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A.R.A. “SARANDÍ” (D-13)
SHIP
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 FACTS SHEETS 1. Introduction It is the fourth and
last
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ship
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 of the MEKO 360 series of destroyers built for the
Argentine
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Navy
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. The
ship
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 is
also
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 the third
ship
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 in the
Argentine
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Navy
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 to bear that name. Sarandí is the name of a victory of the
Argentine
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 army during the Cisplatine War. 2. Origin Sarandí and her sisters’ ships were authorized by a Naval Construction National Plan in 1974, an initiative lead by the
Argentine
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Navy
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 to replace old World War II vintage warships which were almost
at the end
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 of their operational life. The contract was signed with Blohm + Voss Shipyards in Hamburg, West Germany, for the construction of four MEKO 360 destroyers. 3. General characteristics Class and type: Almirante Brown-class
destroyer
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 Displacement: 3,360 tons Length: 126 m (413 ft) Beam: 14 m (46 ft) Draught. 5.8 m (19 ft) Propulsion: COGOG (4 turbines) Speed: 30.5 kn Range: 4,500 mi Complement: 224 Armament: 8 × Aérospatiale MM40 Exocet anti-
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 missiles 1 × Selenia/Elsag Albatross octuple launcher with 24 Aspide SAMs 1 × Oto Melara 127
mm
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 (5 in) dual purpose gun 8 × Bofors 40
mm
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 L/70 AA guns (4 × twin) 6 × 324
mm
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 (13 in) torpedo tubes (2 × 3) Aircraft carried: 1 x Aerospatiale AS 555 Fennec helicopter Aviation facilities: Single hangar 4. Construction Sarandí's keel was laid down on 9 March 1982 and it was launched on 31 August 1982. The
ship
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 was delivered to the
Argentine
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Navy
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 on 23 April 1984 in order to perform the sea trials.
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, the
Destroyer
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 departed for Argentina, arriving at Puerto Belgrano Naval Base on 21 June 1984. 5. Service history During his service the
ship
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 participated in a wide variety of International Operations
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 as, FRATERNO, BILATERAL, UNITAS and ATLASUR. In 2003, Sarandi joined the USS Enterprise Carrier Strike Group and
Destroyer
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 Squadron 18 as a part of the Exercise “Solid Step” during their tour in the Mediterranean.
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 marked the first time that an
Argentine
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Navy
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ship
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 inter-operated with a United States
Navy
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 battlegroup. It is currently based at Puerto Belgrano as the flagship of the
Navy
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's
Destroyer
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 Division,
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 the others three sister ships.

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The Greeting

Depending on the style and aim of the letter, you will need to adapt your greeting.

Always start an informal letter in the ways:

  • Dear + name
  • Hi / Hello + name

‘Dear...’ is more appropriate, so stick with this.

For a formal letter there are two options for the greeting:

  • Use Dear Sir or Madam if you don’t know the name of the person you are writing to.
  • Use Dear + surname if you do know their name, e.g. Dear Mr Smith or Dear Mrs Jones.

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