ARA General Belgrano (C-4) was an Argentine Navy light cruiser in service from 1951 until 1982. Originally commissioned by the U.S. Navy as USS Phoenix, she saw action in the Pacific theatre of World War II before being sold to Argentina. The vessel was the second to have been named after the Argentine founding father Manuel Belgrano (1770–1820). The first vessel was a 7,069-ton armoured cruiser completed in 1896.
Argentine cruiser ARA General Belgrano (C-4) underway in the 1950s
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Cruise ship ARA General Belgrano in Ushuaia´s port photographed on January 31, 1982.
Cruise ship ARA General Belgrano in Ushuaia´s port photographed on January 31, 1982.
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US Navy 070502-N-4021H-082 USS Pearl Harbor (LSD 52) Commanding Officer, Cmdr. Victor Cooper, and fellow Pearl Harbor officers pay homage to a memorial dedicated to the Argentinean ship ARA General Belgrano