Training ship ARA 'Libertad' moored in Puerto Madero (Buenos Aires) on 22, April 2018, while she was participating in the regatta 'Velas Latinoamérica 2018'.

This photo is dedicated to the memory of my father-in-law Alejandro Iriarte, an old Argentine sailor who once sailed in this ship.

Name: Libertad
Pennant number: Q2
Type: Sailing ship
Ordered: 13 November 1953 (from a 1946 project)
Builder: Astillero Río Santiago (Ensenada, Argentina)
Laid down: 11, December 1953
Launched: 30, May 1956
Commissioned: 28, May 1963
Displacement: 3.765 Tn
Length: 103,75 m. (hull 91,7 m.)
Beam: 14,31 m.
Draft: 6,60 m.
Power: 2x 1.200 cv
Speed: 13,7 knots
Range: 12.000 nautical miles (engine power only)
MMSI number: 701000001
Callsign: LOLD
Flag: Argentina
Owner: Argentine Navy

ARA Libertad (Q-2) is a steel-hulled, full-rigged, class "A" sailing ship that serves as a school vessel in the Argentine Navy.