SALTA submarines (1974)
Salta 1990
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comm | Fate |
| Salta | S31 | 29 | Howaldtswerke, Kiel, West Germany // AFNE, Rio Santiago | 30.4.1970 | 9.11.1972 | 7.3.1974 | in service (2019) |
| San Luis | S32 | 30 | Howaldtswerke, Kiel, West Germany // AFNE, Rio Santiago | 1.10.1970 | 3.4.1973 | 24.5.1974 | stricken 4.1997 |
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Displacement standard, t |
1000 |
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Displacement normal, t |
1140 / 1248 |
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Length, m |
55.9 |
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Breadth, m |
6.30 |
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Draught, m |
5.50 |
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No of shafts |
1 |
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Machinery |
4 MTU 12V493 TY60 diesel-generators, 1 Siemens electric motor |
|
Power, h. p. |
2400 / 4500 |
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Max speed, kts |
11.5 / 22 |
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Fuel, t |
diesel oil 63 |
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Endurance, nm(kts) |
6000(8) / 400(4) |
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Armament |
8 - 533 TT (bow, 14) |
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Electronic equipment |
Calypso radar, CSU-3 sonar suite (AN526, AN5039, AN5041 sonars), DUUX-2CN, DUUG-1D sonars, DR-2000U ECM suite, M8 CCS |
|
Complement |
31 |
|
Diving depth operational, m |
250 |
Project history: These two units were built in sections in West Germany and assembled in Argentina. Sato in refit from late 1980s and in 1991 San Luis also had begun refit at Domecq Garcia Shipyard. Progress is very slow due to lack of funds. Both ships may be sold and modernisation competed for new owner. SST-4 torpedoes.
Modernizations: 1966, Santa Fe, Santiago del Estero: fin was modernized.
Naval service: Salta was was reported to be for sale in 1986 but entered shipyard in 1988 for new engines and a new electronics, she was relaunched in 1994 and recommissioned in March 1995. San Luis never entered refit and was stricken in 1997.
Salta 1973
Salta 2002
Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.
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