humberto Francisco Burzio}}
* {{cite book|last1= Piccirilli |first1 = Ricardo|last2=Gianello |first2=Leoncio |title= Biografías navales| publisher= Secretaría de Estado de Marina |location=Buenos Aires |language=es | year= 1963}}.
* {{cite book|last1= Chesneau |first1= Roger |last2= Gardiner |first2= Robert |title= All the World's Fighting Ships 1922–1946 |publisher= Conway Maritime Press / Naval Institute Press |location= Annapolis, Maryland, USA |year=1980|isbn= 0-87021-913-8 }}
== External links ==
* {{cite web |title= FRAGATA "PIEDRA BUENA" P-36 |trans-title= Frigate “Piedra Buena” P-36|url= http://www.histarmar.com.ar/Armada%20Argentina/Buques1900a1970/FragataPiedraBuena-1959.htm |website=Histarmar - Historia y Arqueología Marítima |location=Argentina |publisher=Fundación Histarmar |language=es |access-date=2015-12-29 }}
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{{Azopardo-class frigates}}
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[[Category:1958 ships]]
[[Category:Frigates of the Argentine Navy]]