Argentina’s naval force, the Armada de la Republica Argentina (ARA) has a long and proud history. For many years the ARA vied with the navies of Brazil and Chile for supremacy in South American seas. The ARA order of battle eventually included an aircraft carrier, cruisers, and modern submarines,
the Facebook group General Navy Board reports,
The service also wielded considerable domestic political clout. The recent history of the service has, though, been of sharp decline.
