History
Argentina
Name	Parker
Namesake	Enrique Guillermo Parker
Builder	Sanchez Shipyard, San Fernando
Launched	2 May 1937
Commissioned	1937
Decommissioned	1967
Identification	Pennant number M-11
Fate	Discarded 23 July 1963
General characteristics
Class and type	Bouchard-class minesweeper
Displacement	450 long tons (457 t) (standard) 520 long tons (528 t) (full load)
Length	59.00 m (193 ft 7 in) oa
Beam	7.30 m (23 ft 11 in)
Draught	2.27 m (7 ft 5 in)
Propulsion	2 shafts 2 × MAN 2-cycle diesel engines, 2,000 bhp (1,500 kW)
Speed	15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Range	3,000 nautical miles (5,600 km; 3,500 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Endurance	50 long tons (51 t) fuel oil
Complement	62
Armament	2 × single 99 mm (3.9 in) guns 1 × twin 40 mm (1.6 in) AA guns 2 × 7.65 mm (0.301 in) machine guns

ARA Parker (M-11) was a Bouchard-class minesweeper of the Argentine Navy.

History

ARA Parker was launched on May 2, 1937 in the Lujan River. She was initially classed as an Auxiliary ship assigned to Defence Command, participating in exercises under the Offshore Sea Fleet in South Atlantic waters under its first Commander, Lieutenant Aníbal Olivieri. In 1940, it was assigned to the Instruction Squadron of the Military Naval School, along with ARA Sarmiento, Puevrredon and Py. She forward based to Río Santiago, Puerto Belgrano Naval Base, Golfo Nuevo, Mar del Plata and Punta del Este, before returning to Río Santiago. In April 1940, she joined the 1st Division of Trackers and participated in the training of the Sea Fleet, in the South Atlantic.^[1]

ARA Parker did not participate in the Revolución Libertadora as it was decommissioned the previous year.

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