ARA Almirante Domecq Garcia (D23)

USS Braine (DD-630), South Pacific, 1944.
History
United States
Name	Braine
Namesake	Daniel L. Braine
Builder	Bath Iron Works
Laid down	12 October 1942
Launched	7 March 1943
Commissioned	11 May 1943
Decommissioned	17 August 1971
Stricken	17 August 1971
Motto	Combat Ready
Fate	transferred to Argentina, 17 August 1971
Argentina
Name	Almirante Domecq Garcia
Commissioned	17 August 1971
Decommissioned	30 November 1982
Stricken	30 November 1982
Fate	Sunk as a target, 7 October 1983
General characteristics
Class and type	Fletcher-class destroyer
Displacement	2,050 tons
Length	376 ft 6 in (114.76 m)
Beam	39 ft 8 in (12.09 m)
Draft	17 ft 9 in (5.41 m)
Propulsion	60,000 shp (45,000 kW); 2 propellers
Speed	35 knots (65 km/h; 40 mph)
Range	6,500 nautical miles (12,000 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h)
Complement	329
Armament	5 × 5 in./38 guns (127 mm), 4 × 40 mm AA guns, 4 × 20 mm AA guns, 10 × 21 in. torpedo tubes, 6 × depth charge projectors, 2 × depth charge tracks

ARA Almirante Domecq Garcia (D23) was a Fletcher-class destroyer which served with the Argentine Navy from 1971 to 1983.

Almirante Domecq Garcia was acquired from the United States Navy, with which she had served as USS Braine since her commissioning on 11 May 1943. She participated both in World War II and the Cold War for the United States.

The Argentine Navy took possession of ex-Braine on 17 August 1971, and renamed her Almirante Domecq Garcia, after Admiral . She was commissioned at Treasure Island, California, in a ceremony attended by Admiral Garcia's daughter, Mrs. Eugenia Domecq Garcia de Forn. Commander Mario Eduaro Olmas assumed command and raised the flag of the Republic of Argentina.

After minor repairs, the ship left California in October 1971, reaching El Callao in November. She arrived at the Naval Base of Puerto Belgrano and joined the sea fleet on 21 November 1971.

On 30 November 1982 the ship's flag was lowered. She had sailed 123,000 miles (198,000 km) under the flag of the Republic of Argentina. She was sunk as a target on 7 October 1983 off Mar del Plata by the combined action of an Exocet MM-38 missile launched by the corvette ARA Drummond and a torpedo fired from the submarine ARA San Luis.^[1]

See also[]

• List of ships of the Argentine Navy

Notes[]

External links[]

• USS Braine archived website