ARA Alférez Sobral

	Alférez Sobral in Ushuaia, 2008
History
United States
Namesake	Salish tribe
Laid down	29 August 1944
Launched	29 September 1944
Commissioned	7 December 1944
Decommissioned	10 February 1972
Fate	transferred to Argentine Navy, 10 February 1972
Stricken	1 February 1975
Argentina
Name	Alférez Sobral
Namesake	José María Sobral
Acquired	10 February 1972
Decommissioned	August 2018
General characteristics
Displacement	835 tons (848 t) (full)
Length	143 ft (44 m)
Beam	33 ft 10 in (10.31 m)
Draft	13 ft 2 in (4.01 m)
Propulsion	Diesel-electric engines, ; 1,500 shp (1,100 kW) single screw;
Speed	13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph)
Complement	45–49
Armament	as Salish ; 1 × single 3 inch/50 guns, ; 2 × twin 40 mm AA guns ; as Alférez Sobral ; 1 × 40 mm /60 Bofors gun, ; 2 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannon;

ARA Alférez Sobral (A-9) was an 800-ton ocean-going tug that was in service with the Argentine Navy from 1972 until 2019, where she was classified as an aviso. She had previously served in the US Navy as the fleet tug USS Salish (ATA-187). In Argentine service an aviso is a small naval vessel used for a number of auxiliary tasks, including tugging, laying buoys, and replenishing other ships, lighthouses and naval bases.

Falklands War
Timeline	Background Causes Invasion of the Falklands Invasion of South Georgia Occupation Total Exclusion Zone Surrender
Battles	Sinking of the ARA General Belgrano San Carlos Goose Green Many Branch Point Mount Harriet Mount Longdon Mount Tumbledown Top Malo House Two Sisters Wireless Ridge Seal Cove Mount Kent Bluff Cove Cortley Ridge
Operations	Algeciras Black Buck Corporate Keyhole Paraquet Rosario Sutton Mikado
Forces	Argentine: Air Ground Naval British: Air Ground Naval Falkland Islands Defence Force
Ships	Argentine: ARA General Belgrano ARA Alférez Sobral British: HMS Sheffield HMS Antelope HMS Ardent HMS Arrow HMS Coventry HMS Glamorgan RFA Sir Galahad SS Atlantic Conveyor
Related	24 horas de las Malvinas Aftermath Argentine cemetery British cemetery British logistics British nuclear weapons Cultural impact Land mines Memorial Yomp

History
Alférez Sobral in Ushuaia, 2008
United States
Namesake	Salish tribe
Laid down	29 August 1944
Launched	29 September 1944
Commissioned	7 December 1944
Decommissioned	10 February 1972
Fate	transferred to Argentine Navy, 10 February 1972
Stricken	1 February 1975
Argentina
Name	Alférez Sobral
Namesake	José María Sobral
Acquired	10 February 1972
Decommissioned	August 2018
General characteristics
Displacement	835 tons (848 t) (full)
Length	143 ft (44 m)
Beam	33 ft 10 in (10.31 m)
Draft	13 ft 2 in (4.01 m)
Propulsion	Diesel-electric engines, 1,500 shp (1,100 kW) single screw
Speed	13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph)
Complement	45–49
Armament	as Salish 1 × single 3 inch/50 guns, 2 × twin 40 mm AA guns as Alférez Sobral 1 × 40 mm /60 Bofors gun, 2 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannon