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History
Argentina
Name	Cabo San Antonio
Builder	AFNE, Río Santiago
Launched	20 July 1968
Out of service	1997
General characteristics
Displacement	3828 tons (light); 7804 tons (full load)
Length	442 ft (135 m)
Beam	62 ft (19 m)
Draft	10 ft (3.0 m) forward; 16 ft 8 in (5.08 m) aft (full load)
Propulsion	Six diesel engines, two shafts
Speed	16.9 knots (31.3 km/h; 19.4 mph) (max)
Notes	Characteristics are assumed similar to USS De Soto County

ARA Cabo San Antonio (Q-42) was a tank landing ship in the Argentine Navy, built in Argentina at AFNE, Río Santiago shipyard. She was launched on 20 July 1968. Cabo San Antonio was based on the US Navy's De Soto County-class tank landing ship design.

History

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The high point of her career was the Argentine invasion of the Falkland Islands (Malvinas) in 1982, as part of Operation Azul. Cabo San Antonio disembarked with 20 LVTP-7 tracked amphibious armoured personnel carriers and LARC-V transports from the 1st Amphibious Vehicles Battalion, carrying D and E Companies of the 2nd Marine Infantry Battalion at Yorke Bay. She did not participate further in the Falklands War once the Argentinian landings finished.

Cabo San Antonio was decommissioned in 1997.

References

• (in Spanish) pictorial and history

See also

• List of ships of the Argentine Navy