ARA Pueyrredón
Introduction '''ARA ''Pueyrredón''''' was one of four  armored cruisers purchased by the Argentine Navy from Italy in the 1890s.
Design and description ''Pueyrredón'' had an overall length of , a beam of , and a mean draft (ship) of . She displaced  at normal load. The ship was powered by two vertical triple-expansion steam engines, each driving one shaft, using steam from eight Scotch marine boilers. The engines were designed for a maximum output of  and a speed of . She had a cruising range of  at . Her complement consisted of 25 officers and 300 enlisted men.Her main armament consisted of two 40-caliber Armstrong Whitworth  guns, in gun turrets fore and aft of the superstructure. The ten 40-caliber quick-firing (QF)  guns that comprised her secondary armament were arranged in casemates amidships on the main deck. ''Pueyrredón'' also had six QF , four QF 6-pounder Hotchkiss and ten QF 3-pounder Hotchkiss guns to defend herself against torpedo boats. She was also equipped with four above-water  torpedo tubes, two on each side.The ship's waterline armor belt had a maximum thickness of  amidships and tapered to  towards the ends of the ship. Between the main gun barbettes it covered the entire side of the ship up to the level of the upper deck. The barbettes, the conning tower, and gun turrets were also protected by 5.9-inch armor. Her deck armor ranged from  thick.
Construction and career The ship was launched on 27 July 1898 and served the Argentine Navy until she was stricken on 2 August 1954. ''Pueyrredón'' was the last survivor of the ''Garibaldi'' class.
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Further reading *  Burzaco, Ricardo. ''Acorazados y Cruceros De La Armada Argentina''. Eugenio B, Buenos Aires, 1997.