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ARA Py

At least three ships of the Argentine Navy have been named Py or Comodoro Py:ARA Py (M-7), a minesweeper previously the German Margot and renamed on transfer in 1922. She was decommissioned in 1937. ARA Py (M-10), a Bouchard-class minesweeper commissioned in 1939 and transferred to Paraguay as Teniente Fariña in 1968. ARA Py (D-27), a Gearing-class destroyer launched in 1944 as USS Perkins and renamed on transfer in 1973. She was expended as a target in 1987.

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At least three ships of the Argentine Navy have been named Py or Comodoro Py:

  • ARA Py (M-7), a minesweeper previously the German Margot and renamed on transfer in 1922. She was decommissioned in 1937.
  • ARA Py (M-10), a Bouchard-class minesweeper commissioned in 1939 and transferred to Paraguay as Teniente Fariña in 1968.
  • ARA Py (D-27), a Gearing-class destroyer launched in 1944 as USS Perkins and renamed on transfer in 1973. She was expended as a target in 1987.