ARA Nueve de Julio (C-5)

History
Argentina
NameNueve de Julio
Namesake9 July 1816, the date of Argentine Independence
Acquired11 January 1951
FateScrapped in 1983
General characteristics
Class & typeBrooklyn-class cruiser
Displacement9,700 tons
Length608 ft 4 in (185.42 m)
Beam61 ft 9 in (18.82 m)
Draft24 ft (7.3 m)
Speed33.5 knots (62.0 km/h)
Complement868 officers and men
Armament

ARA Nueve de Julio (C-5) was an Argentine Navy cruiser, purchased from the United States Navy on 11 January 1951. Nueve de Julio was decommissioned in 1978 and sent to Japan to be scrapped.